Alleged improprieties in spending practices aside, the future of the relationship between Monroe County and Stand Up For Animals, animal control provider for the middle Keys, appears bleak, says County Commissioner George Neugent.
County staff Wednesday morning intended to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners that the contract with SUFA be terminated in 15 days, but the item wasn’t placed on the agenda prior to the deadline.
Because of that, it took agreement from all five commissioners to add the item for action. Commissioner Mario DiGennaro said he would not grant that approval, forcing the item to be heard for discussion purposes only.
SUFA’s contract was extended for 90 days last month to give the county time to look at other options when the provider asked for a 24 percent increase to continue to run the Marathon and Big Pine Key animal shelters.
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7 vie for 2 board school seats
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide who will be part of the five-member elected board that sets policy and director for the Monroe County School System.
There are sets up for grabs in District One, predominantly Key West, and District Five, predominantly Key Largo.
Strangely reptilian was security
I like the new security guards one of our local banks has hired to protect its grounds after hours.
They are vigilant.
I had to drop off a deposit bag after hours (full of little of nothing) and I spotted them as soon as I turned off the road into the parking lot.
As long as I remained on a normally-travelled path, they had little problem with me being on the premises.
I guess you could say we had an unspoken understanding.
Watch out for our school children
Our children will be headed back to school Monday, which means it’s time for us to start paying more attention on the roads than we think we have to.
All too often driving becomes something else we’re doing while doing something we believe to be more important.
During the time when school is in session, there is nothing we do while driving that is more important than paying attention to the road.
That’s not to say that there’s anything more important at any time while behind the wheel than paying attention to the road.
