The Blue Paper #38

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Nov 292013
 

Issue #38 — Friday, November 29, 2013

THE BLUE PAPER STAFF IS [MOSTLY] ON VACATION THIS WEEK [WE INVITE YOU TO HAVE A LOOK AT OUR BACK ISSUES IN ADDITION TO the mini issue of THE BLUE PAPER below]

Photographer Richard Watherwax

 

You’ve Read His Rollicking Memoir … Now Read His Rollicking Fiction!

Reef Perkins Gets Downright Funny! Earlier this year Key West’s legendary adventurer Reef Perkins wrote his memoir, a bestselling book titled Sex, Salvage & Secrets. It chronicled his days as a Special Warfare warrior in ‘Nam, a top secret diver at AUTEC, a drug smuggler in the Caribbean, and an underwater salvager in the Southernmost Read More...

You've Read His Rollicking Memoir … Now Read His Rollicking Fiction!

Reef Perkins Gets Downright Funny! Earlier this year Key West’s legendary adventurer Reef Perkins wrote his memoir, a bestselling book titled Sex, Salvage & Secrets. It chronicled his days as a Special Warfare warrior in ‘Nam, a top secret diver at AUTEC, a drug smuggler in the Caribbean, and an underwater salvager in the Southernmost Read More...

1991: THE FAT BOY CONNECTION

Because I edited and published the Blue Paper from the first issue in January 1994 until my retirement last year, one of my assignments as a columnist for the new Blue Paper on line is to periodically go back and dredge up some of the more bizarre stories we published back in the old days. One Read More...

TSKW’s Conch-A-Doodle Fundraiser

An online auction of over 50 artist-designed Key West roosters to raise funds for The Studios of Key West (TSKW). Bidding closes Dec 16 at 10 a.m.  Please be sure to register your details with TSKW before bidding either online at https://www.facebook.com/tskwroosters/app_137541772984354 or by calling 305-296-0458.  Full rules can be found at https://www.facebook.com/tskwroosters/app_208195102528120. (Most items are 2′ x 2′ Read More...

TSKW's Conch-A-Doodle Fundraiser

An online auction of over 50 artist-designed Key West roosters to raise funds for The Studios of Key West (TSKW). Bidding closes Dec 16 at 10 a.m.  Please be sure to register your details with TSKW before bidding either online at https://www.facebook.com/tskwroosters/app_137541772984354 or by calling 305-296-0458.  Full rules can be found at https://www.facebook.com/tskwroosters/app_208195102528120. (Most items are 2′ x 2′ Read More...

A BRILLIANTLY DUMB IDEA

In case you missed it: OUR VERY FIRST  “WATER WORLD” ARTICLE  [Hilarious… thanks Scott!] The Florida Marine Patrol bagged me the other night. It was like a simple traffic stop, only on the water. About 9:30 p.m. I was making my nightly six-minute dinghy trek across the harbor back to my boat.  I had dutifully Read More...

Consciousness Projected–Consequences Deserved

There’s always enough money to fight a war. Eradicating the slums of the world, while feeding children starving to death, are undertakings that have never been funded. We attract and create the causes of our own suffering. The energy projected by our wrongful thoughts and actions are recycled, as matter and energy can neither be Read More...

Key West’s Only Apple Retailer Promotes Taylor Amon

Don Mayer, CEO, of Small Dog Electronics, the newest and only Apple specialist in the Keys, announced that Taylor Amon has been promoted to assistant store manager at their store on Truman Ave. The New England-based Apple specialist retailer – the “new dog in town” – moved to Key West in mid-August. Amon has worked Read More...

Poetry Guild Announces Lightening Redux

On Sunday Dec. 1 the Key West Poetry Guild returns to the 38-year-old group’s traditional format of an entire evening of lightning rounds. The meeting, as usual the first Sunday of each month, begins at  7 p.m., upstairs at Blue Heaven, at Thomas and Petronia streets in Old Town. Featured will be at least two rounds in which Read More...

New Monthly Artisan Market Kicks Off This Sunday With Art Key West

The first Key West Artisan Market is Sunday, December 1 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Restaurant Store parking lot in conjunction with the 2nd Annual Art Key West, a three day island-wide all arts festival. The Market will be a regular attraction with dates set for December 22 for holiday shopping, January Read More...

