Category Archives: Monroe County
Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge – Lining Up Our Tools
My least favorite part of any project is jumping through Planning Department hoops. Even so, I understand the need for it. The rules are there for a reason. The Key Largo Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant project went through the whole planning review process. … Continue reading
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Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge – Sender Sites
The map above shows the locations of the receiver sites and sender sites for the Ocean’s Edge project. A detailed map of the receiver site is below, and a brief discussion can be found here.
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Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge – Getting My Bearings
Understanding this Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge situation is really important I think. Lots of moving parts, lots of players. As discussed in the Land Scarcity Chessboard posts (here, here, here and here), there’s only a finite amount of land that can be … Continue reading
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Fighting City Hall
There are a lot of parallels between what’s going on at the national level right now and what’s been going on in Monroe County for decades. The Trump administration has ushered in an era of “fake news” and “alternative facts”. … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Media, Monroe County
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Your Brain On Lies
People are saying that America has entered a “post-truth” era. Oh boy. Well, the Keys have always been in a “post-truth” era so welcome aboard. I guess we’re not alone any more. Love him or hate him, very little of what Donald … Continue reading
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Follow-ups on Key Largo Accident
I do my share of complaining about the Keys press, but I have to say that the Reporter is doing a good job of covering the tragic confined-space accident in Key Largo. They’re also the ones who discovered that $20,000 … Continue reading
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The Spin Machine – Under the Hood
Monroe County contributed a couple of items to the Blue Paper about capital projects in the Upper Keys. This appears to be an offshoot of the county’s “Craptacular” spreadsheet deception strategy. The idea is to hyper-focus attention on Upper Keys projects in … Continue reading
Tragic Accident in Key Largo
I hate to see awful stuff like this. Three killed in what sounds like a confined space accident. Three contracted utility workers died Monday morning after becoming overwhelmed by gas fumes inside a drainage trench located in a Key Largo … Continue reading
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Land Scarcity Chessboard – Look Ahead
There has been lots of action on land use/planning/code issues lately. The Blue Paper has been monitoring the convoluted manipulations surrounding the Oceanside Marina project. Very interesting indeed. Links provided here, here and here. Oceanside Marina is a complicated matter, but … Continue reading
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County Administrator – Letter to Editor
Monroe County Administrator, Roman Gastesi, wrote a letter to the editor touting all the county’s accomplishments this past year. Unfortunately, Gastesi steadfastly refuses to address – or even acknowledge – the county’s many troubling, and very serious ongoing failures. This fundamental dishonesty undermines what is … Continue reading
The Real Poop 