CIVIC BOARD OPPOSES NEW TOWN HALL
3 week(s) ago | Beach News Today
The Fort Myers Beach Civic Association opposes the town's request to borrow up to $7 million for a new town hall. The board beleives there is nothing wrong with the present town hall location, which can be obrtained through eminent domain for much less money,
Town voters in 2007 gave the town permission to borrow money to fix the town's broken water system. At least $13 million is needed for that very important project. The board beleives going deeper and deeper into debt is not a good idea for our small town government.
We urge our voters to vote no on the town's reverendum question as to whether you want to borrow up to $7 million for a new town hall. That referenum will be on the presidential primary ballot. on Jan. 31.
Pool is soaking taxpayers
5 month(s) ago | Post a Comment | Beach News Today
September's Tidelines reveals how broken promises at the island's community pool are soaking beach taxpayers. The story also reveals that costs there are four times higher than the public was told they would be when the pool was built. Be sure and pick up a copy of Tidelines at business along the island now. You can find them at Publix, the Post Office, Topps, both banks, The Munch Box, the Library, The Mermaid Lounge, Town Hall, Sun Hardware and the Yucatan Grill. You can also have them mailed to your home or business. Just call 470-3407 for mailing requests. You can also read it online at fmbcivic.org.
Water, electric bills rising
5 month(s) ago | Post a Comment | Beach News Today
Fort Myers Beach residents will have to dig deeper to pay a new tax the town is about to adopt in the face of its growing bureacracy and declining revenues. The new tax would be in addition to rate hikes in your power bills and town water bills.
The town is about to lower the property tax rate but add a new tax - a ten percent tax on your electric bills. The council already has tentatively approved the new tax in one of two public hearings and it's set to vote for final approval on Sept. 26 unless residents show up in big numbers to oppose it. The tax on Florida Power and Light bills will paid by the customer - you - and will go the town to support its growing bureacracy. The new tax would take effect in April after a probable FPL rate hike and yet another rate hike in the the town's water rates.
Beach taxpayers will have the opportunity to oppose that tax in the final public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Town Hall council chambers.
Seniors unhappy with Bay Oaks
5 month(s) ago | Post a Comment | Beach News Today
Seniors belonging to the Bay Oaks Recreation Center's programs are unhappy, saying the town has decreased their programs. The dissension comes while the center continues to lose huge sums of taxpayers dollars. In the past two years since the town took over operations of the place from the county the center and pool have lost $1.4 million. The small amount of revenues the center prodcues are expected to decline again over the next year, budget numbers show. Meanwhile, the town is considering pouring more money into the operations, bumping up the budget from $840,000 this year to $1.048 million over next year.
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND - TELL US
1 year(s) ago | Post a Comment | Whats on your mind
WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE
1 year(s) ago
Welcome to the Fort Myers Beach Civic Association's new interactive website. We've improved things to let you tell us what's on your mind and how you feel about the issues facing our town. You can do that by following the blog prompt, sign in, create a password and you're in. It's all free and you can give us your opinion as often as you want. If you'd like to join our organization just strike the JOIN prompt, fill out the application and strike SUBMIT to get it to us. We'll be letting you know of the various prorgams, parade and parties we sponsor on our EVENTS page. If you haven't found our monthly news magazine, Tidelines, at the local stores and Post Office, and aren't currently getting it in the mail, we can mail it to you. Simply hit the CONTACT prompt and send us your name and address. Or, you can go to this sites homepage and strike TIDELINES. We will also be sending you breaking news on island issues. Those breaking stories will be on the home page. Other stories covering our island's town hall and Fire and Library Districts will be on the NEWS page. So please join us on our new website, and become a Tidelines reader.