Bug board makes 4X more

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Bug board makes 4X more

State report notes big discrepancy

BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com

A recently released report shows the board of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District is being paid nearly four times more than similar boards in other parts of the state.

Florida Keys Mosquito Control commissioners are paid about $21,500, plus benefits, a year, with the board chair, vice chair and treasurer making $22,000. Their counterparts elsewhere in Florida earn abo...

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There is no reason for these salaries to exceed 110% of the

Submitted on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 3:52pm by .

state average. Also, if the board members receive paid medical insurance, then that should be eliminated as well.

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Hope at last?

Submitted on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 11:58am by 666

Could it be that our Governor will do something right and recommend this bloated bureaucracy be folded into our County Government? Imagine the savings! No board to pay (including health care most residents can't even dream of), no HR, Finance, or other support functions. No new buildings while County space sits empty. Only a Department responsible for killing Mosquitos. What a concept. Tell me, Mr Shaw, how is a special district, loaded with duplicated functions, more efficient? Are all the functions County Government provides "afterthoughts"? Look at your property tax bill and see how "efficient" this district is.