Category Archives: Key Largo’s contribution
Monkey Math – County Revenue Sharing
In my last post, I discussed general fund revenues. I noticed there were two significant revenue sources missing: proceeds from state revenue sharing and local option taxes. In this post, I’ll discuss shared revenue proceeds. There’s a county shared revenue program … Continue reading
Monkey Math – General Fund Revenues
I’ve written here, here and here about how Monroe County likes to manipulate numbers. This post is about the document that was prepared in order to stifle talk of incorporation by creating the impression that Key Largo isn’t much of a contributor. The mythical small … Continue reading
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Monkey Math – A Great Find!
Remember when I said this in an earlier post? At one time, Monroe County introduced the notion of “donor” and “recipient” communities. They put out a report asserting that Key Largo was a “recipient” community. Here’s a link to a newspaper article … Continue reading
Key Largo and Cudjoe Regional In Pictures
I updated my post, “Key Largo and Cudjoe Regional” to clean things up and add some links. So if you already read it, please take another look. I throw a lot of numbers around and I know that can get tedious. I’m a numbers person … Continue reading
Key Largo and Cudjoe Regional
After I published my post on Cudjoe Regional and Rowell’s Marina the other day, it occurred to me that none of the citizens in the unincorporated area feel they have been well-served by the county when it comes to the … Continue reading
Revenue Sources – Infrastructure Sales Tax
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I think Key Largo should incorporate. I talked a little bit about what revenue sources are available. In this post, I’ll go into more detail about the infrastructure sales tax in particular.
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Monkey Math – the Craptacular Spreadsheet
I ran across some interesting documents while researching my post about infrastructure sales tax revenue that would be available to Key Largo if the citizens choose to incorporate. There are a few items I want to share because they epitomize the county’s fundamentally … Continue reading
Am I Hallucinating Or Is the Paving Project Still Looking Good?
I was checking out the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) agenda for today’s meeting. I was pleasantly surprised. There are two items for a paving project in Key Largo. It looks like Monroe County may actually be following its paving plan, … Continue reading
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Real Poop Look Ahead – The Future of Key Largo
I started this blog because I love Key Largo. The wastewater funding disparity really opened my eyes to how things work in Monroe County. Generally, Key Largo is under-served across the board – animal shelters, parks and more. The wastewater project … Continue reading
Key Largo’s Contribution – Taxable Property Value
When it comes to the infrastructure sales tax, Key Largo is a donor community. The Upper Keys, in fact, contribute about $3 million more per year than they get back. If the Village of Islamorada were not incorporated that figure … Continue reading
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The Real Poop 