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The
Google Earth graphic at left shows the Nat'l Hurricane Center's 11AM
Saturday, September 6, 2008 forecast path of Tropical Cyclone Ike. This
forecast shows Ike passing well west of Key West, in 4 days -- as a Category
One. The Florida Keys' "emergency management" director, Irene
Toner, prematurely "ordered" a total evacuation of the Keys with
nothing but a five-day forecast that had its
"center
line" going through Marathon. The forecast at the time was NOT
to suggest Ike was going to hit Marathon dead-on. It was intended to show
the storm was likely to come within 300 miles of Marathon! (I have always
been relieved to see Key Largo smack on the center line at the 3, 4, or
5-day position -- because that almost guarantees the storm will NOT hit Key
Largo dead-on.)
I thought we had all learned the lesson not to "focus on the line"
after Charlie plowed into Punta Gorda mouth four years ago -- when "the
line" showed it going into Tampa. The National Hurricane Center spent
months trying to educate "television meteorologists" and local
emergency management officials to look at the whole picture -- particularly
the error bars that come with every forecast position. In this case, the NHC
forecasters made the point very clear in every forecast, that the 4- and
5-day forecasts have "greater than usual" errors. If our local
"experts" had looked at the model spread before crying
"Wolf," they would have seen that the models utilized by the NHC
were all over the place, and the storm could be in Jacksonville or Cozumel
rather than in Marathon on Day 5.
The "Cry Wolf" syndrome has been seen before; the most egregious
example being
Hurricane Andrew in 1992,
when Monroe County "ordered" the evacuation of the Middle and
Upper Keys at 6AM on Sunday -- for a storm that made landfall only 23 hours
later. Only 61% of Upper Keys residents evacuated to the mainland before
Andrew, compared to the County’s predicted 87%. Only 43% evacuated the
Middle Keys, compared to the predicted 73%. 30% of those who did evacuate,
did so before the evacuation "order" was announced. Of those who
did evacuate, 27% only went as far as Dade County, where the storm actually
made landfall.
If the County could make the mistaken call it made in Andrew, only 1 day
from landfall, what -- pray tell -- made Irene Toner think she could get it
right 5 days before a somewhat possible landfall? The Florida Keys are
islands -- just in case you didn't know -- like Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian
Islands. Island communities need hurricane shelters. the Florida Keys need
hurricane shelters.
The sole reason we do not have hurricane shelters is a political one -- not
an engineering one. The majority of Florida Keys voters -- homevoters
primarily -- want to prevent the Keys' population from increasing. That
majority elects the County Commission, which in turn does the homevoters'
bidding -- and has refused since 1993 to build hurricane shelters (except
for their own office building in Marathon, which will not withstand a
Category Five hit).
Putting the homevoters in the same political camp as the tree-huggers -- and
the last five Governors and the DCA -- puts the lives of Keys' residents at
risk every hurricane season. There is no doubt that this group of
anti-growth factions would dearly love a repeat of the 1935 hurricane, and
at least a few dozen deaths (maybe not hundreds), to prove that people
should not live in the Florida Keys!

Ike
could mirror Donna's path in the 60's

Pines & Palms
Inn after the Hurricane Donna blew through Islamorada. (Florida
State Archives )
Hurricane
Donna 1960

