OPINION: CRUISE SHIP BATTLE MIRRORS THE ‘JUNGLE BOOK’
Disney’s great production of Kipling’s “Jungle Book” has a parallel in recent Key West politics. The honeyed words of the Kaa-like spokesman for Safer Cleaner Ships (SCS)...
CRUISE SHIP OPPONENT SAYS COSTLY LAWSUIT IS ‘EXTREMELY UNLIKELY’
The committee that spearheaded Key West’s cruise ship reductions is downplaying the potential costs of a lawsuit city officials expect from the owners of Pier B if...
CRUISE SHIP OPPONENT SAYS COSTLY LAWSUIT IS ‘EXTREMELY UNLIKELY’
The committee that spearheaded Key West’s cruise ship reductions is downplaying the potential costs of a lawsuit city officials expect from the owners of Pier B if...
DOUBLE STANDARD? WILL KEY WEST ACCEPT $5M FOR PORT REVENUE WHILE TURNING AWAY CRUISE...
The state is offering $5 million for lost port revenues, revenues from cruise ships that Key West officials no longer want and are turning away.
The money is...
CRUISE SHIPS: IS KEY WEST CRUISIN’ TO A LAWSUIT?
Key West officials on July 12 echoed the desire of the Committee for Safer Cleaner Ships to apply the voter-approved cruise ship reductions at all three cruise...
KEY WEST OFFICIALS WANT CRUISE SHIPS OUT; CITY ATTORNEY WARNS OF CRIPPLING LAWSUITS
Key West's city officials want out of their 27-year marriage to cruise ships and to the privately owned Pier B dock. That much was clear from the...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: KEY WEST OFFICIALS SHOULD PASS VOTER-APPROVED CRUISE SHIP LIMITS
Dear Editor,
On June 29, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that voided the results of referendums that had limited cruise ship operations in Key West. This...
CRUISE SHIPS: FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS VOIDS KEY WEST’S BAN ON BIG CRUISE SHIPS
The governor’s signature on Wednesday officially sank Key West’s attempt to ban most cruise ships from visiting here.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 1194, a...
OPINION: A RETURN TO CRUISES & SMOOTH SAILINGS
Dear Editor:
Now that the legislation superseding the city-imposed restrictions on cruise ship traffic into Key West is reality, what should the community do? To achieve a reasonable...
BREAKING NEWS: GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL THAT VOIDS KEY WEST’S CRUISE SHIP LIMITS
Hopes for a veto by those who oppose large cruise ships in Key West ended this morning, when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1194, which voids...
