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People Are Asking About Good News
Two more resign from Key Colony Beach ranks
Key Colony Beach Building Official and Code Officer Leave as City Hall Prepares to Reopen
Key Colony Beach Reopens City Hall
John Bartus Named City Administrator
The new Gazebo in the Park on West Ocean Drive
KCB Beautification Committee Projects
People Are Asking About the City Commission
How Can I see What the KCB City Commission Is Doing?
What Does a City Commissioner Do?
Has the City of Key Colony Beach Itself Been Breaking the Rules?
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Does No One in City Government Listen?
Does KCB Play Fast and Loose with Florida's Sunshine Laws?
Shouldn't the Code Officer Fine the Commissioners for the Delays and Trailer Occupancy?
How Much Can the Commission Spend without a Referendum?
How Much Has the Commission Pumped Up the Budget (and Property Taxes)?
Why Can't the Community Vote?
Did the KCB Commission Really Refuse to hold a Referendum?
What Happened to about $2,000,000 in Grants?
Is the City Overpaying for Fire Rescue?
Should We Hold a Referendum on the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex?
Aren't Commissioners Normally Democratically Elected?
If a Building Must Be Completed in 15 months, Why Has KCB Taken over Six Years Just to Start on City Hall?
What Are the four Main Failures of the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex?
How Many Employees Does the City Need?
Is the Key Colony Beach Recreation Committee Folding?
Did the City Commission Vote Against Repairing City Hall?
Why Was the Key Colony Beach Code Board Disbanded?
Why Hasn't the Commission Disclosed How Much It Has Spent on Architects and Trailers?
Why does the Commission Rent Meeting Space in the Inn?
Why Has the City Allowed Live-Aboard Houseboats When it Forbids Residents from Doing the Same?
Why Doesn't the Commission Hold Meetings Twice a Month?
Does the City Commission Have a Siege Mentality?
Does the City Commission Consider Ideas from Residents?
Why Won't the City Let Its Taxpayers Vote on the City Hall Boondoggle?
Does the City Commission Abuse Its Power?
What Does this Say about Who's Running this Show?
The City Used to be Mayberry. How did City Officials Turn It into Chernobyl?
The Dingthrift Chronicles
Is it time for Florida DOGE to check KCB's books?
6½ Years later, in 2024, What's Happening to the KCB City Hall?
Why Is the City Commission Approving a "Tower" that Violates Two Ordinances and the Florida Building Code?
Is the 2024-25 KCB Budget Right?
Did the commission spend a Million Dollars from the General Fund in 2024 and 2025?
The Importance of Dissent
What's Next?
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People Are Asking About the Original City Hall
6½ Years later, in 2024, What's Happening to the KCB City Hall?
Was City Hall Really Condemned?
Did the City Commission Do a Risk Recovery Assessment for City Hall?
Did the Concrete Floor in City Hall Sink Several Feet?
Why Weren't the City Hall Flood Barriers Used?
What Does the Current City Hall Look Like?
Did the City Commission Vote Against Repairing City Hall?
The Post Office Occupies a Wing of City Hall. Has USPS Signed a Statement That They Will Not Occupy an Office Below Flood Elevation?
Why Can't the Key Colony Beach Post Office Fit all the PO Boxes in the Trailer?
Which City Engineer or City Official Declared that City Hall Sustained 50% or More Damage in Hurricane Irma? Where Is the "Substantial Damage" Letter?
What Does this Say about Who's Running this Show?
Does KCB Have a "City Hall FAQ"?
Have Residents Suggested Other City Hall Designs?
What's Next?
People Are Asking?
Here's What People Are Saying!
People Are Asking About the New CPH-designed City Hall Complex
How Much Will It Cost?
What Does the CPH-designed City Hall Complex Look Like? What About the Other Designs Residents Have Suggested??
What Are the Failures of the CPH-designed City Hall Complex?
Why Is there No 3-D Model for the Commission and the Residents to Study?
Have Residents Suggested Other City Hall Designs?
Does the City Commission (Still) Have a Siege Mentality?
How Much Will Taxes Go up for the New City Hall Complex?
Does KCB Have a "City Hall FAQ"?
How Do We Get up to the New Raised Tower Entrance?
Should We Hold a Referendum on the CPH-designed City Hall Complex?
Why Can't the Community Vote?
Other Voices: Letters to the Editor about the New City Hall
No, It's Not a Circus Tent
The Conceptual City Hall Drawing Proposal
Why Is the City Commission Approving a "Tower" that Violates Two Ordinances and the Florida Building Code?
The "30% Schematic Drawing Proposal"
The "60% Drawing Proposal"
The "90% Drawing Proposal"
What's Next?