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Key West Writers Bloc Serves Up Thirty-Five Smokin’ Hot Authors

Saturday, December 7, 2-5pm, Key West Writers Bloc presents a premier authors book signing even at the Smokin’ Tuna Saloon, 4 Charles Street, Old Town, Key West. For the first time in Key West, thirty-five authors will appear at a single event for one afternoon only, including high-profile visiting authors such as Rodman Philbrick, author Read More...

ZONING-IN-PROGRESS IN EFFECT FOR ALL PARKING VARIANCES BEGINNING NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The Key West City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 13-20 invoking a Zoning-in-Progress declaration for all parking variances beginning on November 6, 2013. The City of Key West is considering amendments to its Land Development Regulations (“LDRs”) to reduce the need for parking variances. No new applications for parking variances of any kind will be accepted 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...

Rowell's Marina Purchase: A Brilliant Move

To the Editor: The Monroe County Commission’s decision to purchase Rowell’s Marina is a brilliant move that will benefit and reward its citizens in perpetuity. Our county commission, county manager and local residents worked long and hard for many years to secure this procurement. It was well researched and investigated. What a novel idea, government Read More...

Rowell’s Marina Purchase: A Brilliant Move

To the Editor: The Monroe County Commission’s decision to purchase Rowell’s Marina is a brilliant move that will benefit and reward its citizens in perpetuity. Our county commission, county manager and local residents worked long and hard for many years to secure this procurement. It was well researched and investigated. What a novel idea, government Read More...

ART! KEY WEST 2013 [Three Day Island-Wide Festival]

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO ART! KEY WEST 2013 WEBSITE (SCHEDULE, VIDEO, AND MORE)

FIRM Hires New Executive Director

With the addition of flood insurance on FIRM”s plate, the FIRM  (Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe) Board of Directors has hired Charles “Chic” Wagner to serve as executive director of the grassroots organization. “Chic’s skillset, passion and knowledge will help FIRM realize their goals in 2014 and beyond, “ said Vice Chair, Cindy DeRocher, who Read More...

Love Lane Gang!

The Love Lane Gang plays music that spans generations as well as embodies them. With an age range among the members of over thirty years, they bring a wide variety of experience and musical tastes to bear..They’ve brought back skiffle and updated it for the present The emphasis is on ragtime and swing: classics from Read More...

Southernmost Magnolia

Southernmost Magnolia, the Key West version of the renowned New England band Magnolia, plays a variety of Cajun, country, and bluegrass music. Led by singer and guitarist Maggie Moniz, with local fixtures Steve Gibson on mandolin and Chief Billy on bass, and world-famous Chuck Sherman on pedal steel, they play good time music sure to 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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The Blue Paper #37

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Nov 222013
 

Issue #37 — Friday, November 22, 2013

Tug-A-War

Balfour Beatty Property Tax Trial Ends

The long awaited Balfour Beatty trial was expedited in less than two days this week.  Lawyers battled over technicalities concerning $ 11.3 Million in property tax liens that Balfour Beatty refuses to pay off.  BB protested during the trial, claiming that it would be impossible to provide proper services to military families and pay property Read More...

“Government of the Cruise Lines, by the Cruise Lines and for the Cruise Lines… “

And so it continues… the latest volley has been fired in the “Sky-is-Falling” scare campaign over the devastation that will occur if Key West does not allow mega-ships into its harbor. The Florida Department of Transportation presented “Florida’s Cruise Industry: A Statewide Perspective” this past week at the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) Leadership Forum in Read More...

"Government of the Cruise Lines, by the Cruise Lines and for the Cruise Lines… "

And so it continues… the latest volley has been fired in the “Sky-is-Falling” scare campaign over the devastation that will occur if Key West does not allow mega-ships into its harbor. The Florida Department of Transportation presented “Florida’s Cruise Industry: A Statewide Perspective” this past week at the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) Leadership Forum in Read More...

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, A Personal Reminiscence

For those of us who are aging boomers, today brings back bittersweet memories. It’s the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a day that I will always remember very clearly. I heard the news in my college dorm room (I was reading Gulliver’s Travels for a class) and was completely bereft. Kennedy Read More...

Crane Point, Marathon Keeps The Shades Drawn

On October 19 of this year an advertisement appeared in the Florida Keys Keynoter titled “Notice for Early Public Review of a Proposal to Support Activity in the 100-year Floodplain and Wetland.” While ads of this sort generally garner little attention, it did catch the eyes of those concerned about the installation of a zip-line Read More...

