Apr 052013
 

Issue #4 — Friday, April 5, 2013

An Unlikely Alliance

WHO OWNS THE LAST DESERT ISLAND IN KEY WEST HARBOR? Wisteria Island Motion To Dismiss To Be Heard This Week In Miami

Today the Wisteria Island snafu takes a trip to Miami.  Roger Bernstein, the owner of FEB Corporation, asked a Federal Judge last August to decide who owns the lush desert island just 600 feet northwest of Key West’s Mallory Square, Bernstein or the US government?   The first (and maybe last) hearing in the case Read More...

The Beginnings Of A Congressional Debacle

Thursday marked the beginning of a debacle for Florida legislators confronted with Balfour Beatty’s quest to obtain tax loophole legislation.  In a move that considerably watered down the tax exemption sought by the privatized military housing industry, the Senate voted to limit privatized military housing exemptions to only those properties that are rented to active Read More...

$11.5 Million Prize Turns Tax Law Into First Class Legal Jousting Match

There may be no salvation in sight for Balfour Beatty in its courtroom scuffle over delinquent property taxes.   Attorney’s for the giant British conglomerate were in town last Monday trying to convince Monroe County Judge David Audlin that the company is not the owner, but merely a property manager, of 890 units of housing situated Read More...

Crane Point Environmental Assessment Raises Questions and Eyebrows

“The zip line program has been designed to avoid and minimize impacts to intact native habitats to the maximum extent practical while still preserving the projects (sic) purpose of providing a quality experience that encompasses the extent and diversity of the property.” That sentence sounds as if it comes from promotional material for the proposed 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...

FEATURED ARTIST RICHARD WATHERWAX

Presenting Featured Artist Richard Watherwax (more…)

HIDDEN TREASURES OF KEY WEST / "I LOOKED UP AND I WAS IN HEAVEN"

With all due respect to Mr. Roy Ayers, our own “Mr. Ubiquity” would be plein air painter extraordinaire Dwight Kalb. Whether roaring by on his motorcycle, easel slung over a shoulder, or seated at a designated “launching pad,” Dwight is as recognizable a piece of Key West as Will Soto or the Southernmost point marker. Read More...

HIDDEN TREASURES OF KEY WEST / “I LOOKED UP AND I WAS IN HEAVEN”

With all due respect to Mr. Roy Ayers, our own “Mr. Ubiquity” would be plein air painter extraordinaire Dwight Kalb. Whether roaring by on his motorcycle, easel slung over a shoulder, or seated at a designated “launching pad,” Dwight is as recognizable a piece of Key West as Will Soto or the Southernmost point marker. 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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