One
of the all-time great hurricanes, Donna was first detected as a tropical wave
moving off the African coast on August 29. It became a tropical storm over the
tropical Atlantic the next day and a hurricane on September 1. Donna followed a
general west-northwestward track for the following five days, passing over the
northern Leeward Islands on the 4th and 5th as a Category 4 hurricane and then
to the north of Puerto Rico later on the 5th. Donna turned westward on September
7 and passed through the southeastern Bahamas. A northwestward turn on the 9th
brought the hurricane to the middle Florida Keys the next day at Category 4
intensity. Donna then curved northeastward, crossing the Florida Peninsula on
September 11, followed by eastern North Carolina (Category 3) on the 12th, and
the New England states (Category 3 on Long Island and Categories 1 to 2
elsewhere) on the 12th and 13th. The storm became extratropical over eastern
Canada on the 13th.
Donna is the only
hurricane of record to produce hurricane-force winds in Florida, the
Mid-Atlantic states, and New England. Sombrero Key, Florida reported 128 mph
sustained winds with gusts to 150 mph. In the Mid-Atlantic states, Elizabeth
City, North Carolina reported 83 mph sustained winds, while Manteo, North
Carolina reported a 120 mph gust. In New England, Block Island, Rhode Island
reported 95 mph sustained winds with gusts to 130 mph.
Donna caused
storm surges of up to 13 ft in the Florida Keys and 11 ft surges along the
southwest coast of Florida. Four to eight ft surges were reported along portions
of the North Carolina coast, with 5 to 10 ft surges along portions of the New
England coast. Heavy rainfalls of 10 to 15 inches occurred in Puerto Rico, 6 to
12 inches in Florida, and 4 to 8 inches elsewhere along the path of the
hurricane.
The landfall
pressure of 27.46 inches makes Donna the fifth strongest hurricane of record to
hit the United States. It was responsible for 50 deaths in the United States.
One hundred and fourteen deaths were reported from the Leeward Islands to the
Bahamas, including 107 in Puerto Rico caused by flooding from the heavy rains.
The hurricane caused $387 million in damage in the United States and $13 million
elsewhere along its path
This
is why we don't want idiots like Sylvia Murphy running the show.....

She
voted against the 5th lane for ease of evacuation and a new EOC (Emergency operation
center) that developers would have paid for, the woman is useless as tits on a
boar hog.
Big
Pine Key post
Sal,
you knew the properties you purchased were non buildable when you acquired
them and the low price you paid reflected that. Then you tried to sell
these non buildable lots to the County for an exorbitant price. Please
stop whining and get on with your race against Sylvia. May the best person win!
You know
these same people, which Sylvia knows, but they will speak to Sylvia on the
phone unlike you, whose calls have been blocked by the County. Please brush up
on your speech at the next candidate forums. I was embarrassed for you at the
last forum when you spoke. Go take a happy pill and stop being so
vindictive and nasty. Go play with your website so some of your
vindictiveness and nasty can play out there. sonnyboy1234@hotmail.com
I
don't call Sylvia because she's useless. If I want to get some help I call Mario
just like a lot of other folks in the Upper Keys. As far a my Lots they're
all buildable and it was the state and not the county that approached me
for the purchase of these lots. Someone called the state to queer the deal
(Kay Thacker and George Neugent) and now there will be a giant lawsuit to follow
that will end up costing the county much more in the end. Sorry these
assholes (above) have cost the county millions with there stupid ways. We will
see Sonnyboy.

Sonny McCoy openly endorses
Heather Carruthers on the Becker show......2nd of the gang of three to support
Carruther's candidacy. Will Dixie join in????? There has been rumblings
of Dixie being an aid in Heather's regime if she wins.

Time to get the hell out of
Dodge....If we leave now Sylvia Murphy and KimWigington's dream of "No Fifth
lane" will be a moot issue. So start packing. If anyone dies at least we
know who to blame......
Letters to the Editor

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Another unanswered question
to Heather Carruthers web page blog
Last
night we viewed the Republican National Convention
We at keylargokey.com got
sick to our stomachs

Hopefully......Obama will
win............
The only thing we liked in
the convention was the mention of
Drill baby Drill...That's for
oil