City Commissioner Teri Johnston Weighs In On Key West’s New Homeless Shelter

When I opened this past Wednesday’s Key West Citizen online (www.keysnews.com), I saw an article on the night before’s city commission meeting, which I either spaced out or did not know was happening. I probably had a lot more fun at Kelley’s Caribbean MUSE open mike, and then at The Bull listening to Wanda Wilder Read More...

HURRICANE FORECASTING: THE SCAM CONTINUES

Well, the 2013 hurricane season officially ends next weekend. So it is time, once again, to ridicule the so-called hurricane forecasters. If you were paying any attention back in May, just before the beginning of this year’s hurricane season, the so-called experts were again predicting an “extremely active season.” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Read More...

City Commissioner Teri Johnston Weighs In On Key West's New Homeless Shelter

When I opened this past Wednesday’s Key West Citizen online (www.keysnews.com), I saw an article on the night before’s city commission meeting, which I either spaced out or did not know was happening. I probably had a lot more fun at Kelley’s Caribbean MUSE open mike, and then at The Bull listening to Wanda Wilder Read More...

GREEN Reactor: Shades of GREEN

GREEN Reactor is in evergreen country at the moment, so here’s a re-run column from last Spring. If you missed it then, give it a read.  Fresh GREEN Reactor returns in December…. Too many hear “GREEN” and instantly think “tree hugger” or “eco-warrior” or “occupier” or other extremist or radical viewpoint.  Of course there are Read More...

Love Lane Gang Plays the Parrot: 9pm Turkey Day Come on Down!!!

Tuck the turkey and pumpkin pie away, collect Gramps and the kids, and come on down to The Green Parrot for a rollicking Thanksgiving night party with the Love Lane Gang. The holiday show starts at 9pm, with  Gang  regulars holding forth: front man  singer -songwriter, Jerrod Isaman, playing guitar, accordion, harmonica, kazoo and piano; Read More...

Employee Housing or Workcamp?

Hello Dear Editors, Got to admit that you have outdone yourselves with the Simonton trailer park coverage. Wow ! How many nails did you guys pound in one big Board  (pun intended) with that one. Just amazing and it read like a novel and given more space, like say 350 pages, it would be a Read More...

The United States of Litigation

Seriously? That was my reaction to the news that Super Boat International Productions President John Carbonell and four other race officials of the annual power boat races in Key West, Florida are being sued for wrongful death in the cases of Jeffery Tillman and Joey Gratton. Robert Morgan also lost his life that race week. Read More...

The Fat Lady Sang Today!

November 20, 2013 I am sitting here with a glass of scotch and about to go to Square Grouper for dinner to celebrate the final approval of the InterLocal Agreement to reduce 1,152 grinder pumps from the system.  It took a great effort from a lot of people in all areas of the Lower Keys, Read More...

CONGRESSMAN JOE GARCIA HIRES NEW STAFF IN MONROE COUNTY

November 25th, 2013 Congressman Joe Garcia has hired a new Constituent Services administrator for Monroe County to replace former area Director, Jennifer George-Nichol. Jennifer was asked to take on a new role in the Congressman’s Washington office as a legislative assistant. Congressman Garcia announced he has hired Florida Keys resident and committed public servant, Rita Read More...

WINN-DIXIE TO HOLD JOB FAIR IN BIG PINE KEY; MORE THAN 50 POSITIONS AVAILABLE

WHAT:           Winn-Dixie is holding a job fair to accept applications and conduct interviews for various positions at the Big Pine Key Winn-Dixie store. WHEN:         Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE:        Winn-Dixie Store #358 251 Key Deer Blvd. Big Pine 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...

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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...

Chalk Artists to Transform Truman Waterfront Promenade

November 21-24, the Key West Art In Public Places Board presents ChalkFest 2013, to take place along the promenade adjacent to the USCGC Ingham Museum at the Truman Waterfront. From 10 am to 6 pm each day, the public is invited to experience performance art in progress as local and visiting artists use colorful chalks Read More...

"A Night in France”

The Key West High School French Club is hosting its annual fund raiser dinner at Croissants de France on Saturday November 23rd at 7 PM to benefit students travelling to France and England during Spring Break! Dinner tickets ($ 25) are available in advance at the High School front office and Saturday night at the Read More...

