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...

OPINION: KEY WEST ENJOYS BOLD LEADERSHIP ON CRUISE SHIPS

Thanks to The Keys Weekly for your excellent coverage of cruise ships in the Keys. I am writing to dispute the assertions of John...

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...

ONE STEP AT A TIME – REFLECTIONS OF A RELUCTANT RUNNER

A couple years ago it occurred to me that I should at least attempt to fight genetics, the aging process and all the other...

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...

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...

SPORTS & MORE: HOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH?

My favorite soccer team is Barcelona (or Barça, as it’s commonly known).  And it’s all because of Lionel Messi. But now, Messi, perhaps the greatest...

DOCKING FOR DUMMIES

"Honey, honey, get the fenders ready. Port side, PORT, that's LEFT, no, MY left! Jesus, this slip’s tight. When did this wind kick up? And...

SETTING GOALS: HOW TO STAY ON TRACK

It’s time for a bit of a mid-year check. It’s mid-year. Can you believe it? A lot is going on, too many things to list....

OPINION: CRUISE SHIPS – AN UNCOMPROMISING SITUATION

It is an old political truism that the best, long-lasting solutions to a contentious problem come from a compromise between adversarial parties. But there...