Letter
about disparity in deputy pay....A Ken Davis take.......
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If you're
a Realtor and vote for Sylvia Murphy
Don't cry!!!!!!!!!!
when you
can't sell that lot that's on the FEMA list. She is directly connected to
every person who caused that list to materialize. Hank Morgenstern, Alicia
Putney, George Neugent, Richard Grosso and all your local environmental
wackos..
Post taken from
Bigpinekey.com
It looks like Heather Carruthers
running for office is the new topic of the day and I believe it is one that
needs to be addressed. The write up today saying how the owner of Island
House or Teasers shouldn't hold office hit the nail right on the head. I
have been to Pearl's several times when my sister, who is gay, comes to town.
She stays there regularly. I have spent the night there with her once when
drinking and didn't want to drive. It is a beautiful and well run guest
house. Heather looks right at home pulling up in that Black T-Bird with
the top down. Now for my point since it wasn't to advertise Pearl's.
I fully agree
that anyone who operates a place of business that discriminates against anyone
could not fairly govern our county. My opinion has nothing to do with her
sexual preference as a poster suggested. I don't want to have sex with her
I want a good county commissioner to put our county together and I don't
think a person who discriminates against anyone is the person for the job.
Places like Pearl's, Island House, Teasers, Club Zu, Fairvilla and 801
Bourbon all have their place in the community but not in government.
Jessie Jackson tried to run for President and lost because he discriminated
against white people just like David Duke discriminated against black people.
If Heather wants to do her part for the community she should run The Business
Guild or The Tourist Development Counsel but I can't support her to hold a
position of government that will effect my brother, father or husband. If
they wouldn't be allowed to spend a night at her guest house she shouldn't be
allowed to govern a county supported by their tax dollars. Men and
women pay equal taxes to pay for the BOCC so men and women should be equally
represented. Electing someone who's business refuses to do business with males
is not the way to represent them. We would be replacing the bubba system
with a lesbian favoritism system.
Heather, I wish you the very best in your business and hope
it continues to be the beautiful and much needed piece of Key West as it has
been but I hope you do not win a seat on the BOCC. ~debbieplunket@gmail.com
Looks like Keylargokey.com is not the
only one that thinks Heather for County Commission would be a bad choice
Useless 1 and useless 2 pose for a photo opt

George "tits" Neugent dedicates new
Big Pine Key Park

I'll bet under those sunglasses Neugent's eyes look like
this.....
Neugent attachments continue to surface

Life Guard with a sense of humor
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Some of Heather's friends after an arm
wrestling event in Key West

Carruthers was victorious. The unit on the left came in
2nd place
Gutierrez adopts Bill Cosby's views
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Testosterone
twins team up.
Will there be a third with balls????
Neugent gives a whole new meaning to the term
“white trash.”

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Story in the Blue Paper
What Heather will bring to the Commission
Check out the photo gallery

Heather won "The most balls lost that year" imagine
that!!!!
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Heather adds top notch
Campaign advisor to her staff

Eyeam Lightloafer comes straight from an operation in
Amsterdam........Eyeam, surgically altered, will
be allowed to stay at Pearl's House during the campaign period.
Well, well, well!
For the safety of
the people of
New Orleans
, officials started evacuating
72 in
hours in advance of hurricane Gustav! This makes perfect sense as a killer
hurricane approaches.
But what is amazing
about this is, it brings to light what a double standard there is compared to
the Florida Keys in regards to hurricane management, evacuation and property
rights. Obviously, there is no
standard imposed by the State of
Louisiana
that
New Orleans
must be evacuated in 24 hours, and if this standard is not met all development
and building will stop.
The 24-hour
hurricane evacuation standard imposed in the
Florida Keys
is unconstitutional & illegal, it is just an excuse to prevent building,
development and redevelopment and steal people's land.
The different
treatment by the federal, state and local government between
New Orleans
and the
Florida Keys
is amazing and illegal.
New Orleans
is below sea level but can still get FEMA flood insurance.
However, in the
Florida Keys
if you have an uninsurable downstairs enclosure even
6 feet
above base flood elevation, your flood insurance will be canceled. Any
downstairs enclosure whether nonconforming or conforming is not insured by the
FEMA flood insurance if below base flood elevation.
If you are afraid
of hurricanes don't live in the
Florida Keys
. If live in the Keys and you want to be safe from hurricanes start evacuating
72 hours before hurricanes arrive.
Nowhere in the
Constitution does it say the government can take your property rights away from
you because you may be subject to a natural disaster and can't evacuate in 24
hours. Tens of thousands of people will probably die in
San Francisco
when the big one comes and no one can evacuate 24 hours because they don't get
24-hour notice of a big earthquake approaching. Even so,
San Francisco
has not stopped building or development in their community.
Everyone should
hold their freedoms dearly, they should revolt against the loss of property
rights imposed by this 24 hour evacuation rule. Because what is the next right
they're going to take away from you. This
is supposed to be a free country. You
can ride your motorcycle without a helmet and take the risks that you want to
take. You could jump out of an
airplane with a parachute on. It's
obvious that imposing this 24-hour hurricane evacuation rule is not about the
safety of the people, it is about taking your property rights away from you
without compensating the you for the fair market value of the property taken.
If you want to stop this
abuse of your rights and others in the pipeline, vote for me, Sal Gutierrez
According to Sloan
Bashinsky.....The Gang of Three is backing Heather Carruthers