“A Night in France”

The Key West High School French Club is hosting its annual fund raiser dinner at Croissants de France on Saturday November 23rd at 7 PM to benefit students travelling to France and England during Spring Break! Dinner tickets ($ 25) are available in advance at the High School front office and Saturday night at the Read More...

BARBADOS DAYS CARNIVAL AT KELLY’S NOVEMBER 30

  Saturday, November 30, Kelly’s Caribbean downstairs garden will be dedicated to the sovereign island country of Barbados located in the Lesser Antilles.  The carnival style celebration, starting at 4pm will include music, food, open bar, limbo competition, costume competition and a dominos tournament. For $ 25, individuals will be provided a special Caribbean menu 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…)

New Monthly Artisan Market Kicks Off December 1 in Conjunction With Art Key West

The first Key West Artisan Market will be held Sunday, DECEMBER 1 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Restaurant Store parking lot in conjunction with the 2nd Annual Art Key West, a three day island-wide all arts festival. The Market will be a regular attraction with later dates set for December 22 for Read More...

Southernmost Magnolia

Southernmost Magnolia, the Key West version of the renowned New England band Magnolia, plays a variety of Cajun, country, and bluegrass music. Led by singer and guitarist Maggie Moniz, with local fixtures Steve Gibson on mandolin and Chief Billy on bass, and world-famous Chuck Sherman on pedal steel, they play good time music sure to Read More...

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The Blue Paper #36

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Nov 152013
 

Issue #36 — Friday, November 15, 2013

Stock Island Marshmallow Roast

Guest Editorial: If You Tell A Lie Often Enough, Does It Becomes The Truth?

       The Navy is sending down its new F-35 fighter jets to add to a training program which will execute 52,000 flight operations a year out of Boca Chica Field.  This will make NAS Key West one of the busiest training facilities on the east coast, but many fear it will also turn Read More...

The Greenwashing of 'America Recycles'

Today is America Recycles Day. Brought to you by Pepsico, Nestle Water, Johnson & Johnson, Glad plastic bags, Rubbermaid, and Waste Management. Do you see a pattern? These are the same corporations that contribute to the problem of the large volume of trash that Americans generate every day. The ones that want to head off Read More...

The Greenwashing of ‘America Recycles’

Today is America Recycles Day. Brought to you by Pepsico, Nestle Water, Johnson & Johnson, Glad plastic bags, Rubbermaid, and Waste Management. Do you see a pattern? These are the same corporations that contribute to the problem of the large volume of trash that Americans generate every day. The ones that want to head off Read More...

TRYING TO CRAFT CITY LAWS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE VIRTUALLY UNSOLVABLE

Over the almost two decades that I wrote Page One Commentaries for Key West The Newspaper, I was often critical of the “just pass another law” mentality of the various generations of mayors and city commissioners. In addition to the question of whether or not a new law was needed, it also seemed that laws Read More...

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'Happy' Veteran’s Day?

After our Veteran’s Day Parade flag waving and show of love and pride of those who have served their country, after all the metaphorical confetti settled to the ground and had been swept up, I was left with a nagging anxiety that something is wrong with this picture. I must apologize for raining a little Read More...

‘Happy’ Veteran’s Day?

After our Veteran’s Day Parade flag waving and show of love and pride of those who have served their country, after all the metaphorical confetti settled to the ground and had been swept up, I was left with a nagging anxiety that something is wrong with this picture. I must apologize for raining a little Read More...

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Key West High School Academic Challenge Team Needs Your Help

Two years ago six Key West High School students brought home the state title in the Academic Challenge Tournament in Orlando. But, they almost didn’t make the trip. School budget cuts had stripped the team of its funding and the situation was not looking too promising. When the students made a public appeal for help, the Read More...

“A Night in France”

The Key West High School French Club is hosting its annual fund raiser dinner at Croissants de France on Saturday November 23rd at 7 PM to benefit students travelling to France and England during Spring Break! Dinner tickets ($ 25) are available in advance at the High School front office and Saturday night at the Read More...

"A Night in France”

The Key West High School French Club is hosting its annual fund raiser dinner at Croissants de France on Saturday November 23rd at 7 PM to benefit students travelling to France and England during Spring Break! Dinner tickets ($ 25) are available in advance at the High School front office and Saturday night at the Read More...

