Issue #11 — Friday, May 24, 2013
Roosevelt Boulevard Watch: Boy Are We In Trouble!
An investigation into Roosevelt Boulevard construction documents shows a pattern of absenteeism, insufficient crew, lack of supplies, shoddy work and indifference to City inspectors’ remarks. It also raises serious questions about FDOT’s cozy relationship with the contractor. Key West The Newspaper received hundreds of pages of emails and reports from the City of Key West’s Read More...
The controversial program that allows private companies to fund certain prosecutors at the State Attorney’s office has received a blow below the waterline and seems to be foundering. We reported several weeks ago on an unusual contract entered into by the State Attorney by which the private companies, Guidance/Care Center (GCC) and Monroe County Coalition Read More...
GREEN Reactor: "Been through the DISTORT on a KEY with No Name…"
In the Keys there are two “mainstream” newspapers: the daily Key West Citizen (owned by the Cooke family, previous owners of the LA Daily News and the NFL Redskins, nowadays owners of over a dozen smaller papers in FL and NC); and the twice-a-week KeyNoter (owned by the McClatchy Company, 3rd biggest US newspaper publisher, Read More...
GREEN Reactor: “Been through the DISTORT on a KEY with No Name…”
In the Keys there are two “mainstream” newspapers: the daily Key West Citizen (owned by the Cooke family, previous owners of the LA Daily News and the NFL Redskins, nowadays owners of over a dozen smaller papers in FL and NC); and the twice-a-week KeyNoter (owned by the McClatchy Company, 3rd biggest US newspaper publisher, Read More...
Presenting Featured Musician Toko Irie
Toko Irie originally from Grenada has been jamming island music in Key West for the past 18 years. He is best known for the steeldrums, implementing an artistic blend of speed combined with a unique 3-stick method of playing. Introduced to the pan at age 9, he honed his skills on an old steeldrum given 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...
City of Key West Preserve Island Life Campaign
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 6:00 p.m. The Key West Bicycle Association is teaming up with the City’s Preserve Island Life program to invite residents to come and share bicycle needs as they see them. The meeting will be a combination of the Associations regularly scheduled meeting reviewing the sign project and grassroots advocacy efforts, with Read More...
Thank You Boy Scout Troop 588 and The Tavenir Elk's Club
To The Editor: Boy Scout Troop 588’s heartrending flag retirement ceremony at the Tavernier Elk’s Lodge stirred my mind and emotions, as I reflected upon the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend. Scouting advanced the foundation upon which my core values were constructed. It aroused within me an appreciation of nature and the outdoors, while teaching me Read More...
Thank You Boy Scout Troop 588 and The Tavenir Elk’s Club
To The Editor: Boy Scout Troop 588’s heartrending flag retirement ceremony at the Tavernier Elk’s Lodge stirred my mind and emotions, as I reflected upon the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend. Scouting advanced the foundation upon which my core values were constructed. It aroused within me an appreciation of nature and the outdoors, while teaching me 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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