Category Archives: Monroe County
BOCC Missing The Point on Emergency Vehicles
Monroe County is still at it. The other day I wrote about how Sylvia Murphy has blocked fair funding for her own district – again. Meaning that folks in Key Largo are being subjected to double taxation – again. While … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Fire and Ambulance, Monroe County
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Murphy Blocks Needed Funding For Fire and Emergency Services – Analysis
Sadly, the Odious Sylvia Murphy was re-elected to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) this past August. Since then she’s wasted no time in seeing to it that her constituents in District 5 get the screwing they’ve come to expect. … Continue reading
Posted in Fire and Ambulance, Monroe County, Taxes
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Carruthers Tax Lien Update
Looks like the IRS has removed the lien from Carruthers’s property. Presumably she managed to pay her tax bill. Wonder where she found the money?
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Fake News and Canal News
It turns out fake news is a thing these days, and it’s not just the Key West Citizen. Google and Facebook are changing their policies to avoid displaying ads on “sites containing content that is illegal, misleading or deceptive, which includes … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Canal Restoration, Media, Monroe County
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Neugent to Accept “Censure and Reprimand”
Updated to add thoughts regarding the statute governing ethics violations and the statute governing criminal violations. According to this item in the Blue Paper, county commissioner George Neugent is going to accept the findings of the Florida Commission on Ethics (FCOE). … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Shelter, BOCC, Bubba System, Media, Monroe County
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Finally – A Response
The county finally answered my public records request about fire and emergency vehicles. It took them three weeks from beginning to end. I submitted my first request on September 10. I got the information on October 3. What’s interesting is … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Budget, Fire and Ambulance, Monroe County, Public Records
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Animal Control – Clarification and Update
The Florida Keys Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (FKSPCA) submitted a letter to the editor to clarify some issues related to the new building the taxpayers are partially funding. Here’s a link. The letter says some very … Continue reading
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Monroe County Mishandling Public Records Requests – Again
I’m very curious about the county’s refusal to fund emergency vehicle purchases for the Key Largo area. I’d like more information about that. It’s a serious issue involving public safety. So on September 10, I submitted a public records request. I heard … Continue reading
If we pay for a building do we get to keep it?
More animal control weirdness. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) agreed to use $1.5 million of taxpayer money to pay for a new animal shelter in Stock Island, but it doesn’t sound like this facility is going to belong to … Continue reading
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Character Assassination by Hysterical Overreaction?
Update: I tightened this up a little bit. Clarified that the inflammatory language came from Shillinger’s letter, not from the press release. The Citizen’s newest article says they made a public records request and Shillinger replied promptly. Has the county … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Clerk of Court, Media, Monroe County
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The Real Poop 