Issue #3 — Friday, March 29, 2013
Balfour Beatty’s Tax Loophole Unconstitutional?
Lawyers are poised to challenge a tax loophole, sought by Balfour Beatty/Southeast Housing in the Senate this week, as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Under the proposed legislation not only would Balfour Beatty (a giant British conglomerate) not pay future property taxes in Monroe County, but the company would also be pardoned for the $ 11.3 Million Read More...
Balfour Beatty's Tax Loophole Unconstitutional?
Lawyers are poised to challenge a tax loophole, sought by Balfour Beatty/Southeast Housing in the Senate this week, as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Under the proposed legislation not only would Balfour Beatty (a giant British conglomerate) not pay future property taxes in Monroe County, but the company would also be pardoned for the $ 11.3 Million Read More...
Court Rules Privatized Military Housing Industry Must Pay Property Taxes
As Balfour Beatty prepares to go before Monroe County Circuit Court over its property tax exemption claim, another circuit court has ruled that the privatized military housing industry must pay property taxes. On Monday April 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the Monroe County Courthouse, Balfour Beatty’s attorneys will try to convince Judge David Audlin that Read More...
Who Owns Our Keys Legislators?
We have probably all had our sneaking suspicions that money flows indirectly into the campaign war chests of just about every politician, and we accept it as a sad reality. But with the advent of the latest “Internet Cafe” scandal that has led to the resignation of Florida’s Lt. Governor, we thought we’d take a Read More...
GREEN Reactor: KING of the ROAD
Listening to “citizen input” at the Key West Sustainability Advisory Board’s workshop on bicycling this week, I was presented with the idea that Key West should be a town were automobiles take a back seat to the island’s bicycles. Interesting concept. It’s not entirely new, since there are other bicycle-centric communities out there. Some are also Read More...
Is Sustainability Possible in the Keys?
There’s been a good deal of discussion lately about what people are calling “sustainability.” Five or six years ago, all the environmental chatter centered on “being green” but as that term has lost any real meaning, many in the environmental movement have moved to emphasizing becoming sustainable. Key West has launched a sustainability advisory committee Read More...
FEATURED ARTIST JUSTIN ALSEDEK
Presenting Featured Artist Justin Alsedek (more…)
Don’t Allow Dredging of Seagrass Meadows
Open Letter To South Florida Water Management District: I am writing in regards to the ERP permit application 080610-13 to dredge an entrance channel to Walker’s Island. I am vehemently opposed to such a proposition. The area surrounding Walker’s Island is a seagrass meadow, rich in biodiversity, and its waters are within the Florida Keys Read More...
Don't Allow Dredging of Seagrass Meadows
Open Letter To South Florida Water Management District: I am writing in regards to the ERP permit application 080610-13 to dredge an entrance channel to Walker’s Island. I am vehemently opposed to such a proposition. The area surrounding Walker’s Island is a seagrass meadow, rich in biodiversity, and its waters are within the Florida Keys Read More...
Water Conservation Efforts Require Decoupling of Rates From Sales Volumes
Editor, Congratulations on your launch of The Blue Paper and thank you for Michael Welber’s article about the water supply implications of the state’s failure to restrain development in the Keys. I’d like to elaborate on one of the fundamental obstacles to reducing demand for utility water and a solution. American’s consumption of water is by 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...
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...
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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