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in response to MarcoBiker: It's kind of ironic, two of the island's worst and dangerous side walks, on terms of upkeep and usability are where? 1. On Winterberry in front of the Collier County tax collector's building, and 2. On the corner of San Marco and Bald Eagle where the cross walk button is located on a pole, in a swale, far from the sidewalk. Enforcement on others is great, sidewalks should be passable without having to duck branches or being forced into the grass by overgrown shrubs ..... but, it would be nice if the "Enforcers" could set a good example.
in response to MarcoBiker:
It's kind of ironic, two of the island's worst and dangerous side walks, on terms of upkeep and usability are where? 1. On Winterberry in front of the Collier County tax collector's building, and 2. On the corner of San Marco and Bald Eagle where the cross walk button is located on a pole, in a swale, far from the sidewalk. Enforcement on others is great, sidewalks should be passable without having to duck branches or being forced into the grass by overgrown shrubs ..... but, it would be nice if the "Enforcers" could set a good example.
One of the great issues for cityhood was to put sidewalks on every street in front of every property, even empty lots. The great city was going to do it for you if you didn't do it yourself, then bill you for the work. Never happened.
in response to MrBreeze: This is just the restart of the teardown theory. I warned you people about this some years ago when the New bridge was coming. Wake up when they use the word "teeth" that means dollars and power. Once your property has been targeted you will sell wait and see. If your old Deltona house is in the way watch out someone has better plans for it than you do. This is the start of a rolling rock. "We want Marco Island to have a higher quality of life" That means if you are in a old home less than 1 million you are not high quality and time to move. This will get interesting.
in response to MrBreeze:
This is just the restart of the teardown theory. I warned you people about this some years ago when the New bridge was coming. Wake up when they use the word "teeth" that means dollars and power. Once your property has been targeted you will sell wait and see. If your old Deltona house is in the way watch out someone has better plans for it than you do. This is the start of a rolling rock.
"We want Marco Island to have a higher quality of life" That means if you are in a old home less than 1 million you are not high quality and time to move. This will get interesting.
I agree. City buttholes.
Mr. Honecker, that doesn't solve the parking problem, not even close. Some planner you are.
Raising the height of the bridge would also require lengthening the bridge. Would that be wise?
As to parking, why is it acceptable for the city to allow parking in swales at community events, such as the recent fair at Veterans Park, but not allow it for restaurants or other businesses?
'..like the mosh pit at a Phish concert '..?
What ever happened to taking out bids. They take the first option the lazy city staff recommends.
Why doesn't the city, what a joke, FIND or create more parking instead of fining and discouraging parking? Parking, or the lack of parking, near the beaches is not just a problem for tourists.
You silly cityhood fools!As for this matter, the Marriott dictates what Mr. Riviere will do. He has no choice. He will have to kiss their butt.
The idea of beautifying and maintaining the swales by only using sod is about as stupid as the idea a kookie former Councilman had about not letting men walk around topless on Marco.
Don't get me started on the swale issue. The no parking on the swales law came about because a few home owners did not like their neighbors entertaining after 2am. They also didn't like a certain group, or class, of people having too many occupants in a dwelling.
Had anyone ever heard of Quinnipiac University before 2008? Hmm... very interesting. How did Quinn U. become such a polling authority?
Three cheers for Chris!! Congratulations!Mike Sweeney
This is an example of why I'm pro abortion.
It's for tourists. They'll pay. Not many bus stops other than along Collier either.
That no parking in the swale law should never have been enacted. It is very discriminatory and elitist.
The people behind and pushing MIA are a bunch of elitist jerks. Thanks for bringing your modular mess, along with more traffic and noise, to the area.
The swale issue is nothing but somebody's pet peeve who caught the ear of a city politico. There is nothing wrong with rock in the swales. The landscaping may not be as pretty from one swale to the next but neither is every house. To each his own. As for gravel not being a good filter for ground water, I beg to differ.
Let old Marco have the lights they desire. Use some of their current lights, that they don't want, on Park Ave. which is not lit up very well.
Whose bright idea was it to use different light poles than the poles used on Collier and Barfield? Were the residents asked their opinion on the matter? I think the poles erected are hideous and don't fit in, at all, with the neighborhood. Typical Marco city bull.
There is to much of a police presence on Marco as it is, but if they did start writing more tickets, the city council could use that money so they wouldn't have to raise our utility rates after buying a utility company that they reasoned would save us money, the same reasoning used by the people that said we could save $2 million a year by having our own police force and not having to pay the county that $2 million when in fact we still do have to pay the county that $2 million for their police coverage on top of paying for our own.