Chalk Artists to Transform Truman Waterfront Promenade

November 21-24, the Key West Art In Public Places Board presents ChalkFest 2013, to take place along the promenade adjacent to the USCGC Ingham Museum at the Truman Waterfront. From 10 am to 6 pm each day, the public is invited to experience performance art in progress as local and visiting artists use colorful chalks Read More...

CONCH-A-DOODLE!

Vendors Wanted for Holiday Bazaar at St. Peter’s Church

Vendors are wanted for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church’s First Annual Holiday Bazaar to be held at the Church on Saturday, November 30, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  We are looking for vendors to sell artisan, home-made seasonal and holiday arts and crafts, baked goods, stocking stuffer items, etc.  Registration is $ 25.00/space.   Registration forms Read More...

Southernmost Magnolia!

Southernmost Magnolia, the Key West version of the renowned New England band Magnolia, plays a variety of Cajun, country, and bluegrass music. Led by singer and guitarist Maggie Moniz, with local fixtures Steve Gibson on mandolin and Cindy Jefferson on bass, and world-famous Chuck Sherman on pedal steel, they play good time music sure to Read More...

Love Lane Gang!

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...

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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The Blue Paper #35

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Nov 082013
 

Issue #35 — Friday, November 8, 2013

Public Private [Ad]Ventures

BASE COMMANDERS CRIED FOUL! The Sale of Peary Court, A Look Behind the Scenes

Balfour Beatty, the giant military housing contractor, will soon play its last card in the game of not paying Monroe County $ 11.5 Million in back property taxes.  On November 20th in Key West Balfour’s attorneys will try to convince Judge David Audlin that Florida and federal law exempt private military housing contractors from paying Read More...

TWENTY YEARS LATER: WAS HARRY POWELL RIGHT?

NOTE: For years, the large piece of undeveloped Navy property at White Street and Palm Avenue was used as a park by Key Westers. So when the Navy announced that the property, known as Peary Court, was to be developed for military housing, many locals protested. They argued that the Navy really didn’t need any Read More...

HARRY POWELL: “It’s just sad.”

HARRY POWELL: "It's just sad."

Simonton Street Trailer Park: A Unique Perspective

I am writing as I have a unique perspective on the Simonton Street trailer park. I have a masters degree and spent a 30 year career working with the homeless and the mentally ill for the state of South Carolina. I also lived at the trailer park for three 6 month periods with my wife, Read More...

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GREEN Reactor: ObamaScare

We’re past Halloween, but judging by the on-going Obamacare fright-fest, you’d never know it.  And it’s not only the standard Teapublican-beholden claptrap from Faux News.  Catch CNN or other network coverage — even the late-night comedians – and you’d be hard-pressed not to conclude that Obamacare had become ObamaScare.  So much so that all more Read More...

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BOOM OR BUST? New Event Proposed for Key West

City officials were surprised by the application from the International Noise Exposition Professional Team for Key West to become a stop on their international competitive noise circuit beginning in 2014.  Planned for mid-March, 2014, the Key West Noise Exposition would bring competitors from around the world for a week long series of noise events. The Read More...

Why Not Russell Brand?

There has been a vast unexpected emotional reaction to comedian/actor Russell Brand’s interview-gone-viral with the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman. If you haven’t seen it, you must, if only to see how it makes you feel. Mr. Paxman fired a first salvo at Mr. Brand by asking why he deserved to be guest editor of the political Read More...

KIDS REACT TO GAY MARRIAGE

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Next Steps on Climate Change: Infrastructure Adaptation

Monroe County Commissioners will soon make some bell weather decisions that signal their approach to climate change. The County has joined compacts, attended conferences, hired sustainability coordinators, established committees, and developed plans which embark on the “process.” Eventually, the process moves from planning to action. Action includes mitigation (reducing the causes of climate change) and Read More...

"Soul Drawings"

       

“Soul Drawings”

       

KEY WEST'S RUSTY HODGDON JUST PUBLISHED HIS FOURTH NOVEL!

A monstrous storm forms in Burkina Faso in Africa as the Harmatten, the dry  winds from the Sahara, collide with the heat of the savannah. The mass of disrupted air works its brief destruction there, then moves on to grow into a menacing, catastrophic hurricane near the Cape Verde Islands. Few escape its wrath, including Read More...

KEY WEST’S RUSTY HODGDON JUST PUBLISHED HIS FOURTH NOVEL!

