GUEST COLUMN: COULD PORT OF KEY WEST HANDLE A SHIP-BORNE EMERGENCY?
Twenty-five years ago, on July 20, 1998, the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy lost power after a small fire ignited in the ship's laundry as she was departing...
OPINION: RETIRED KEY WEST POLICE CHIEF QUESTIONS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN DEPARTMENT
Dear Editor,
As the former chief of the Key West Police Department, I have a unique understanding of the structure and needs of our police department. There are...
LETTER: YELLING AT THE TV DURING ISLAMORADA COUNCIL MEETINGS
Dear Editor,
For years, I’ve watched the Islamorada Village Council meetings on TV and recently I’ve found myself yelling at my own TV. On June 8, I attended...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: REVIEW & PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE RESTORATION BLUEPRINT
We are lucky to live, work and play in one of the most biodiverse places in the world, teeming with life by land and by sea. On...
LETTER TO EDITOR: BLUEPRINT PROPOSAL REQUIRES COMMENT & COMPROMISE
It’s been almost three years since NOAA introduced the concept of Restoration Blueprint, a plan for restoring the diminished habitat of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT KEY LIME PIE?
A friend asked my wife and I if we were going to have some Key lime pie on our trip to the Florida Keys. Wondering what the...
LETTER TO EDITOR: I OWN A GUN, NOT A HIGH-POWERED KILLING MACHINE
Dear Editor,
We as a community and as a nation should be bothered more by those who have a bigger problem with the discussion of gun control than...
LETTER: A LOOK BACK AT KEY WEST’S PRIDE & EQUALITY EFFORTS
Dear Editor,
Decades ago, Jerry Falwell and Anita Bryant rose to notoriety demonizing homosexuals by saying God had created an entire group of people who were hell-bent on...
LETTER TO EDITOR: CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES — NOW WHAT?
The hat trick in life is to die without regret or remorse. It has a lot to do with what my wife calls the “Shoulda, woulda, coulda...
LETTER TO EDITOR: MEMORIAL DAY HONORS THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
The horror and absolute brutality endured by members of our armed forces on battlefields throughout our nation's history can cause one to shutter. Grotesque disfigurements, painful screams...