I've been here over thirty years and never heard of this guy. When was the Tommie Barfield baseball field neglected? It is one of two ball fields on the island and used everyday. That's neglect? He sounds more like the perfect politician. Corrupt. Guess that's how he got the job.
Why is it that anytime a person comes to power on Marco, or a new person comes to Marco, the first thing they want to do is take control of Tract K? Tract K was given to the Collier County school board, by the Deltona Corp., the Mackle Bros., to benefit the children of Marco. If the school board cannot use the property for a school then they should consider a partnership with some organization, like Rookery Bay or the Conservancy of Naples, to put up a learning or resource center or perhaps a botanical garden.
Another bad idea by the great City of Marco Island. Why can't the city just tend to city business instead of meddling and imposing on the citizens and businesses of Marco?
I thought the idea for the Marco Island Historical Society to build a museum was a good one. I assumed they had significant historical Marco related things to put on display. Evidently they don't. So how, or why, do you build a museum when you don't even have items to put inside it? Surely I must be missing something.
Police arrest reports are not an invasion of privacy but why must they include employment information?
Do these elitests really think the people of Marco will let them build their high school at Mackle Park? If they have all the money to build and redevelop why don't they buy their own land and build? I'm sure the selfish people of Marco will still let them utilize the facilities at Mackle Park.
I don't know if a councilperson can be on the board at the same time, but definitely should NOT be on the board at the same time.
Is it really necessary to show someones mug shot and arrest report for a minor infraction. Come on now big brother.
It hasn't really been the residents of the Esplanade complaining, as Mr. Popoff has suggested. It has been the residents of Smokehouse Bay for the most part. It isn't a matter of supporting residents over businesses, or vice versa, it's a matter of supporting both. People who live in the Esplanade knew what a mixed use developement would bring. The other complainers haven't liked the Esplanade from it's beginning.
What did you all expect when you approved cityhood? At least we have the spending cap but they are in the process of trying to ammend it. And as you can see they try to go around it.
in response to playballonK: Issler's famous '61%' majority mandate vote for the pro STRP canidates is a bunch of cra@p!Aceri and his cronies promised the sky to the condo owners if they voted for his canidates(Waldack, Gibson etc.)Aceri convinced the condo dwellers that their utility rates would skyrocket if the STRP wasn't completed.Condo owners are THE ONLY reason those canidates won that election. Condo owner now must realize that they MUST vote as the homeowner on Marco votes, its a taxpayer/assessment thing - get it?!The currnet government and 40 or 50 of its cronies are trying to make Marco Island into Miami west, Do you understand???Do you know what this is going to cost each homeowner/condo owner???Do you understand condo owner??Condo owner you need only to look at the finance practices of YOUR city government to understand things aren't right here on Marco.SO next election condo owner when a friendly man comes to speak to your association about doom and gloom on Marco - go to the libary instead and read a book on ethics in government.
in response to playballonK:
Issler's famous '61%' majority mandate vote for the pro STRP canidates is a bunch of cra@p!Aceri and his cronies promised the sky to the condo owners if they voted for his canidates(Waldack, Gibson etc.)Aceri convinced the condo dwellers that their utility rates would skyrocket if the STRP wasn't completed.Condo owners are THE ONLY reason those canidates won that election. Condo owner now must realize that they MUST vote as the homeowner on Marco votes, its a taxpayer/assessment thing - get it?!The currnet government and 40 or 50 of its cronies are trying to make Marco Island into Miami west, Do you understand???Do you know what this is going to cost each homeowner/condo owner???Do you understand condo owner??Condo owner you need only to look at the finance practices of YOUR city government to understand things aren't right here on Marco.SO next election condo owner when a friendly man comes to speak to your association about doom and gloom on Marco - go to the libary instead and read a book on ethics in government.
The condo commando vote, along with the absentee owner vote, is what gave us cityhood. It only passed by 181 votes. The majority of precincts voted against cityhood but the commandos had more people in their precincts. The absentee owners are people who argueably don't live here half the year.
Why are you advertising events not on or near Marco?
You city morons! Let's become a city. Yeah! We have plenty of money right here on Marco. We don't need the county. Let's build sidewalks over the whole island (not done yet, ten years later). Let's have some policemen, we don't need the sheriff (wrong). Let's build a City Hall Palace. Let's buy a water company and save money (wrong). Let's put everyone on a sewer system even though the citizens don't want it (Moss). Hey! Let's buy an electric company and save even more money (Waldack)?! Great vision Mr. Stefinades. Thanks for nothing Mr. Aceri.
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