LETTER TO THE EDITOR: KEYS RUNNERS SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS
On Nov. 2, over 200 runners and walkers gathered at Big Pine Community Park to honor first responders locally and nationally in the inaugural Tunnel to Towers...
LETTER: THANK YOU, JOYCE GRIFFIN, FOR DECADES OF FAIR ELECTIONS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Dear Editor,
Congratulations to our Supervisor of Elections Joyce Griffin on her well-deserved upcoming retirement. During the more than two decades I interacted with Joyce and her staff,...
OPINION: SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR OPPOSES AMENDMENT 1 FOR PARTISAN SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Florida school board campaigns have recently become overtly political and, in some cases, downright nasty. Do Floridians want local school board races to become even MORE partisan...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: BILL ELLER IS AN INSPIRATION AT SWITLIK ELEMENTARY
If you visit the Stanley Switlik campus in Marathon, you will notice a gentle giant who joined the staff three years ago with a row of children...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: BACTERIA LEVELS AT SOME KEY WEST BEACHES POSE RISK
An open letter to Key West dog owners:
Please be careful when you or your dog swim at Dog Beach, Higgs Beach and South Beach.
The recent level of...
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION: THE REALITY OF NEW ROGOS
Dear Mayor Raschein and Monroe County Commissioners:
Our 17 organizations represent many thousands of residents of the Keys. We have been watching with interest the county’s efforts toward...
OPINION: KEY WEST RESTAURANTS NEED TAX RELIEF
By Bill Lay
"Close to perfect, far from normal" is the long-time motto of our small island paradise. It also closely mirrors my experience as a Key West...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: RESTORE THE $32 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE ARTS
To the editor:
The 32 million dollars in budgetary cuts to the Cultural Arts Programs in the state of Florida by Governor Ron DeSantis will cause children to...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: IT’S TIME TO ENGAGE OFFICIALS REGARDING A TOLL INTO THE...
We live on an archipelago chain of 182 islands connected to the mainland by 47 bridges. These islands situated between the beautiful blue waters of the Atlantic...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOVERNOR VETOES $150K IN CRITICAL FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS
Monroe Association for ReMARCable Citizens, a nonprofit which is the only provider of services to adults with developmental disabilities in the Keys, learned last week that Gov....
