Category Archives: Monroe County
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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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 – 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
From KeysNews.com – County worries about state funding for land
Here’s an item from KeysNews.com: County worries about state funding for land. Oh boy. They might want to clean up the mess they’ve made of the wastewater projects before they go on another spending spree. How much is this land purchase … Continue reading
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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
I Ask Questions
I watched part of the County’s last budget meeting and I started to get concerned. It looks like the BOCC (Board of County Commissioners) is attempting to abandon the wastewater funding issue. Unfortunately, this would do a huge disservice to … Continue reading
Cudjoe Regional, Rowells Marina and the Reality Warp
I really need to get something off my chest. It bugs the snot out of me when people in the Lower Keys complain about Rowell’s Marina. Unfortunately, I still see these comments on a regular basis. Rowell’s Marina – a … Continue reading
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Monkey Math – Key Largo is “Overfunded”?
The county’s own records show that they have distributed $100 million less to the Key Largo sewer project than to the sewer projects in the other unincorporated areas. The Key Largo project is about the same size as the other projects … Continue reading
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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
GM Drama at the District
Reading the papers again. I saw this one about the District, “Attempt to oust GM falls short“. In a nutshell Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District Commissioner, Andy Tobin, called for the termination of General Manager, Paul Christian. Comm. Tobin’s concern … Continue reading
The Real Poop 