Perky is a ghost town in Monroe County, It is located in the lower Florida Keys on Lower Sugarloaf Key near mile marker 17 on US 1 (the Overseas Highway). A post office called Perky was established in 1929, and remained in operation until 1942.[1] The town was named for its founder, R. C. Perky.here
The Republicans have now run the legislature for twenty years. the Democratic side and many who would normally be loyal to the party have chosen to make money by lobbying for corporate interests and essentially becoming free agents in the process. What has resulted is a party with little in the way of values or infrastructure.here
Despite widespread opposition from consumer advocates and FPL customers, the rate increase passed unanimously at the Florida Public (Corporate) Service Commission in a hearing on November 29, 2016. The rate hike is set to begin in January of 2017 and will increase each of the next four years, ultimately charging consumers an additional $811 million dollars. here
Florida's four largest utilities -- Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy, Gulf Power and Tampa Electric -- are among 17 entities nationwide that are working aggressively "to block solar policies."here
A new poll by Gravis Marketing finds Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson comfortably leading Republican Rick Scott in a hypothetical senate race, 51 percent to 38 percent. Gravis also showed him leading Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi 50 percent to 35 percent. here
Ms. Bow, her husband and their two boys came to Cudjoe Key in 1904. She had talked her husband into quitting his job in Chicago and start a new life in the keys. After a few months he left. For the first six months after he left he sent money, but in June 1905, he transferred title to the Cudjoe property to her and that was the last the family ever heard of him. In 1906 she moved to what is now Homestead where she helped organize the Women's Club and started a library which eventually became the city's public library, named the Lliy Lawrence Bow Library. Read more about this remarkable womanhere.