Mosquito chairman explains GMM position
On Aug. 18, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 1 to approve a trial using Oxitec’s second generation Genetically Modified...
Opinion: Chaos in the U. S. Postal system
I'm in New York doing some personal business. Knowing that I won't be in Key West on Tuesday, August 18th — election day — I ordered an...
This summer, skip the fertilizer
There’s one garden project that you should skip this summer: fertilizing. As a resident of the Keys, you may be thinking “I haven’t used fertilizer in years...
Goodbye to Mark Porter
This is the week when we say goodbye to Mark Porter, our superintendent of schools.
As president of the Monroe Education Foundation that operates the Take Stock in...
The Hearing Impaired are Struggling
It appears the act of wearing a mask is going to be with us for a while. The Florida Keys, my home, is home to many “hearing impaired”...
OPINION – Cruise ship referendums neither a compromise, nor smart
The Key West Citizen’s June 13th editorial declaring the proposed cruise ship referendums to be “genuine compromise” is misleading to Key West voters. It is difficult to...
Opinion – Safer, cleaner ships will protect jobs
The Key West Chamber of Commerce has been struggling to discredit a report by my group, the
Committee for Safer, Cleaner Ships, that shows cruise ships bring 50%...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I encourage every neighborhood in the Keys, to start their own community organization. If you already have one, I suggest you join and become active, in...
OPINION – What The Fish? A look into what you are actually eating
You are walking through the aisles of Whole Foods looking for something nice and fresh to cook for dinner. As you head toward the back of the...
OPINION – 2 pandemics, 1 silver lining
Daily news is so intense, it’s mind-numbing. It’s easy to get down about the world being so divided and troubled with no relief in sight. So how...
