Editorial
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Make mosquito control a county department

Newcomers to the Florida Keys, especially those from northern climes, are sometimes surprised to find that controlling the local mosquito population warrants an independent county agency with its own elected board, staff, motor pool, aircraft and other infrastructure -- and that this agency takes a significant bite of their property taxes.

While old-timers, Keys historians a...

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mosquito control

Submitted on Sun, 12/09/2012 - 5:16pm by local taxpayer
Do you really think the county could do a better job than the staff of mosquito control. The Keys have the best mosquito program in the country if not in the world. They regularly train staff from other districts. Our county commissioners 'took' $5.8 million from reserves to balance their budget. What would they have done if they also had mosquito control. Temple Terrace Fl is building bat towers because their county program is so bad. Miami Dade basically has no mosquito control as it is under their county. Our mosquito commissioners are educated, attend classes regularly, and know what it takes to kill mosquitos. Who in the county will take the time to do this? Maybe Mr. Tuell should attend the Dodd Mosquito classes this Jan and learn what mosquito control is all about. Ignorance, in this case me Tuell, is not bliss.