John Deneale News Today

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun an investigation into allegations that former City of Key Colony Beach Administrator Chris Moonis and former Mayor John Deneale had ordered city staff

The Key Colony Beach City Commission met recently and reviewed a rather general agenda overall, but Vice Mayor Beth Ramsay-Vickery proposed that allegations of fraud be entertained against the former

Your morning review of the issues and players behind Florida politics.

Leaders from Monroe County government, Keys municipalities, the school district, utilities and non-profit organizations communicated their legislative priorities for the year to State Rep. Jim Mooney and Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez at a Jan. 6 online meeting. Florida Keys priorities expressed to newly-elected state officials for the 2021 session included appropriations of $20 million for water quality, $5 million for land acquisition, $750,000 for the vessel pump-out program, and support for wind ...

Florida Keys municipalities experienced an overhaul of leadership this year in both appointed and elected positions. In Marathon, Key Colony Beach and Islamorada, city and village managers left or were replaced, and several new elected officials were seated. On Sept. 24, Key Colony Beach City Administrator Chris Moonis informed the city commission he would not seek a new contract. “We wish him well and best of luck in his future endeavors,” Mayor John DeNeale said. Moonis had served t...