People Are Asking About the ill-fated LIVS-designed City Hall Complex
What's the "Taj ma-KCB"?
How Much Will It Cost?
What Does the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Look Like? What About the Other Designs Residents Have Suggested??
What Are the four Main Failures of the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex?
The City Hall Bid Drawings Are "Secret." It's Our Money. What Are City Officials Afraid We'll See?
Find the Bid Package Here.
Why Was a 3-D Model Never Made for the Commission and the Residents to Study?
What Concerns Do Citizens Have about the Key Colony Beach Bid Process?
Why Hasn't FEMA Paid for IRMA Damage?
Have Residents Suggested Other City Hall Designs?
Does the City Commission Have a Siege Mentality?
After Seeing the Commission Analysis of the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex vs Repair, How Can We Believe the Commission Is Competent to Analyze the Bids?
Why Can't the Key Colony Beach Post Office can't fit all the PO Boxes in the Trailer?
Why Won't the New Post Office in the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Hold All Our PO Boxes?
The Postal Service Wants to Know What YOU Think of the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex
Will the New Post Office in the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Be Handicap Accessible?
How Much Will Taxes Go up for the New City Hall Complex?
Why Won't the City Let Its Taxpayers Vote on the City Hall Boondoggle?
Does KCB Have a "City Hall FAQ"?
Should We Hold a Referendum on the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex?
Why Can't the Community Vote?
Did Key Colony Beach Really Refuse to hold a Referendum?
What Are the Concerns About the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Bid Process?
When Will KCB Open the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Bids?
What Happened at the Bid Review Meeting?
Other Voices: Letters to the Editor about the New City Hall
What's Next?
People Are Asking About the City Staff
How Many Employees Does the City Need?
Don't We Pay the Administrator to Keep "Business Hours"?
Why Is the Building Department Chained Off?
Does the Key Colony Beach Code Officer Disturb Most Residents?
Why Does the City Have an Administrator?
Is Key Colony Beach Changing the City Administrator Position?
Why the City Administrator refused to project manage the storm water project?
Why doesn't the City Administrator minister to the residents?
Do licensed city officials have the right credentials?
How Much Does KCB Really Spend on Building Department Salaries?
Why Did It Take Months (or Longer) to Get a Building Permit and Is It Better Now?
Where Are the KCB Inspection Records?
How Many Employees Have Left since the City Hired its First Administrator?
How Many Employees Has the City Added under the City Administrators?
Why Has the City Police Department Decided to Unionize?
How Many KCB Citizens Has the City Administrator Pissed Off?
Can Key Colony Beach Fire Its Administrator?
Does KCB Play Fast and Loose with Florida's Sunshine Laws?
Do City Officials Abuse Their Power?
Aren't Commissioners Normally Democratically Elected?
What's Next?
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Month-by-Month around KCB
People Are Asking About the Building Department
Why do properties with expiring permits require costly "extensions"?
Do licensed city officials have the right credentials?
People Are Asking About Code Enforcement
Has the City Doubled the Fines Collected this Year?
Is the Key Colony Beach Code Officer a Little Overzealous?
Why Did the Code Officer Violate Hundreds of Property Owners for "Egress Windows"?
Why Was the Key Colony Beach Code Board Disbanded?
What Happened with the First DOAH Hearing for Code Enforcement?
Is the City Deliberately Code Enforcing Its Residents into Bankruptcy?
Has the City of Key Colony Beach Itself Been Breaking the Rules?
Shouldn't the Code Officer Fine the Commissioners for the Delays and Trailer Occupancy?
Where's the White KCB Patrol Car?
Do City Officials Abuse Their Power?
Will Code Enforcement Have Access to Your Email?
Did You Receive a Sewer Inspection "Reminder"?
Fines Have Doubled. Is the City Running Code Enforcement as a Profit Center?
What's Next?
People Are Asking About City Resources
Why Does the City Need Three or more Lawyers at Every Meeting?
How Many Staff Vehicles and Utility Vehicles Does a City of 758 Need?
Will the City Golf Course be shortened to Make More Pickle Ball Courts?
Why Did the Administrator Refuse to Turn on the Lights for the Pickle Ball Courts?
Where's the White KCB Patrol Car?
Why Can't the Key Colony Beach Post Office can't fit all the PO Boxes in the Trailer?
Why Won't the New Post Office in the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Hold All Our PO Boxes?
Is the "Smart" City Plan Pretty Dumb?
Why Have the Pickleball Courts Been "Privatized"?
What Happened to the Gazebo in the Park on West Ocean Drive?
