In an effort to provide greater familiarity and communication between the Key Colony Beach City Commission candidates and our readers, the Marathon Weekly sent each of them a series of questions concerning their backgrounds and stances on pressing city issues. The Weekly will continue to print each candidate’s responses in a Q&A series leading up to the Nov. 8 election, in which two candidates will win commission seats. Have a question you’d like to see answered by the candidates? Send it to alex@keysweekly.com for potential inclusion throughout the series.
Answers are printed exactly as submitted by candidates, with responses limited to 100 words.
This week: What is KCB’s greatest asset, and how do you plan to protect it?
BETH RAMSAY-VICKREY
The Community, the wonderful people who call KCB home, are our greatest asset. As your City Commissioner, my #1 priority is protecting Key Colony Beach’s special sense of community, and ensuring that Key Colony Beach stays the wonderful Gem it is! Protecting and enhancing your quality of life begins by mitigating the negative impacts of vacation rentals, and ensuring we have good communication and strong partnerships across all levels of the County. I have the relevant experience and great relationships necessary to achieve these goals, and I’m honored to be endorsed by the elected officials we need to partner with.
FREDDIE FOSTER
KCB’s greatest asset is its family-like community. My wife and I purchased our home because of the close-knit atmosphere with the neighbors, City Commission, and City Hall. However, that charm of KCB has started to wane; the days of walking into City Hall for friendly advice seem to be more and more distant. This can be seen in the city: both with the number of people leaving, and the turnover rate in the city itself. How can we protect and nurture that family atmosphere of KCB? Vote!
JOHN DENEALE
Our people, and this is how we protect them and their Keys lifestyle. We need to maintain our city’s character by ensuring our vacation rental ordinances are relevant and enforced; prepare for further sea level rise to include updating our land development regulations so we can renovate or rebuild our homes and businesses if needed; continue to protect our environment as we have with our recently upgraded sewer plant and complete our storm water system; build our new city hall to provide quality services and activities, a much-needed EOC and refuge of last resort; and keep our taxes low.
