Cheers and Jeers
Cheers: To the progress and emerging positive signs we are seeing in the Keys regarding coronavirus. This week alone, we saw steady declines in countywide COVID cases, success at Monroe County schools...
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Cheers: To the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for helping rescue a large female manatee off the Upper Keys last week. The manatee had monofilament line embedded in both front...
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Cheers: To all American and Monroe County workers this Labor Day. All too often we treat Labor Day as just another paid holiday. But this year workers have sacrificed, struggled and overcome...
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Cheers: To Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward, who will seek jail time for two Key West residents charged with defying a quarantine order. If convicted, which is not a certainty, Ward plans to...
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Cheers: To all the election winners as well all those candidates who put themselves out there and ran, the Supervisor of Elections office and to Monroe County voters who turned out in such strong...
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Cheers: To U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence King’s ruling that Key West residents will be allowed to vote on the three cruise ship referenda slated for the Nov. 3 ballot. Regardless of one’s...
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Cheers: To the Wisteria Island debate that has been concluded after almost 60 years of ownership haggling. But even though a federal court ruled the federal government owns Wisteria Island in Key West...
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Cheers: To Monroe County School Superintendent Mark Porter, who officially stepped into retirement this week after eight very productive years. Porter has operated steadily and professionally for the...
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Jeers: To the hundreds of boaters who camp out regularly but were particularly plentiful last weekend at the sandbar near the Postcard Inn in Islamorada. Clearly, personal entertainment is more...
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Cheers: To Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay for illustrating how our public officials should conduct themselves when confronted with departmental infractions and holding those who break the law...
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Jeers: To the shocking, surprising decision to reopen schools. Here’s why: While COVID-19 cases consistently rise, mask wearing continues to be inconsistent, and if adults are not following the rules,...
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Last week’s Key West Chamber of Commerce membership meeting was dedicated to “the future of cruising.” Unfortunately, chamber leadership seems to have missed the boat. The cruise ship industry has been...
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Cheers: And a tip of the hat to our Key West Sears store that, sadly, is closing. Amazon, too much corporate debt and innovative retailing were factors that Sears was unable to compete with on a...
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As a nation, we are fighting several dumpster fires right now — the pandemic, unemployment, economic distress, social unrest and, of course, politics. The Keys have been spared social unrest,...
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Cheers: To Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit detective Vince Weiner and the FDLE for solving a nearly 30-year-old Florida Keys homicide case known as the “Valentine Jane Doe Homicide”...
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Cheers: To all the local business owners who are starting to see a glimmer of hope as they reopen, put employees back to work and begin the long process of returning to some semblance of business...
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Cheers: To all the residents of Monroe County and everyone else who participated in the peaceful demonstration on Monday in Key West to address ongoing concerns about excessive use of force by law...
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Cheers: To the City of Key West and Monroe County for working very hard to keep virtually all Keys residents virus-free for the past 60 days. And while we agree that the Keys deserves to reopen to...
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Cheers: To those who are capable of and choose to have reasonable discussions about polarizing issues. The pandemic has unfortunately brought out the worst in some. We should all contribute to...
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Cheers: To the volunteers who have been assisting the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office by manning the U.S. 1 checkpoint into the Keys to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Employees from the Monroe...
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