A monstrous storm forms in Burkina Faso in Africa as the Harmatten, the dry  winds from the Sahara, collide with the heat of the savannah. The mass of disrupted air works its brief destruction there, then moves on to grow into a menacing, catastrophic hurricane near the Cape Verde Islands. Few escape its wrath, including Read More...

Women’s Journal Writing Group Forming: 5-Week Session

Want to organize your jumbled thoughts?  Is it time to figure out your feelings about your mother? Do you need a peaceful place to write your  experiences and connections that have created your life thus far? The Journal Writing Group is a place where women can safely write down their lives, letting  thoughts  tumble out Read More...

LOVE LANE GANG!

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...

Key West International Latin Arts Festival to Feature Music and Dance, Workshops, Poetry and Art

NOVEMBER 9TH AND 10TH Experience the2nd Annual Key West International Latin Arts Festival ¡Esperando Nacer! 2013, Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10, and become immersed in the soul, color and passion of traditional Latin American cultural arts. Produced and presented by ValnChz Productions, and sponsored in part by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, 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…)

Montessori Children’s School 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run on Sunday

Montessori Children’s School of Key West will host its first 5K run/walk on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at 8 a.m. The scenic measured course will begin and finish at Higgs Beach and run along the Atlantic Ocean. A half-mile kids “fun run” will follow at 9 a.m. Registration is $ 25 for adults and $ Read More...

Montessori Children’s School 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run on Sunday

Montessori Children’s School of Key West will host its first 5K run/walk on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at 8 a.m. The scenic measured course will begin and finish at Higgs Beach and run along the Atlantic Ocean. A half-mile kids “fun run” will follow at 9 a.m. Registration is $ 25 for adults and $ Read More...

FIRST AMENDMENT RALLY

Call to Artists for the 2nd Annual Key West ChalkFest

The Key West Art in Public Places Board announces a call to artists for the 2nd Annual Key West ChalkFest, to take place November 21-24. Local and visiting artists will use the promenade alongside the seawall at the Truman Waterfront as their canvas for intricate and colorful chalk art creations. Adult and student categories; prizes. Read More...

Vendors Wanted for Holiday Bazaar at St. Peter’s Church

Vendors are wanted for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church’s First Annual Holiday Bazaar to be held at the Church on Saturday, November 30, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  We are looking for vendors to sell artisan, home-made seasonal and holiday arts and crafts, baked goods, stocking stuffer items, etc.  Registration is $ 25.00/space.   Registration forms Read More...

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The Blue Paper #34

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Issue #34 — Friday, November 1, 2013

Simonton Street Trailer Park Relocation Plan

Simonton Street Trailer Park Update: “Dear Pope Francis…”

Every night after work, after the landlord had gone home, ‘M’ snuck back into her locked up trailer with no electricity and no water and slept in there.  She knew how to get in and leave no trace.  She would then beg a shower off her neighbor in the am before leaving again for work. Read More...

Simonton Street Trailer Park Update: "Dear Pope Francis…"

Every night after work, after the landlord had gone home, ‘M’ snuck back into her locked up trailer with no electricity and no water and slept in there.  She knew how to get in and leave no trace.  She would then beg a shower off her neighbor in the am before leaving again for work. Read More...

A Cold Fate: Prison Near the Arctic Circle

  Sydney-based Briton Alexandra Harris, 27, wrote to her parents recently of her fears of “rotting” in a very cold prison. “Being in prison is like slowly dying,” her letter said. “You literally wish your life away and mark off the days.”               — Reuters report about arrest of Greenpeace Read More...

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THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED AIRPORT: A CLAIM OF INEPTITUDE

I know you would like to think that those of us who work for an investigative reporting publication dig out our big stories from our network of confidential sources and our own hard-nosed investigations. In many cases, that is absolutely true. But the original tips have to come from somewhere– and in many cases, they Read More...

The Studios of Key West Expand Impact in the Art World

TSKW buys a bigger and better building to house their new vision. On Thursday October 31, The Studios of Key West became the new owners of the former Scottish Rite Masonic Center at 533 Eaton Street, Key West, which will open as the new home for TSKW in the Fall of 2014. Rosi Ware, Board 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...

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5th!

Please go to www.hometownkeywest.com and click on the words “You Tube.” Then click to review the recent interviews of Vidal and Tim Root. The interviews were conducted by Jenna Stauffer on behalf of Hometown. We hope that this will be of value in determining for whom you wish to vote in the forthcoming election. Please Read More...

