Apr 122013
 

Issue #5 — Friday, April 12, 2013

TUG-A-WAR

 

TAX LOOPHOLE WOULD HELP BALFOUR BEATTY BUT HURT CHILDREN OF MILITARY FAMILIES

Last Tuesday the Monroe County School Board voted unanimously to voice their opposition to the local tax loophole sought in the Florida legislature by private military housing contractor Balfour Beatty. The resolution came as no surprise, since public school students are bound to be the biggest losers if a tax exemption is adopted.  Of the Read More...

GREEN Reactor: Yes Michael, Sustainability is possible

Is sustainability possible in the Keys?  Blue Paper columnist Michael Welber asked this question in a recent column in this paper.  From that starting point he proceeded to look at the Keys’ water, electricity and food consumption, then answers his own question with “…let’s not kid ourselves. It’s not sustainability.”  Since the article called out Read More...

A BRILLIANTLY DUMB IDEA

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 stuck my little red/green split flashlight up on the front of my rubber inflatable. Read More...

MORE FROM FEATURED ARTIST RICHARD WATHERWAX

BUT WAIT…THERE’S MORE ! Arnaud and Naja were kind enough to let me display more photos that will be in my exhibit that opens tomorrow night, (Saturday, April 13th…6 – 9) at Shiela Mullin’s Fleming Street Gallery. I’m sharing the show with artist Lenny Addorisio….his exhibit of his paintings is titled Small Works, mine is Read More...

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ISLAND ROOTS FESTIVAL BEGINS THURSDAY APRIL 18TH!!

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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...

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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