Marco Island BLOG: News to the Council ...

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

News to the Council ...

(but not news to the citizens of Marco Island) ...

Direct quote from Quality Cities, a bi-monthly publication from the city manager "professional" association Marco Island's City Manager belongs to ...

City Rights and Privileges: In Florida, a city is recognized with certain rights and privileges as such a government. The most important of these rights is Home Rule. The state Constitution recognizes that cities may enact their own ordinances and self-govern – so long as the city’s law does not conflict with the state and federal law.

The City Council is responsible for blidly beleiving that Marco Island can have it's own mooring laws (conflicting with state law), can have it's own laws on toxic substances (conflicting with the state and federal law) and can force hookup to the finance-yet-to-be-determined STRP in 90 days (conflicting with the state law allowing for up to 365 days).

What we sorely lack is leadership and responsibility from our elected offiicials. March 2008 can't come soon enough.

The Marco Island Blog strongly supports the cityhood of Marco Island, having its own police, fire and emergency services, its own public works, its community and park initiatives, having its own government and much much more.

This blog is an OPEN forum. Not one comment is moderated, all postings are welcomed, all submissions have been posted.

Progress and consensus are derived solely from communicating with those that don't agree with you. It comes by putting out your ideas and opinions for everyone to see and thereby making them available to be contradicted, criticized and condemned. Let the ideas and opinions pass or fail on their own merit as adjudicated by the rigors of a populace debate.

That practice is the foundation of a successful democracy. And that is the purpose of this blog.

This blog also stands for democratic, federalist and Jeffersonian principles, is against the abuse of government, and stands for the free publications of all views.

It is the duty - the obligation - of every citizen to question, inspect and critique the actions of government. Such is one of the basic tenets of a democracy.

"I am for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents." Thomas Jefferson

As we are.

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

News to the Council ...

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On Marco Island: Independent Reporting, Documenting Government Abuses, Exposing the Syndicate, Historical Records of Crimes Against the Environment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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