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The Citizen Playing
Games........again

Letter to editor
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:32 AM
Subject: Article in Sunday's paper
As
per your front page article on “County
Commission hopefuls outline views” in Sunday’s paper
(8/31/08), I noticed your reference to me indicating that I made a statement
to your newspaper you were not to contact me.
As usual your paper’s known ability to manipulate facts has once
again has surfaced. About a
month ago your arrogant news reporter, Tim O’Hara, called me for and
interview. At that time I
politely asked him if he had gone to my website (Keylargokey.com) and read
the instructions for press interviews, he said yes.
Then I proceeded to inform him that it said to email me at that site
with any and all questions. Mr.
O’Hara at that time failed to follow my rules.
A week after this event he tried again to get a phone interview with
me and this time I was a little courser with him.
Sorry Mr. Tuell and Mr. O’Hara but I’m not into your game
playing. Your paper
has an uncanny knack of taking phone interviews and twisting them around a
bit. If you wish to get an
interview with me you must do it my way……Sorry boys for the confusion
Salvador
Gutierrez
305
896-5930
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Sunday's headlines
Mud Slinging at it's best

It appears Lesbian guest
home owner Heather Caruthers's bunch has started rumors about her opponent
Carlos Rojas refusing to give allegiance to the flag at certain club functions.
I'm sure her buddies in the media will soon pick up on this story an try to
smear Mr. Rojas's reputation all over the Radio (Bill Becker) and Newspaper (The
Citizen). In a phone conversation with Mr. Rojas he has stated,
" Anyone who doubts my allegiance to the United States is welcome to see me give allegiance
to the flag every Thursday night with my fellow Rotarians". Also
Heather's gang has been known to favor all candidate running for office to be
non-working upper class citizens and have homosexual values. Mr. Rojas is
a happily married heterosexual man with children and a wife that goes to PTA
meetings on a regular basis.......How refreshing
Bet there's no PTA mothers
here
http://www.pearlsrainbow.com/about.html
We
have notice that Heather has removed "Lesbian only" guest house from
her WebPages......Must be because of her candidacy for County Commission.
She has yet to divulge this to the Monroe county electorate and her buddies at
the Keynoter and The Citizen have hidden the fact she runs a Lesbian only
guesthouse in Key West since her announcement to run for public office.
We at KeylargoKey.com
are not anti-gay but think a candidate should not try to hide facts from the
public......
Wal-mart recliners recalled

George Neugent, AKA
"Tits" plans to protest the recalling of these recliners
Are you
Sure?????????????????

