Jun 072013
 

Issue #13 — Friday, June 7, 2013

DOG OF THE DAY

SPOTTED!

First, state representative Holly Raschein mistakenly announced a meeting of interested parties involved with Crane Point to discuss the nature area’s finances. Then, suddenly, her office announced the meeting was cancelled. They lied.  They lied to throw the press off.   [Please see Holly Raschein’s response to this below.] A meeting took place – as Read More...

GUEST EDITORIAL: Aqueduct Authority Selects High Cost Sewer Option

Given the choice of a system that is a bit more expensive initially, versus one that will cost almost twice as much over its lifetime, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) has chosen the expensive, long term option.  This is an option that every resident in the Florida Keys will pay for through the uniform Read More...

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Who Controls Marathon Beautification?

“Everyone is commenting favorably on the ongoing median landscaping project [in Marathon]” crowed town cheerleader and chair of the chamber of commerce John Bartus. Well, not everyone. Even though the city has been relatively conscientious about planting native greenery in the parks and at Sombrero Beach, the new ground cover on the median is anything Read More...

GREEN Reactor: GREEN Reactions

Over my years of writing for various Key West newspapers, from time to time I have found that I could not restrain myself from responding to anonymous blabbermouths (like me, sometimes) who post their  (usually anonymous) thoughts to local forums like the Voice, local Facebook pages, website comment sections, etc. Thoughts they express with such Read More...

Hurricane Voodoo

Assistant city manager John Jones told me Key West lost 10,000 vehicles during that high tide. I owned one of those vehicles, a car I had bought real cheap and had left in Key West that summer, because the front end was messed up and it vibrated something awful over 50 m.p.h. Toss in on Read More...

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Presenting Featured Artist Perry Frantzman

Perry Frantzman has studied with numerous photographers including Jim Zuckerman. Along this photographic path, he fell in love with High Dynamic Range Photography. That process has taken him several years to learn and develop. Perry has shown his work in galleries including Pop Up Art Gallery, Mckeen auctions, Waterfront Playhouse auctions and several others. “Traveling Read More...

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  NOWHERE TO RUN:  NEW VIDEO DEVASTATING TO KWPD CREDIBILITY [CHIEF LEE DEPOSITION VIDEO] EIMERS IN-CUSTODY-DEATH UPDATE: MISSING VIDEO SURFACES KATHY SMITH, LEAD FDLE INVESTIGATOR IN CHARLES EIMERS CASE PUT ON ADMINITRATIVE LEAVE KWPD & FDLE, PARTNERS IN CRIME? CHARLES EIMERS UPDATE: Police, Death, and Missing Videotapes   THE BURGLAR, THE VIGILANTE, AND THE AXE OF Read More...

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DEATH IN PARADISE:  A YEAR LATER [CHARLES EIMERS MEMORIAL] NOWHERE TO RUN:  NEW VIDEO DEVASTATING TO KWPD CREDIBILITY [CHIEF LEE DEPOSITION VIDEO] EIMERS IN-CUSTODY-DEATH UPDATE: MISSING VIDEO SURFACES KATHY SMITH, LEAD FDLE INVESTIGATOR IN CHARLES EIMERS CASE PUT ON ADMINITRATIVE LEAVE KWPD & FDLE, PARTNERS IN CRIME? CHARLES EIMERS UPDATE: Police, Death, and Missing Videotapes   Read More...

In Key West on June 7th – Iconic author Judy Blume’s first big screen adaptation, TIGER EYES

  The first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author Judy Blume, TIGER EYES, will be opening June 7th at The Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St, Key West, FL 33040. Judy Blume, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries, makes the transition to film with the help Read More...

In Key West on June 7th – Iconic author Judy Blume's first big screen adaptation, TIGER EYES

  The first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author Judy Blume, TIGER EYES, will be opening June 7th at The Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St, Key West, FL 33040. Judy Blume, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries, makes the transition to film with the help Read More...

Marinas Selling Out to Hotel Developers

Dear Editor, Please reference the e-mail below.  Have you heard of this by chance?  If this does come to fruition, this is a significant change for Key West, and puts a significant number of boat owners (me included) looking for a new Marina.  The remaining area Marina’s are either at capacity, or don’t have the facilities to handle many Read More...

Florida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar Thursday, November 6 thru Wednesday, November 12

Visit keysarts.com, Cultural Calendar for more listings and events throughout the Keys. Key West Happenings ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS Thursday Polar Opposites Opening Reception, 6 PM Lucky Street Gallery, 540 Greene St. 294-3973. Luckystreetgallery.com James Barr-Nobles, B. Lucy Stevens. (more…)

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