Taken from Mickey's Blog: Tom Willi is Toast at Monroe County

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted to this blog - I've watched the entire budget fiasco and the Sal Zappulla thing unfold and marveled at the staying power of Tom Willi.

I must admit that I've become a fan of County Commissioners George Neugent and Sylvia Murphy, who seem to be consistent in their opinions, involved in the community at a number of levels and honest to a fault. You may not agree with what they say, but they look you in the eye and tell you what's on their mind.

Today, watching the County Commission meeting I became a fan of Dixie Spehar. It seems as though she has been listening to her constituants (finally) and today attempted to introduce a resolution to terminate Tom Willi. She could not gain the supermajority (4 votes out of 5) to add the resolution onto today's agenda, but the issue was raised.

As you might recall, being an observer of Monroe County politics, Tom had the ill conceived notion to add the extension of his contract on to this month's agenda. Rather than going with the program and asking for a year or two, he asked for the Full Monty - a four year extension with a full-boat buyout if he was fired. //Carte blanche //to do what he wants for four more years.

He reportedly said he did that because he didn't want this to become an "election issue."

Tom, your contract won't become an "election issue." Your replacement will be. After today, you know how it feels, buddy. Worry. You won't find a job as easily as I did - you have no marketable skills and no Florida municipality is going to touch you after reading the local press and Internet postings. But don't worry, you'll be okay.

Is one of Di Gennaro's companies hiring?