OPINION: WHAT’S AT STAKE IN THE CRUISE SHIP REFERENDA
Last May, 2,500 Key West voters petitioned the City of Key West to force a long-overdue referendum on cruise ships.
Those opposed to this grassroots effort immediately sued...
KEY COLONY BEACH RESIDENT HAS ‘TOUGH LOVE’ SOLUTION FOR CITY HALL
Since 1995, I have owned property in Key Colony Beach and have been a permanent resident since 2012.
Due to Hurricane Irma in 2017, the floor in the...
WHY THIS LETTER WRITER DROPPED OUT OF POLITICAL CLUB: AMENDMENT 3
Dear Editor,
Today, Florida has a closed primary system where a voter must be a member of the Democratic or Republican party to vote in a primary. There...
OPINION: CRUISE PASSENGERS COULD BE ‘SAFEST, CLEANEST TOURISTS’
Dear Editor,
Key Westers of all persuasions will certainly agree that the coronavirus pandemic has changed our world and how we look at it. Nearly overnight, long-held paradigms...
OPINION: KEY WEST SURFRIDER GROUP SUPPORTS CRUISE SHIP REFERENDUMS
It all starts with the ocean.
Diving, fishing, sailing, snorkeling — life revolves around our crystal blue waters here in Key West. That is our draw, our lifeline,...
LETTER WRITER SAYS OXITEC SKEETER RELEASE IS ‘PERMANENT EXPERIMENT’
On Aug. 18 the Florida Keys Mosquito Control approved a contract with Oxitec to release a half billion mosquitoes into our environment.
I attended the FKMC board meetings...
WHAT HAPPENS IN A PANDEMIC, STAYS IN VEGAS
I’m not saying you should go to Vegas during a pandemic … but I’m not saying you shouldn’t. Across the country, people are tentatively experimenting with safe...
PEACEFUL WATERS PAYS TRIBUTE TO KEN DAVIS
Peaceful Waters (which aims to preserve the uniqueness of Islamorada and protect surrounding waters) started on the advice of Islamorada Councilman Ken Davis.
Ken Davis was the first...
OPINION: VOTE NO ON CRUISE SHIP REFERENDUMS
Dear Editor,
Arlo Haskell, representing Safer Cleaner Ships (SCS), continues to weave his side’s narrative concerning cruise ships and their negative effects on the environment, the economy and...