These four would make the
"Gang of Three" look like a bunch of Choir Boys.
Heather Carruthers questioned/comments on her
Web Blog

Heather....actual photo and not her stunt double
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Let's see if she responds,
I know Carlos will.
Has not responded as
of 08/30/08

To
District 5 voters;
Are you
tired of sending your tax money to Key West?
Are you
tired of having a County Commissioner that doesn't fight for your community?
Are you
tired of your County Commissioner, Sylvia Murphy, being more politically aligned
with the lower Keys and Key West then Key Largo?
This
County Commission election cycle was about eliminating the gang of three, but
now we are probably going to get a gang of four. This new gang of four will do
nothing to improve the business climate or economy of the Florida Keys. Their
idea of progress is to turn the clock back 20 years. They have no respect for
individual property rights. And will tax property owners on property that is
undevelopable and will not push the state into purchasing this land, essentially
stealing it from the owners.
This last
election proved that Key Largo has a different attitude than the lower Keys
about who should represent the community. Gary Bauman lost by only 34 votes in
Key Largo's five precincts. Gary won 3 out of 5 precincts, with a vote
difference of 4%, 48% to 52%.
Whereas in the rest of the county Gary lost by a vote difference of 16%, 42% to
58%. So essentially the lower Keys and Key West has and will continue to choose
a County Commissioner for District 5 regardless of Key Largo's preference.
The answer
to this dilemma for District 5 is to incorporate Key Largo, so that the
community has a voice in determining its future.
In the
meantime as a protest to this present situation and to support my belief in
private property rights and to keep the government from stealing your property,
and to make your County Commissioner responsible to the needs of the community,
vote for me, Sal
Guitierrez...

Neugent rehearses for Mayor's coronation in
December

Citizens get your wallets
out the gang of 4 will bankrupt the Keys............

10 questions for Bill Becker from Tom Stump's
Mother.....Mama Rose
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Rumor Has it..............
Many X-Dixie Republicans backing Democrat Bill
Estes in November
Race could mimic Rice-Saunders race in '06

Bill Estes
Takings lawsuits are guaranteed to plague new
commission

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Key Largo.....Time to incorporate???????

Bauman wins 3 of 5 Key Largo Precincts
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Today Alyson Crean Key West Bureau Chief
Florida Keys Keynoter sent me an email......
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:02 PM
Subject: request
I'm doing a story and would like to talk to friends or business people who you'd
like to refer me to. Trying to get insight to the candidates' character
through those around them, not just from the candidates themselves. As I
mentioned on the phone, I'm not looking to trash you, Sal, as I'm asking you for
your own friends and references.
Thank you for your help.
Alyson Crean
Key West Bureau Chief
Florida Keys Keynoter
The press has painted such a bad picture of folks that are developers in
the Keys that out of six requests for business associates of mine only three would
ever consider a request from me to voice their opinion (in the press) of my
character.......not because their response would have been negative but they
were afraid of reprisals from the government (Sylvia Murphy, the Building Dept,
other New County commission prospects....etc.) on this island
chain................Wow!!!!!!.......Sounds like Germany in the 1939 to
me................Sal Gutierrez......
I did find three.....The other three were
deleted from my cell phone.......Permanently
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SAL GUTIERREZ
COUNTY COMMISSION DIST. 5
No Party Affiliation
P.O. Box 1712
Tavernier, Fl 33070
Phone: 305-896-5930
http://www.keylargokey.com
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age 61
Divorced many years ago with 39 year old son, an airplane
Mechanic. Never Re-married
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Education :
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Various Mechanical
certifications for Air conditioning repair. Also attended Saint
Petersburg Junior College in St. Petersburg, Florida |
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Experience :
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Owned and ran a successful and
profitable Air-conditioning business for 30 years..... Also own
many parcels of land in Monroe County and familiar with all land
regulation and how they affect people in this county. EXP.ROGO,
FEMA, Permitting. Have a realistic approach to affordable
housing......Start really wanting some |
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September 4th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Do you only answer questions from gay people??? About 4 or 5 days ago I ask you to comment on some property rights questions and government meeting rules…..you failed to answer the questions submitted. I think Carlos will win this contest. He has the ability to answer and defend all members of this community……not just the gays…