The Dingthrift Chronicles
8 Years later, in 2024, What's Happening to the KCB City Hall?
Is the 2024-25 KCB Budget Right?
Did the city spend a Million Dollars from the General Fund in 2024 and 2025?
Why Don't the Sunset Park Restrooms Meet Flood Rules?
What's Next?
People Are Asking About City Finances
How Much Can the Commission Spend without a Referendum?
How Have the Key Colony Beach City Budget and Property Taxes Skyrocketed?
Fines Have Doubled. Why Has the City Balanced Its Budget on this Increase?
Is the Building Department Also Overcharging for Building Permits?
Does the Building Department Really Spend $300,000 on Salaries?
Why Hasn't FEMA Paid for IRMA Damage?
Where Are All the Grants the City Administrator Told the Newspaper He Got?
Is the City Overpaying for Fire Rescue?
What Happened to about $2,000,000 in Grants?
The 2022-23 Budget Includes an Expense for Six Administrative Staff. The Payroll Shows Only Five.
Why Hasn't the Commission Disclosed How Much It Has Spent on Architects and Trailers?
How Much Will Taxes Go up for the New City Hall Complex?
How Much Will Taxes Go up for the "Smart City" Plan?
What Are the Concerns About the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex?
It's Our Money. What Do They Plan to Build?
What Happened at the Bid Review Meeting?
Why Can't the Community Vote?
The Dingthrift Chronicles
Is it time for Florida DOGE to check KCB's books?
8 Years later, in 2024, What's Happening to the KCB City Hall?
Is the 2024-25 KCB Budget Right?
Did the city spend a Million Dollars from the General Fund in 2024 and 2025?
What's Next?
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Key Colony Beach in the NewspapersPeople Are Asking About the Post Office
Why Couldn't the Key Colony Beach Post Office Fit All the PO boxes in the Trailer?
Why Wouldn't the New Post Office in the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Hold All Our PO Boxes?
Why Wouldn't the LIVS-designed City Hall Complex Post Office Be Handicap Accessible?
The original Post Office Occupied a Wing of City Hall. KCB Officials said the USPS Will Not Occupy that Space.
People Are Cheering that the Post Office Has Moved Back to City Hall!
People Are Asking About the Trailers
Why don't the "Temporary" City Offices Pass Hurricane Standards?
Why Don't the "Temporary" City Offices pass Florida Building Code?
Why Does the City "Live" in Trailers When it Forbids Residents from Doing the Same?
Why does the Commission Rent Meeting Space in the Inn?
Why Can't the Key Colony Beach Post Office Fit All the PO boxes in the Trailer?
What's Next?
People Are Asking About the Loss of Community
The City Used to be Mayberry. How did City Officials Turn It into Chernobyl?
Does the City Commission Have a Siege Mentality?
Why Is the Building Department Chained Off?
How Many KCB Citizens Has the City Administrator Pissed Off?
Is the Key Colony Beach Code Officer a Little Overzealous?
Is the Key Colony Beach Recreation Committee Folding?
How Many Volunteers Have Resigned from City Committees Since the City Hired the First Administrator?
Why Won't the City Let Its Taxpayers Vote on the City Hall Boondoggle?
Did the City Really Subvert the Will of the People?
Does the City Commission Consider Ideas from Residents?
People Are Asking How Could a Small City Do So Much Wrong?
A Summary of the City Hall boondoggle and the High Points of Official Malfeasance
Has the City of Key Colony Beach Itself Been Breaking the Rules?
Do City Officials Abuse Their Power?
Aren't Commissioners Normally Democratically Elected?
Was City Hall Really Condemned?
Fines Have Doubled. Is the City Running Code Enforcement as a Profit Center?
Why Did the Code Officer Violate Hundreds of Property Owners?
Is the City Deliberately "Code Enforcing Its Residents into Bankruptcy"?
Does KCB Play Fast and Loose with Florida's Sunshine Laws?
Why don't the "Temporary" City Offices Pass Hurricane Standards?
Why Don't the "Temporary" City Offices pass Florida Building Code?
Why Don't the Sunset Park Restrooms Meet Flood Rules?
Did the City Really Subvert the Will of the People?
What Happened to the Citizen Referendum?
People Are Asking About Referendum Votes and Recall Elections
Sign the KCB Referendum Petition. Give Citizens a Voice
What Is an Initiative Petition?
What Is a Recall Election?
What Is a Referendum?
What Has Happened with Our Referendum?
People Are Asking About ... People Are Asking
What IS "People Are Asking"?
What IS "Concerned in KCB"?
The Importance of Dissent
Letters to the Editor
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