Issue #23 — Friday, August 16, 2013
COMMENTARY: IS THERE BIG $ MONEY $ IN HOMELESSNESS?
A surprising statistic came out in the news last week. According to one expert 5.8% of Key West’s population is homeless and lives in the mangroves. We’re not even kidding. This is actually the conclusion of a $ 20,000 study presented by Dr. Robert Marbut to a straight–faced City Commission on August 6th, 2013. At least Read More...
Channel Dredging: It’s Not Just A Study
On Wednesday, I listened to Jennifer Hulse, spokesperson for the KW Chamber of Commerce PAC on Bill Becker’s morning show and would like to challenge her on a couple of points. 1. Hulse states, “the modern ships” — the type we want”, all have advanced wastewater treatment. I would like to point out that the Carnival Read More...
Channel Dredging: It's Not Just A Study
On Wednesday, I listened to Jennifer Hulse, spokesperson for the KW Chamber of Commerce PAC on Bill Becker’s morning show and would like to challenge her on a couple of points. 1. Hulse states, “the modern ships” — the type we want”, all have advanced wastewater treatment. I would like to point out that the Carnival Read More...
Marathon Burns With Ecotourism Fever
Marathon is aglow. A new aquarium is under construction in town and the chamber, members of the city council, and the media have declared this Middle Keys city to be an ecotourism destination par excellence. They cite the Dolphin Research Center on Grassy Key, the Turtle Hospital, Crane Point Nature Center, Pigeon Key and an Read More...
What A Difference A Year Makes
This time a year ago, we were in the midst of two hotly contested School Board races. In District 2, two challengers came forward in an effort to unseat a five term incumbent. Further up the Keys in District 3, the incumbent stepped aside and five candidates slugged it out for that open seat. Week Read More...
GREEN Reactor: Racism and the Environment
Environmental Racism – the placement of toxic facilities, garbage dumps or other hazards within towns or neighborhoods that are mostly inhabited by minority populations — is a well-known and widely documented phenomenon. Though the racism involved may not have been overt – e.g., a sewage plant may have ended up in the low-income black neighborhood Read More...
A Somewhat Different Perspective on the N Roosevelt Blvd SNAFU
Maybe six weeks ago, I ran into former Key West city commissioner Barry Gibson, who told me his one regret as a city commissioner was he did not hold out for a faster work schedule on N Roosevelt Blvd. He said he would have been only one vote, but he wished he had held out. Read More...
Dear Beauty, Hello, allow me to introduce myself. I am shame. I am loneliness. I am anger, I am despair, I am frailty and error and pain and sadness and capacity for evil. I am sin, I am hate, I am error and I am greed. I am, I have and I will. I write Read More...
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...
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...
The Trash Blog Comes To Key West: The Outdated Topography of Margaritaville
At a whopping 18 feet above sea level, Solares Hill is said to be the highest point on Key West. In general, 18 feet is the highest point attributed to any of the Florida Keys, and the little known Windley Key is said to be the 18 feet that is highest. In an article about Read More...
Welcome New Resident Author Nancy Miracle
There’s a new author in town! Nancy Miracle has been spending time in Key West since early 2012. Looks like she’s caught Key West “fever” and is settling in for good. Nancy wrote and published From Sardi’s to Sicily The Biography of Marilyn Monroe in 2012/13 while traveling between Key West and Miami. From Sardi’s Read More...
N. Roosevelt Blvd: An Open Letter to Commissioners
Dear Mayor Cates and Commissioner Rossi: Gentlemen: I have seen the resolution you have co-sponsored (#15 on Tuesday’s agenda) essentially asking FDOT to reconsider implementing two-way traffic on the boulevard, citing “public safety concerns”. A few prefaces. First, I assume you all understand that if two way traffic is not reinstituted soon it may well be Read More...
N. Roosevelt Blvd: 360 Construction Days = 820 Political Days
My name is Eric Geen and I am a former construction claims consultant with over 20 years experience, many of them working for and against FDOT. On August 6, 2013, I attended the 4 PM, CNRAB meeting with Secretary Prasad, the 5PM Town Hall meeting with Secretary Prasad and the subsequent 6PM Key West Commission 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…)
LAST STAND AND KEYS KEEPER SPONSOR TOWN HALL MEETING AUGUST 22nd AT THE TROPIC CINEMA!
Last Stand and Keys Keeper Sponsor Town Hall Meeting August 22nd Everyone is invited to learn more about the condition of the coral reef, the Lower Keys fishery and economic impacts of water based tourism from the experts on Thursday August 22nd at the Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton Street beginning at 7:00pm. Admission is free Read More...
The Love Lane Gang plays music that spans generations, as well as embodies them. The emphasis is on swing: classics from the 1930s and 1940s, done in a refreshing new style that incorporates the Hot Club approach with island flourishes. Dust Bowl ballads, old school country from Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, rockabilly and surf Read More...
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