In other words while we're being gouged for example garbage and water fees, the county has money to address the situation but are sitting on it while considering once per week pickup and a 30% rise in water fees. So that means a monthly $63 water bill will go to $93 and only once per week trash pick up. Plus fees for stuff not in a can like a fridge or mattress.
This is all because of poor planning and most of all overdevelopment.
I no longer care about property owners rights to develop. I care about inverse condemnation, our property values and assessments, the effects on our environmental health. I care about enough Co2 and oxygen, green space. They say build and they will come, they are coming....I say don't build and they have to go somewhere else. We had a county smart growth plan until they harassed and slandered Joe McClash from office. Damn them to hell.
There is no longer meat on the citizen rights bone because government has stripped it off the bone like a pack of grey nasty rats.......The constant violation of open meetings law which includes timely notifications, accessible venues, rights to speak etc.are big weaknesses/ failures for county and city government as described by the Manatee County League of Women Voters article here. Thanks for explaining the good governance violations to us. The League could;
If the public meetings law is violated there are criminal penalties. File a complaint with local law enforcement. Stay with it. Get a case number. Your complaint will be resisted perhaps ignored. Do not let it go by the way. Get that bone like a dedicated dog. Criminal complaints have the power to negate government action, put them in jail or probation, cost them personal money , wreck their reputations worse than they have already done themselves, and much more.The Since the League has laid out the violations of school board open meetings law violations so adeptly, they should file first.
However, their article is your citizen complaint template. The more complaints the better. The key is Florida Sunshine Law/open meetings rules. A Florida Commission on Ethics Complaint will be returned if it refers to statutes that carry criminal penalties. So file with law enforcement.
Discrimination in meetings, untimely or no notice, accessibility, venue and more are against the law. So also complain to DOJ that the county government is discriminating in open meetings law and violating your constitutional rights. Your rights to redress government, free speech and more are being violated. . Put a lid on that pressure pot. The more collateral damage the better. Pressure them to watch their pees and ques. After all, when you comment at BOCC and COB officials at meetings all you get is a blank look with no questions, comments or replies to your concerns. If you want their attention go criminal. Besides open meetings laws, Florida statute 838 come to mind, 'Misuse of Public Office'.
Go get them you dear, citizen pitbulls. I'm here for questions
Barbara Elliott
Stone Soup Manatee
stonesoupmanatee@yahoo.com
941-447-9929
Suggestion - those making the decision should contact the Pasco County commissioners and leadership team to ask about Don Rosenthal’s performance as county administrator in Pasco. Seems like an easy way to understand if he’s the right guy for Manatee. The others are very interesting.
I’m proud of the Planning Commission’s vote! I know the commissioners are under a lot of pressure to strip the wetland regulations or face the political hack’s postcard campaign. A lying postcard campaign isn’t so bad - in contrast, a legacy of environmental destruction is pretty tough on the family name. I hope they make their kids proud and do the right thing.
Than you Glen. The nonsense government and the phosphate industry are indulging in is a horrible harm to the public, tied up with campaign contributions to wannabe grand Pubba politicians. I am sick of all of you as are citizens. We are sick and tired of paying financially, physically, and emotionally for your greed and lust for a grand legacy. We are not and will no longer pay for overdevelopment. We already paid our way. I'm not living in Cracktown on a fixed income so I can pay for someone's $1.5 million dollar homes garbage/water bill in Lakewood Ranch or Parrish. One example is the soon to rise water/garbage rates. They are going up because overdevelopment has overfilled the landfill. If there wasn't overdevelopment this wouldn't happen. Maybe water rates should be based not only on usage but also the length of time you've been a MCUD customer. These new rates are a hardship and an abuse of the elderly and disabled at minimum. Expect to be sued.
Back to gypsum. No no no no no no more not ever! Do not vote for a single official who favors ANY uses of gypsum.
We need an Independent (NPA) candidate to oppose our (I am in District 3) corrupt, condescending, immature, combative, non-forward thinking, environment-destroying, thief of a Commissioner. Maya Angelou said "when a person shows you who they are, believe them. I would hope that a candidate does not try to challenge as an R, where the vast majority of voters view the world through the lens of Fox News. A candidate should campaign to all of us, and make the election in November, not August - so all of us can vote.
Idiomatic phrases and metaphors are dancing in my head…”The pot calling the kettle black”, “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”, “vinegar calling lemon juice sour”,
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