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Keys are for sale to the highest bidders
EDITOR:
So the
Monroe County Commission and state Rep. Ken Sorensen want to end the
Area of Critical State Concern designation [that gives many local
land-use powers to the state]. What else is new?
Critical Concern is the only thing that has
prevented total destruction of these fabulous
Florida Keys. The
Keys are a national treasure and already have been degraded far beyond
anything even imaginable 40 or 50 years ago.
When the real estate and tourist industry stooges
who so eagerly serve on county commissions and planning groups finally
get their way, this entire chain of islands will be sold off to the
highest bidders.
These
still-magnificent islands and seas will become just another open sewer,
courtesy of the Republican Party and the greedy business people who
bankroll it.
This is monumentally disgusting.
Bob Siegel
Gainesville
Former mayor,
Key
Colony Beach
Commission, Sorensen show residents no
respect
EDITOR:
As I sit in
my septic-water-flooded-out home, I offer this holiday message and
wishes to our state representative and Monroe County commissioners:
I wish (and hope) state Rep. Ken Sorensen truly
does spend all his time and effort removing the county from the Area of
Critical State Concern designation. That way, he won't do anything else
that looks foolish and we won't have to bother listening to him. When
his term is over and we are still safely in an Area of Critical State
Concern, we can pray for a much better state representative to take his
place.
I wish that Mayor Sonny McCoy would have a few
cups of coffee before he goes on the radio and talks about things that
he seems to be unaware of and keeps saying “I don't remember” when asked
pertinent questions about his actions on the commission.
I wish that
Commissioner Dixie Spehar would be more like her predecessor and listen
to her constituents and support them instead of behaving the way she has
over the past few years and adding to the embarrassing actions of this
County Commission.
Of course, many of us wish Commissioner Murray
Nelson would stop running busy people around on bus trips that, among
other things, show empty lots with gravel. One might also ask that
Commissioner Nelson take a refresher course on the different types of
environmental organizations.
I do believe many of us wish this group would do
the right thing and get up and leave their positions so that we would
have a
County Commission and state
representative we could be proud of.
All have treated
their constituents with disrespect, with arrogance and at times with
downright rude embarrassing foolishness. They choose not to listen to
those who not only have more experience, but are more knowledgeable than
any of them. A shadow commission would do a better job than any of them.
Actually, it might be time to consider that because many of their
actions taint the meaning of a true County Commission and have delayed
much-needed projects for our county.
I recommend anyone else who believes the above is
true write in as I have. We need to show the
County Commission
has a true vote of no confidence.
Gordon Ross
Big Coppitt Key |
