Category Archives: Key Largo’s contribution
Financial Squeeze – Affordability
I wrote here about the deceptive way the county presented information to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). That’s not the only item of interest in the report. FDEP also touched on affordability in a tangential way. The U.S. Environmental … Continue reading
Swap Agreement – Hearing Date Set
As of right now, the only hope Key Largo taxpayers have of achieving wastewater funding equity is the anemic swap agreement. Under this agreement, the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) trades state funding it has in hand for county … Continue reading
Financial Squeeze – Four Penny Tax
Key Largo is small community of about 13,500 year-round residents. The taxpayers of this tiny community are being asked to come up with $87.3 million to pay for the sewer project. Each household will pay over $6200 just to build it. That … Continue reading
Monkey Math – Piled Higher and Deeper
Here’s another entry in the “Monkey Math” series. This is where I document Monroe County’s fundamentally dishonest way of covering up its grossly inequitable approach to the wastewater funding issue. We’ve seen Monroe County drag the federal government into its shameless attempts … Continue reading
Monkey Math – Revenue Wrap-Up
Looking at the wastewater projects makes one thing very clear, for Key Largo there is no upside to remaining unincorporated. The county simply takes Key Largo’s tax money and squanders it elsewhere. In effect, Key Largo’s tax money enables waste and subsidizes … Continue reading
Monkey Math – Road & Bridge
The Keys received a total of $4.3 million in gas tax revenues in FY2013. About $2 million of that went to Monroe County. There are three gas taxes. They include the ninth cent fuel tax, 1 to 5 cents fuel … Continue reading
Monkey Math – Fine & Forfeiture, Parks/Rec/Planning/Zoning, Municipal Policing
Getting through general fund revenues was a hard slog. I’m still waiting for some information from the Florida Department of Revenue so I can finish up. Fortunately, the rest isn’t so bad. As you might know, I’ve been examining this … Continue reading
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Monroe County Follows Through!
In this post, Swap Agreement Follow-up, I linked to an email exchange between me and Bob Shillinger, County Attorney. The county’s shady history combined with Bob’s evasiveness obviously did not inspire confidence. However, I was told today that the validation complaint was … Continue reading
Food For Thought
I’ve got another idea beginning to germinate. As I go through this process of examining documents, Monroe County’s pattern of short-changing Key Largo taxpayers on wastewater funding becomes clearer and clearer. Not only that, I can’t help but view it … Continue reading
Monkey Math – Tourist Impact Tax
I’m doing a series of posts dissecting reports prepared by Monroe County. County reports need to be fact-checked. This is especially important for Key Largo taxpayers who bear a disproportionate financial burden when it comes to the wastewater projects. This … Continue reading
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The Real Poop 