"Kate Bauer-Jones, president of the United Way of the Florida Keys, said a survey of about 300 local voters indicated strong support for a Monroe County specialty tax on alcohol and tobacco for services that boost health care, food pantries, emergency housing, counseling and child care.
Mayor Heather Carruthers endorsed "a direct funding stream" to agencies as a way to save county money now spent on human services for other pressing projects, like planning for the effects of sea-level rise on buildings and roadways..."
Read the entire article at the Miami Herald here.
