OK kids, lets review. In the late 1990's a group of No Namers banded together to have commercial power brought to their island. Various homeowners over four decades had inquired about power and were told that when folks could pay the few(then)hundred of thousands of dollars that City Electric/KEYS Energy would bring it. That group sued the County and KEYS demanding power (for free). Fearing the property next to hers known as Galleon Bay would see homes built on it, No Name resident, Alicia Putney, did not want power on the island and working full time on the topic fought it like a fanatic. In June 2001 she got herself attached to the lawsuit fighting against those "evil" No Namers who wanted power. And then in September 2001 she got herself appionted on the County Planning Commission and within a week VOTED in favor of an Ordinance that she played a direct, intimate, role in writing a law that outlaws power, sewer, cable, phone, and such there. Neither the Planning Commission, nor the County, ever sent notice to the island's residents, nor asked them for their view. Instead, they took Pirate Putney's personal mission as their own and stole residents' rights. Feel however you like over the issue, that's your right, but ask yourself how you'd like your governement to steal something so basic as the right to puchase power, or any of the other utilities that you now likely enjoy. She is a disgrace for not recusing herself from writing, much less voting on that law and the County an even a greater disgrace for perpetuating this misery upon the island, when it damn well knows how the majority there feels and has felt for decades. The Department of Fish & Wildlife long ago ruled that power has no impact on the animals, flora or fauna anymore than on Big Pine or elsewhere. The Florida Public Service Commission is clear in their position and for that reason the power company installed and energized the system. Talk about Monroe County Bubba politics, piracy and back room favors all you want. No Name Key, what the County is still doing, takes the now very stale cake. Those poles, by the way,will NEVER come down, and one day soon those who want power will be able to connect and go on with their lives like you, dear reader, do with yours. And in these United States of America, that is how it should be.

I don't understand why this is happening. The majority wants the grid and has even paid for the infrastructure,should be case closed. It's like the IPhonegaters have been sucked into some legaleese whirlpool or quicksand and can't claw their way back out.