DEBATE CONTINUES AS CRUISE SHIPS MAKE A CONTROVERSIAL RETURN TO KEY WEST
Two cruise ships returned to Key West on Nov. 27, one at Mallory Pier and one at Pier B. Another is due to arrive on Thursday, Dec....
CRUISE SHIP OPINION: DERELICTION OF DUTY & THE ULTIMATE STATE PRE-EMPTION
To the astonishment of most, but not all, a bill is being drafted in Tallahassee to dissolve the entity known as the City of Key West, transferring...
CRUISE SHIPS COME BACK TO KEY WEST ON SATURDAY
Two cruise ships are coming back to a much different Key West on Saturday. Much has changed since they last visited in March 2020. So much.
Most cruise...
OPINION: A TARNISHED WIN FOR THE PORT OF KEY WEST
Dear Editor,
For the first time in a long time, something remarkable happened in Key West this week. After 17 months, a cruise ship entered Key West Harbor....
OPINION: PRO-CRUISE SHIP AGENT IS WRONG AGAIN
Dear Editor,
Just before a huge cruise ship left a trail of mud a mile long and 300 yards wide coming into Pier B, John Wells again spewed...
OPINION: WINDJAMMERS ON WHITE STREET
The “windjammers” were in full force at the City Commission meeting on Oct. 5. There was so much warm air blowing from the dais, Captain G.R. Steadman,...
COULD KEY WEST COMPROMISE ON CRUISE SHIPS?
City lawmakers changed the course of Key West’s cruise ship conversation on Oct. 5, introducing words like, “compromise,” “mediation,” “stakeholders,” “discussion” and “input from all sides” —...
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST COMPLICATE KEY WEST’S DEFENSE OF CRUISE SHIP LIMITS
The attorney nominated by Safer Cleaner Ships to defend Key West’s right to curtail cruise ships against anticipated lawsuits has “conflicts related to cruise lines.”
Joe Jacquot, who...
OPINION: KEY WEST CRUISE SHIP DEBATE NEEDS BOLD LEADERSHIP
At the Sept. 1 city commission meeting, City Attorney Shawn Smith reported that a prestigious law firm in Tallahassee reversed an earlier decision and declined to represent...
OPINION: SAFER CLEANER SHIPS’ PROJECTIONS ARE UNREALISTIC & DECEPTIVE
As Safer Cleaner Ships (SCS) seeks to convince the Key West City Commission to adopt SCS’s proposed cruise ship ordinances, which would bar almost all of our...
