Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

Does the FKAA  have the authority to say no to the BOCC?  Could the FKAA Board have refused to install the cheaper inferior grinder pumps, because they preferred the better system of gravity for all?

Last month there was a gigantic Powerball prize jackpot. I was hoping I would win so I could give the FKAA the money they needed to get gravity for all, even with that amount approaching 50 million dollars. If I had won over 300 million, yes, I would have. I hoped and prayed to be tested.

Now, could the FKAA have said no to the BOCC requiring those awful grinder pumps, had I won and given them what they needed to get gravity for all? In that circumstance, I’m sure they could have and would have. I didn’t win, but I believe the FKAA could have said no in that hypothetical situation. Therefore, they could say no to the BOCC requirement of cheaper, awful grinder pump installations. They could say we will install gravity for all those that we can, with whatever monies you, the BOCC, allocate to us.

Having  funds reduced for this waste-water project and forcing the FKAA to install  awful, inferior, grinder pumps puts an undue hardship on a lot of home-owners that will have to pay high installation and maintenance costs. There’s also the probability of their homes depreciating in value because of grinder-pump hook-ups. Is saying no to the BOCC, something that the FKAA that could have done, butt would not do, when they should have? It’s a bad case of coulda, woulda, shoulda.

Joe McKasty

Big Pine Key