OPINION: A RETURN TO CRUISES & SMOOTH SAILINGS
Dear Editor:
Now that the legislation superseding the city-imposed restrictions on cruise ship traffic into Key West is reality, what should the community do? To achieve a reasonable...
IN THEIR WORDS: LAVARSKI SMITH TAKES HELM OF COCA-COLA IN THE KEYS
Effective Saturday, July 3, Lavarski Smith will be the newly minted director of Coca-Cola in the Florida Keys. He’s a homegrown, true-blood, Middle Keys local, married to...
OPINION: COUNTY SHOULD SUPPORT ASSISTED CARE
Dear Editor:
The Monroe County Commission indicates it may no longer support assisted care.
I get the feeling that after over 60 years the Monroe County Commission is withdrawing...
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 is no voice...
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. And then you...
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 where did this...
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 soccer player of...
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 Cleaner Ships (SCS)...
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 all of our...
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 inevitabilities life throws...
