mr recker...if you find this appalling then do something about it...this is not the only appalling thing within the council and city staff. it is appalling that the staf would select quality enterprises for anything on this island after the fiascos we had witht them in the past.
you found mgr thompson appalling, the financial situation appalling and now this....i am appalled that you keep "finding" things appalling....then sitting on your hands or being re-directed by trotter and walduck. come on recker...do something postive besides writing letters to this editor.

Quality obviously does not have the experience to work in an enviornmentally compromised worksite. Afer all, it was Quality that crushed dangerous asbestos pipe releasing asbestos fibers into our air space. It was Quality that used day workers wearing no protective gear to find asbestos contaminated material on Veteran's Park. How did they manage to pass the qualifications criteria? Rony Joel and his relationship with Quality needs to be looked at before this continues.

I agree with van...Mr. Recker is doing a great job. Keep up the good work...Van and I are with you all the way.

I don't think Wayne is allowed to speak at the meeting's. That is why he submit's the letter's that Arceri write's.
Also how come Sal has cleaned himself up? Where is his old jacket and hat?

In the words of Alan Iverson: "Arceri? Arceri? You talkin' Arceri! This about Arceri? Arceri? We talkin' Arceri here! Arceri? Arceri! Aw c'mon man we talkin Arceri!

I disagree that Recker is doing a good job. He is a typical attorney, loud talk and no action. And Wayne is a one trick pony. His eyes seem to glaze over at the council meeting. Then later someone helps him write a letter so he appears to be on top of the issues. Both Trotters and Wayne letters to the paper last week seemed to be way too similar.

Recker has become one of the few councilors with integrity. He has my support.

Then why is he the joke of the cities employees?

HEY HOW ABOUT THOSE ILLEGALS THAT QUALITY HAS WORKING FOR THEM.I WONDER IF OSHA EVER CHECKED ON THEM.DO YOU THINK THEY ARE IN CAHOOTS WITH MILLER $$$ FROM THE CITY.YOU BETCHA.5 MEXICANS TO A SHOVEL. SAY GOODBYE TO $18,000 AMERICAN DOLLARS.TRY TO LOOK UP QUALITY ENTERPRISES GOOD LUCK TO YOU. ADIOS AMIGOS

Councilor Recker, isn't it fun having the love and support of all the naysayers. You get their applauds and admiration at council meetings. Councilor Gibson has you figured out. The people who voted for you were voting for a positive future on Marco; you have proven to be a disappointment! You have let us down!! Everything that happens on Marco Island is NOT a conspiracy!

ej and Elkcam do you two work for the City? Every time a Council person questions city staff you two pop up and say they are incompetent or disloyal. Actually, most resonable folks living on Marco Island know something is wrong at City Hall and Recker is now seeing it too. Good, honest Council persons try to lookout for our taxpayers. The rest of them have their own personal agendas. I'm with Recker on this, his family should be proud.

Elkcameye, you cunning little creep, you figured us out! Recker and I are are MUCH more than freinds, we're....LOVERS! there you have it! and Ed Issler is our love child which we bore out of wedlock.

Fossil do you believe in Santa too? All that I have seen from Recker is loud talk and NO action. The same people are still running the city and Recker has not changed a thing.

Marco city government reeks with corruption and mis-appropriation of public funding. Too bad we do not have some oversight committee, kinda what council should be doing. Everyone with a brain knows that Tonka Joel is running the island. Someone should look at all the kickbacks that employees are getting.

lutherdog, you make statements and accusations about our city government that are downright libelous and worse yet, you do it anonymously. If our government is corrupt then prove it; you would have my support if there is wrong doing. But all you and your friends do is make such allegations with no merit and no facts. I know our city councilors and whether I agree with them or not the fact is that they bust their rear ends volunteering and all they get is abuse and cowardly accusations like yours.

I agree that Rony Joels relationship with Quality is a little fishy but until you can prove any impropriety ‘SHUT UP” please!

ej...luther does make some sense...there is/was some corruption or at least smacks of it ..otherwise why would we audit? joel's relationship with quality ain't just fishy...it stinks....remember he was brrought in my ol billy moss...a real treasure for the island!
these councilors are spending and spending...with no regard for where the money is comong from...we have a freakin green building on the horizon...a recycle plant that's a joke...parking down elcam for the businesses that don't have their own parking (and paid nothing for the extra spaces), a water plant that stinks 90% of the time on elcam, a parking lot for a park that's nothing but a field with a pad for a christmas tree, and oh by the way...tell a citizen to file a claim in small claims court for damages to his property by quality enterprises...a street lamp every 75 ft and more bought with mis-appropriated funds, barfield is like a roller coaster after the "repaving", and a proposal to buy a sewer pump truck for the disasters that are coming...(was the truck in the original budget....NO).
so luther is ok in my book with his corruption claims...and if we really looked hard we could probably prove it...i don't know luther from a load of beans...nor you...but we wll want the island to succeed...but it's like we're trying to do it in spite of our elected officials.

Remember when former Eagle reporter Ed Bania reported that Joel admitted that the city and Quality ground up asbestos pipe on the former Glon property on Marco? If Mr. Bania hadn't quit this newspaper on his own accord in 2007, he would have found out if Joel had any under-the-table dealings with Quality and reported it. Too bad for the people of Marco Island.