Farmer you are an idiot!!!!

What’s the matter villagecrane, does this hit a little too close to home. You guys need to lighten up a little. You caused this. The pro-sewer side has been sitting here relatively quite compared to the anti-sewer crowed. The pro-sewer side won. I think we get to have some fun at your expense. I can not imagine what the anti-sewer crowd would be doing if they had won.

Avenger, Your an idiot too!!

I used to come to Marco to vacation, but with all the turmoil, construction, and this continued war of words I won't be visiting anytime soon. Frankly as a vacationer, I didn't cause anything and your comments show how stupid you really are. My only source of information is the local newspapers that I read online. Farmer used to have some very funny columns but since he decided to get political and take sides his columns have lost their appeal. As a resort destination Marco's appeal has gone. I think I will look elsewhere to spend my vacations.

Well villagecrane - From the way you represent yourself I for say good riddance. You are not the type of person we want on the island. I can tell you that your spot has been filled by a person who understands the good things that Marco has to offer. As far as I am concerned you are just one less horn blower on the Island. Now if we can get a few more grumpy people to leave, things will get better. Just out of curiosity if you are not coming here why are you interested in what is going on? Are you just a troublemaker?

By the way it is not nice to call people names.

Avenger: I can help you imagine what the antisewer side would be doing now. We would be consoling Don Farmer and pitching in money to have him surgically attached as a parasitic twin to Bill Moss. Not that it would change much about his life. All of the oppressed had already agreed to contribute 10% of the money they wouldn't have wrenched from their warm live fists and have a 10 million dollar reconciliation bash for the entire island. My friends with septic tanks were planning to go out and weep with joy over the drainfields they thought they had lost. Then we were going to flush the STRP. But as you guys keep reminding us this is will never be. It is over and we are all (40% of the island)going to pack up and leave. Just as soon as our houses sell sometime in the 23rd century or until sea level rises 20 feet whichever comes first.

PS: Mr. Krane: I feel your pain but I ain't buyin the tourist bit. Call me psychic but I'm getting antisewer brethren vibes from you.

Pretty good post Neutral. Every one on the Anti-Sewer side feels that they did a good thing running Bill off. However, it is strange that Naples did a Country wide search for a City Manager. They had over 80 candidates and decided on Bill. This leaves one to wonder who actually came out good on this deal. If Bill was damaged goods I do not think that Naples would have offered him the job. I think that Marco lost out in this deal. Bill put his heart and soul into making Marco into one of the finest Cities in the Country. One only has to drive down Collier Blvd. to see the improvements. I am sure as long as you price your house properly you should have no problem selling this year. Everyone on Marco thinks that their house should double in value every two years. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that that could not continue. However, houses are starting to move now. I personally do not think you want to move. I do not think you will be able to find what Marco offers in too many places.

Avenger: You got me there. You must be the psychic. What was it about my post that clued you in to the fact that I was being facetious? Probably the parasitic twin stuff. I should have known that was a little over the top. Your right about me staying put. This is the absolute best place on earth even with the our wacky local politics. I've carefully examined my post and I can't find anything derogatory about our beloved ex city manager so I'm not sure why you wrote such a touching defense for him. But in the spirit of Jeopardy I will follow your defense with a little commentary so it at least appears you weren't ranting to yourself. I thought Mr. Moss was a capable administrator perhaps even an excellent one. I will also admit that the job of Marco City manager is not one I would want. The pay certainly doesn't compensate for the aggravation. Perhaps that is why he lost his mind and resorted to suggesting the city sue residents who signed a petition for what it cost the city. That's like expecting those who support the STRP to pay for it. We both know that ain't happenin. I was amazed at how little uproar there was over that outrageous attempt at voter intimidation. I could go on and on but I won't because frankly I was never an advocate for him leaving. Considering the ballooning beaurocracy on Marco Island the pay to manage it is pathetic and Naples is even worse. My opinion is that the structure of our city government is disfunctional and put Mr. Moss in the position of making politically sensitive decisions. In that department he wasn't too savy. What we need is a well compensated manager who answers to a full time elected mayor with a city council for checks and balances. That's how big cities are run and if you don't consider Marco a big city, take a look at the budget.

I'm sorry but $250,000 for a city manager of a 3x5mile island is not right. Just having this much information makes me very sorry for voting for cityhood in the first place.

sunnycity: the 3X5 mile island is valued at around $10,000,000,000.00. That is ten billion Dollars no matter how you look at it. Paying a qualified person $ 250,000.00 to manage ten billion Dollars in assets is a bargain. By the way, it is a 6X4 mile Island.