Monroe County’s Secret Roadmap To Resegregation

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Sep 262014
 
Monroe County's Secret Roadmap To Resegregation

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…

Could Key West Reach The Ferguson Flashpoint?

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Aug 222014
 
Could Key West Reach The Ferguson Flashpoint?

by Naja and Arnaud Girard “Cartwright began yelling as loud as he could, and almost immediately a large crowd began forming around us […] Within minutes a crowd of at least 50 bystanders surrounded us and Det. Wormington called for additional Officers while I held down Cartwright.” Police officers were arresting bad boy Ricky Cartwright Read More…

Homeless in Key West: Old Man Chapman, Captain Tilly, and Peter Pan

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Jun 132014
 
Homeless in Key West: Old Man Chapman, Captain Tilly, and Peter Pan

by Arnaud and Naja Girard This is the first in a series of articles on affordable housing and homelessness in Key West and the Florida Keys.  We will try to look past the anti-homeless rhetoric burning through local media and show you what is really happening on the Keys housing front. In future articles we Read More…

BOCC: We Have No Legal Obligation To Take Care of Derelict Vessels

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Mar 212014
 
BOCC: We Have No Legal Obligation To Take Care of Derelict Vessels

Naja and Arnaud Girard There’s finally an explanation as to why nothing was done to keep the Tug Tilly from sinking.  A lot has been said and written about the Tug Tilly:  the controversial sale of a 150-ton scrapyard-ready tugboat to a homeless man, its subsequent floundering while abandoned two miles south of Key West Read More…

Is Bahama Village Being Dispossessed of It’s 6.6 Acres At Truman Waterfront?

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Feb 282014
 
Is Bahama Village Being Dispossessed of It's 6.6 Acres At Truman Waterfront?

by Naja and Arnaud Girard “The City is derailing a plan which would be good, not just for Bahama Village, but for all of Key West,” says Bob Kelly, a longtime advocate for Bahama Village, Key West’s predominantly black neighborhood, “A vibrant Bahamian community in the Village would be an extraordinary asset to the Key Read More…

Blue Lagoon Children: A Hard Landing Into Key West’s Racial Divide

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Feb 142014
 
Blue Lagoon Children:  A Hard Landing Into Key West's Racial Divide

Naomi and Bhajan grew up on boats anchored behind Wisteria Island.  Like many other kids living on the anchorage, they explored the island, sang for tips at Mallory Square, and rowed back and forth on kayaks to boat sleepovers.   When Hurricane Wilma sunk most boats, the families moved onto Wisteria Island for a time.  With Read More…