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5th!

Please go to www.hometownkeywest.com and click on the words “You Tube.” Then click to review the recent interviews of Vidal and Tim Root. The interviews were conducted by Jenna Stauffer on behalf of Hometown. We hope that this will be of value in determining for whom you wish to vote in the forthcoming election. Please Read More...

Unregulated Chemicals In Drinking Water

Although pharmaceutical residues are polluting our tap water, utilities and regulators defend the safety of South Florida’s drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to identify and measure these contaminates in water treatment plants across the nation. There are tens of thousands of chemicals in use in the United States. The EPA acknowledges that Read More...

Frankenfood

I was talking with a good friend the other day and it struck me that our conversation would have been unnecessary just a few decades ago. It reminded me of the joke, “Eat Organic Food, or as our grandparents called it, ‘Food’!” We were discussing how to avoid Genetically Modified foods and the difficulty of Read More...

VNA HOSPICE FUNDRAISER AT THE BOTTLECAP NOVEMBER 1ST

Key West International Latin Arts Festival to Feature Music and Dance, Workshops, Poetry and Art

Experience the2nd Annual Key West International Latin Arts Festival ¡Esperando Nacer! 2013, Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10, and become immersed in the soul, color and passion of traditional Latin American cultural arts. Produced and presented by ValnChz Productions, and sponsored in part by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, Key West’s historic San Read More...

Town Hall Meeting With Congressman Joe Garcia, Saturday November 2nd

On Saturday, November 2, the Tavernier Community Association (TCA) and the Island of Key Largo Federation of Homeowner Associations (Federation) will host our Congressman, Joe Garcia, who serves the 26th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The town hall meeting will be held at the Monroe County Government Center (Milemarker 102 bayside). From Read More...

AMERICA RECYCLES DAY – SATURDAY NOV 16TH

Hang With The Gang: The Love Lane Gang!

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...

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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The Blue Paper #33

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Issue #33 — Friday, October 25, 2013

Innocent Purchasers

Local Attorney Turned Cyber-Detective Brings Damning Evidence in County’s IPhone Scandal

After months of grand jury investigations and the conviction of the offender, one would have hoped the scandal surrounding the County’s stolen Iphones had finally cleared from our skies.  Unfortunately, it hasn’t. “This is about fairness,” says Robert Cintron, a local criminal defense attorney.  He is sitting at his desk behind a towering pile of Read More...

Local Attorney Turned Cyber-Detective Brings Damning Evidence in County's IPhone Scandal

After months of grand jury investigations and the conviction of the offender, one would have hoped the scandal surrounding the County’s stolen Iphones had finally cleared from our skies.  Unfortunately, it hasn’t. “This is about fairness,” says Robert Cintron, a local criminal defense attorney.  He is sitting at his desk behind a towering pile of Read More...

GREEN Reactor: Yes, Dennis, voter issues are real

A few years ago I wrote the Key West Reactor column for the former Key West The Newspaper, edited by Dennis Reeves Cooper (who now writes a retrospective and opinion column for this paper). Though we had our disagreements over the years (e.g., over his bashing of Norma Jean Sawyer), our relationship was civil, and Read More...

CATASTROPHE CAN STRIKE IN A HEARTBEAT

The message of this story is that catastrophe can strike in a heartbeat and change your life forever– so live every day to the fullest. Writing this also gives me an opportunity to recognize a major behind-the-scenes player– Art Winstanley– who helped make the original Blue Paper successful over the last decade or so. Last Read More...

Why Are More Younger Women Developing Breast Cancer?

Why are more younger women developing breast cancer? Jenna Stauffer host of WEYW-TV’s  Good Morning Florida Keys interviews Key West writer and founder of the  National Breast Cancer Prevention Project, Susan Wadia-Ells.

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Key West Association of Realtors Flood Insurance Forum, 10/22/13

IN CASE YOU COULDN’T BE THERE!  WATCH THE VIDEO

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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...

Cudjoe Regional Sewer System Litigation Status

The final approval of changes to the CRWS [Cudjoe Regional Wastewater System] that reflect the reduction of over 1,100 grinder pumps will take place on November 20th when both the BOCC and FKAA BOD will approve a new Inter Local Agreement.  Since the litigation in place required a response prior to that, all four parties, Read More...

One Answer To “Where do Tourists ‘Go’?”

