EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENT MARINELAB WELCOMES 25 TAKE STOCK STUDENTS

roads 6-12 inches (imagine thousands of rock-laden dump trucks jamming U.S. 1 daily for the next several years), and of course, for lots of “resilient” new county buildings. And that’s just the starter list.

Fortunately for Monroe County, the Starter Charter makes several new taxes possible — taxes on water and on electric bills, transportation taxes, special taxing districts, resiliency taxes, taxes on things you didn’t know could be taxed, and more.

We will soon be drowning in new taxes. The Starter Charter is a scam, and if it passes, we’ll all be riding the shiny new Keys bus system. That’s all we’ll be able to afford.

Patrick A Foley Islamorada