Issue #88 — Friday, November 14, 2014
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Issue #87 — Friday, November 7, 2014
CHARLES EIMERS UPDATE: Police, Death, and Missing Videotape
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Nov 072014
No trial yet, but the weeklong depositions of Key West police officers involved in the in-custody death of Charles Eimers were filled with eye-popping revelations and admissions about possible excessive force and cover-up. Officers had to admit that only one of the long-awaited 9 [or so] police cruiser dashcam external microphone recordings is available, multiple Read More…
Emergency Helo to Miami: $66,000 or free…
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Oct 312014
“First I said I didn’t want to take the helo,” says Ellen Engleson, who had arrived at Lower Keys Medical Center with a broken femur, “I was concerned about the cost.” She was right. After being heliported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Ellen received a bill for $ 59,000 from LifeNet, a for-profit medical Read More…
Oct 312014
Issue #86 — Friday, October 31, 2014
Ebola: Are We Ready?
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Oct 312014
by Naja and Arnaud Girard “What do you think? Of course we are preparing for the possibility of the Ebola virus.” That was Randy Detrick last Tuesday. Detrick is the PR Director for Lower Keys Medical Center. What The Blue Paper wanted to know was whether our local hospital has the necessary isolation units and Read More…
Oct 242014
Issue #85 — Friday, October 24, 2014
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Issue #84 — Friday, October 17, 2014
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Issue #83 — Friday, October 10, 2014
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Issue #82 — Friday, October 3, 2014
Monroe County’s Secret Roadmap To Resegregation
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Sep 262014
by Naja and Arnaud Girard It’s 7:30 am at the bus stop on Truman and Emma. Eleven-year old Dimitri is about to climb into the morning school bus. Like him, most of the kids sitting on the bus are African American. Like them, he has a mere 40% probability of graduating from high school with Read More…
Sep 262014
Issue #81 — Friday, September 26, 2014