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Written on Marco City Manager review may segue to review of city charter :

Don't worry Monte, nobody has to make our government look bad. They are doing it all by themselves.

Written on Marco City Manager review may segue to review of city charter :

Sailor (RB) and you the other two city defenders need to shut up and let Dr. Recker do his job. Why are you so afraid of the truth? An increasing number of citizens are finally realizing how corrupt our former governance was and how wrong it is for Thompson to try and cover it up. If we can get a real audit, as opposed to the sham audit Thompson has set up, we all suspect a lot of misdeeds will be revealed.

We lost Dana Souza, our best city employee to the corruptness at Castle Bald Eagle. Let's not allow his loss to be in vain.

Written on Manager's Report: City’s finances change with the economy:

It is time to call a halt to all of the discretionary spending inc. the STRP. This unnecessary project is bankrupting our city! We are in a major recession/depression that is going to get a lot worse. We have squandered our reserves and our creditworthiness will only decline as the foreclosures increase. Wake up council before it is too late.

If we can get long term bonding now, we should nail it down. I doubt that we will be able to get it in the future. What happens when 5th 3rd pulls the plug on the 11 million 9 months from now and we can't secure replacement funding?

Councilman Waldack doesn't appear to have learned anything from his personal bankruptcy and he is leading the charge for continued reckless spending. Councimen Recker, Popoff, Kiester and Forcht are the only ones showing any sign of restraint. Stand up boys and call for a moritorium until the smoke clears!

Written on Questions are the answers:

Wayne, you didn't have any problem approving a $100,000 study to advance Acreri's LCEC takeover but when the $35,000 audit of the $40 million dollar Collier Blvd. project came up you argued against it asking "Where is the money going to come from?" Why didn't you ask the same question about the $100,000 LCEC study which is a complete waste of money. There isn't any more support for the takeover than there is for a toll bridge. You and Arceri's other shills are the only ones supporting it.

Written on Letter To The Editor: Assignment absurd:

Thank you Sayre for another well reasoned letter.

Written on Letter To The Editor: Thank you Mr. Keister:

Ed, you and the City of Marco Island are completely blind to the recession/depression that we are now and will be impacted by the foreseeable future. People are really hurting and the pain will continue to grow. While Marco Island is repainting its brand new police cruisers and providing $80,000 to provide two new racquetball courts for a club that has 200 members, our citizen's suffering increases.
We don't all make $500 per hour as Mr. Arceri claims to. Every nickle the city takes from many of us will mean some else will be missing under the Christmass tree.

Written on Marco councilor rejects committee member’s allegations of impropriety:

Marco Island is on the Arceri railroad train and Monte Lazarus, aka Monte, is pulling the whistle so you'all better get out of the way or they will run you over.

Written on Guest commentary: Tax notices should be reviewed carefully, thoughtfully:

The interesting thing about idiots is that they are not smart enough to keep their mouths shut so people won't figure out how dumb they are.

Written on Letter to the Editor: Tax relief?:

Bill, You are absoluely right. Marco Island is being run by a very sick group of people who will seek to destroy anybody that has the courage to challenge them. They use hate and insults to divert attention from the merits of the message. Unfortuantely, the majority of the citizens have appeared to have given up rather than subject themselves to the attacks. Keep the faith.

Written on Marco council unanimously approves tax relief:

No where else but Marco Island would anybody have the audacity to propose a 11% tax increase and call it tax relief because it could have been more. This is one sick city.

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