KEEPIN’ IT SIMPLE AT SEA
I hail out of the port of Marathon, Florida, but about the time I see holiday stuff in the stores I start thinking of Junkanoo and coconut...
OPINION: OXITEC EMPLOYS ‘PERSUASION BY DECEPTION’
It is astonishing how average people could subject others to risky experiments not of their choice, under the false pretense of "science."
Oxitec/Mosquito Control are doing just that....
A tribute to tribute bands
The current situation surrounding the pandemic has caused many folks to get creative in how they go about their business. Conch Records founder and TV88 Executive Producer...
OPINION: OXITEC MOSQUITO PROJECT REFLECTS PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
10 years after the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) first invited Oxitec to the Keys, and in efforts to find effective methods for controlling the invasive,...
Plastic debris is choking the ocean
As we celebrate Earth Day, please be more careful with plastic bags and foam cups. And be sure to not let helium balloons loose.
The photographs I took...
Opinion: affordable housing is under attack in Florida
This is your wake-up call, Florida, and we need your help to save affordable housing. Last week, Senate President Wilton Simpson and Speaker of the House Chris...
LETTER: BILL PENALIZES LEGAL LIVEABOARDS IN KEY WEST & THE FLORIDA KEYS
The bills currently before our state legislators, House Bill 639 and Senate Bill 1086, which would require anchored boats in Monroe County to move five miles every...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: CRUISE SHIP PROPONENT USED TO BE ‘ONE OF THE GOOD...
I won’t take up too much of your ink on the curious claims made by Ed Swift in his recent letter. He says he has no financial...
LETTER TO EDITOR: CRUISE SHIP OPPONENTS MISLED KEY WEST VOTERS
Last week, Arlo Haskell, treasurer of Safer Cleaner Ships, wrote a letter about the state legislative bills that would void Key West's vote for “Safer, Cleaner Ships.” ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: LEGISLATION WOULD NOT GIVE THE STATE CONTROL OF OUR PORT
As a native Key Wester, and local ships’ agent, I want to share why Senate Bill 426 and House Bill 267 are a vital protection for Florida’s...