One answer to “Where do Tourists ‘Go’?” [Issue # 31, Article by Michael Welber]: During a recent stay in California I found (to my relief at the time) that the city of Santa Cruz has come up with a simple solution to providing public bathroom facilities in its lovely downtown business district.  It has contracted with Read More...

One Answer To "Where do Tourists 'Go'?"

One answer to “Where do Tourists ‘Go’?” [Issue # 31, Article by Michael Welber]: During a recent stay in California I found (to my relief at the time) that the city of Santa Cruz has come up with a simple solution to providing public bathroom facilities in its lovely downtown business district.  It has contracted with Read More...

Subsidized Flood Insurance Rates Are Disappearing! Action Required!

I appreciate the Blue Paper’s article on the flood insurance crisis and panel discussion. The effects of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act passed by our “do nothing” Congress is sure going to do “do something” to our community. The result is the worst kind of social engineering that is endangering our way of life Read More...

Treason

“Crisis averted”!!? Really? This governing by crisis is getting old fast! All this drama is great for soap operas, but not the serious business of governing the most powerful nation on earth. The hijacking of the congress by these treasonous cold civil warriors needs to never happen again, but in all likelihood will. The next Read More...

Simonton Street Trailer Park: More Signed Petitions Received

MORE SIGNED PETITIONS HERE

RICHARD WATHERWAX ON ETSY!

CHECK OUT RICHARD’S NEW SHOP ON ETSY!

Town Hall Meeting With Congressman Joe Garcia, Saturday November 2nd

On Saturday, November 2, the Tavernier Community Association (TCA) and the Island of Key Largo Federation of Homeowner Associations (Federation) will host our Congressman, Joe Garcia, who serves the 26th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The town hall meeting will be held at the Monroe County Government Center (Milemarker 102 bayside). From Read More...

Women's Journal-Writing Group Forming in Key West; Five-Week Session

Is it time to finally explore your relationship with your mother?  Do you want to organize your jumbled thoughts? Do you want some peaceful, quiet time to describe to yourself, the feelings, ideas and connections that have created your life thus far? The Journal Writing Group is a place where women come together to safely Read More...

Women’s Journal-Writing Group Forming in Key West; Five-Week Session

Is it time to finally explore your relationship with your mother?  Do you want to organize your jumbled thoughts? Do you want some peaceful, quiet time to describe to yourself, the feelings, ideas and connections that have created your life thus far? The Journal Writing Group is a place where women come together to safely Read More...

Habitat For Humanity Announces Winner of Rick Worth's Painted Bike Raffle

Georgia Favelli saw the bike on display at First State Bank and donated on-line for raffle tickets – twice!   “I never win anything – this is amazing!”   The bike, which was overhauled by the Bike Shop on Truman Ave. was turned over to Rick Worth to perform his magic.  After Rick painted the bike Habitat Read More...

Habitat For Humanity Announces Winner of Rick Worth’s Painted Bike Raffle

Georgia Favelli saw the bike on display at First State Bank and donated on-line for raffle tickets – twice!   “I never win anything – this is amazing!”   The bike, which was overhauled by the Bike Shop on Truman Ave. was turned over to Rick Worth to perform his magic.  After Rick painted the bike Habitat 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…)

Screaming Green Halloween October 26, 2013

Sail with Danger in Support of Latin Arts Festival, Sunday October 27th

Danger Charters will host a fundraising Wind & Wine Sunset Sail this Sunday, October 27, for the upcoming 2nd Annual Key West International Latin Arts Festival. Normally priced at $ 75 per person, the highly acclaimed upscale cruise includes fine wines, artisan beers, light hors d’oeuvres and on October 27, a birthday cake for festival co-producer Read More...

The Love Lane Gang

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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Simonton Street Trailer Park Update: “Dear Pope Francis…”

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Every night after work, after the landlord had gone home, ‘M’ snuck back into her locked up trailer with no electricity and no water and slept in there.  She knew how to get in and leave no trace.  She would then beg a shower off her neighbor in the am before leaving again for work.

The above account is the ‘inside scoop’ delivered to us by another tenant who is taking part in the great “relocation program” established for those being evicted from the Simonton Street Trailer Park.

Unable to find a new apartment without the unattainable first, last and security, “M” decided to pretend to leave, get the $2,500 pay-off offered by the developer and then start looking for a new place.  Apparently she is still looking. Continue reading »