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

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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

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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 »