OPINION: Cruise ships degrade the environment: Fact or fake news?
John E. Wells has written two letters recently claiming the Committee for Safer, Cleaner Ships is leading a “hysterical disinformation program” in support of the cruise ship...
OPINION: VOTE NO ON CRUISE SHIP REFERENDUMS
Dear Editor,
Arlo Haskell, representing Safer Cleaner Ships (SCS), continues to weave his side’s narrative concerning cruise ships and their negative effects on the environment, the economy and...
OPINION: SMALL SHIPS ARE A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR KEY WEST
Dear Editor:
The Committee for Safer, Cleaner Ships was formed earlier this year by my brother, Evan Haskell, our lifelong friends Jolly Benson and Will Benson, and myself....
OPINION: CRUISE PASSENGERS COULD BE ‘SAFEST, CLEANEST TOURISTS’
Dear Editor,
Key Westers of all persuasions will certainly agree that the coronavirus pandemic has changed our world and how we look at it. Nearly overnight, long-held paradigms...
OPINION: KEY WEST’S PROPOSED CRUISE SHIP REDUCTION WILL LEAD TO COSTLY LAWSUIT
Dear Editor,
What you’re not being told: On Nov. 3, Election Day, the citizens of Key West will be deciding the fate of our local economy via the...
OPINION: CRUISE SHIP VOTE WILL DETERMINE KEY WEST’S FUTURE
Dear Editor,
Key West and its people have a fierce sense of independence. When the Confederacy overran Florida in the run-up to the Civil War, we sided with...
OPINION: SCIENTIFIC DATA SHOWS NO ILL EFFECTS FROM CRUISE SHIPS IN KEY WEST HARBOR
Dear Editor,
BC — before cruise ships. It’s a subject hotly contested by many “experts,” who aren't necessarily experts.
First, let me say, my name is Lee Starling, though...
OPINION: LOWER KEYS GUIDES ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS CRUISE SHIP REFERENDUMS
Dear Editor,
There has been a lot of discussion surrounding large cruise ships in Key West and the potential economic impact of the referenda on downtown businesses. But...
KEY WEST BIDS BON VOYAGE TO LARGE CRUISE SHIPS; LAWSUITS ANTICIPATED
CRUISE SHIP CHARTER AMENDMENTS63.33% YES — Limit persons disembarking from cruise ships to total of 1,500 persons per day60.69% YES — Prohibit cruise ships with capacity of...
BREAKING NEWS: FLA. SENATOR FILES BILL THAT WOULD VOID KEY WEST’S NEW CRUISE SHIP...
A senator from Bradenton, Florida filed a bill late Tuesday that, if passed, will void Key West’s newly approved cruise ship limitations.
Republican Senator Jim Boyd has proposed...
