Category Archives: Wastewater
Campaign Season!
Local politicians are gearing up for campaign season. I’m focused primarily on the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). Changes on the BOCC have the greatest potential for positive improvement. This BOCC has been a disaster. They’ve overseen the financially out-of-control Cudjoe … Continue reading
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Big Coppitt – Missing Documents
Update: Missing document found. See here. There’s no question that Monroe County spending on Cudjoe Regional is out of control. That project now costs over $22,000 per EDU. (An EDU is equivalent to one single family home.) But Cudjoe Regional … Continue reading
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Wastewater Funding Disparity Update
Now would be good time to revisit the wastewater funding disparity situation. For one thing, there’s been a bit of progress. Hurray! See here and here. For another, I think it’s necessary to demonstrate once again how straightforward this calculation really … Continue reading
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The Friday Papers
I’m a bit tardy, but I did read Friday’s Blue Paper. As always there are quite a few items of interest. Affordable Housing Public Form: This is hosted by the Democratic Party, and contains this very intelligent statement. Missing has been a … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Housing, Bubba System, Media, Monroe County, Wastewater
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Happy But Suspicious
Remember that movie, “Mars Attacks”? All the people in Vegas were gathered around to meet the alien visitors when suddenly the Martians opened fired with their ray-guns obliterating anyone within range. Right before the Martians attacked they said, “Don’t run. … Continue reading
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FINALLY!!! Real Money to Address Wastewater Funding Disparity
I just saw this very exciting item on KeysNews.com. After a vague attempt to renege and tons of other nonsense, Monroe County has finally made it’s first million dollar payment to the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District). I hate to … Continue reading
Cudjoe Regional Failures?
Saw this over at http://www.bigpinekey.com. [Sewer Failure] Word on the street, especially from the guys trying to repair it, is that the Cudjoe Regional sewer collection system is a huge failure that does not work as intended. That is with … Continue reading
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Sewer District – Missing the Point
Apparently the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) voted to leave the folks in Monroe Park high and dry. The District will not be providing service to that area despite the fact that there is state money available to do … Continue reading
Like Pulling Teeth -Toppino’s $9.5 Million Subcontract
Updated: Fixed broken link. Getting information from the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) is like pulling teeth sometimes. Good thing I don’t mind pulling teeth. A while back, I asked the FKAA to provide a list of subcontractors on all … Continue reading
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Monroe Park Reality Check
The Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) is still hemming and hawing over Monroe Park. Here’s the story from the Free Press. (And another letter on KeysNet.com.) The District board tends to get stuck in vacillation-mode sometimes. The only thing that … Continue reading
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The Real Poop 