Enjoy your three-day Labor Day weekend because starting this coming week, some hard work lies ahead. This is when taxing authorities get down to the nitty-gritty of crafting their 2010-11 budgets, which are financed by you, the taxpayers.
Posted: Saturday, September 04, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
Educators hear excuses for bad behavior all the time. Statements like “the dog ate my homework” or “he made me do it” have become cliché. But ridiculous defenses like them have always been used and kids will forever come up with even more creative ones to give future educators and parents.
Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 06:05 PM EDT
And so, we close one more door on the painful School District finance scandal with Tuesday's guilty plea by former Adult Education Coordinator Monique Acevedo. The sentence handed down by Judge Mark Jones -- eight years in prison followed by 22 years on probation, and full restitution of the more than $400,000 she stole -- sends a clear message.
Posted: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:25 AM EDT
Questionable use of public money isn't anything new in the Keys -- just look at the Monique Acevedo (School District) theft case, the Norma Jean Sawyer (Bahama Conch Community Land Trust) theft case, the Mike Spoto (Mosquito Control District) theft case.
Posted - Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
A brown paper bag and a No. 2 lead pencil is all any voter needs to decide the best candidates for the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District board. That's because the two seats in play represent a potential swing to fiscal sobriety after too many years of drunken excess spending by a three-vote block.
Posted - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
Only Republicans will find Monroe County Commission races appearing on their Aug. 24 primary ballot, as District 2 Commissioner George Neugent and District 4 Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro face challengers within their own party.
Posted - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
