Posts in category Letter to Editor

LETTER TO THE EDITOR / Marathon Sewer System Facts   Fact: Marathon has a completed working sewer system that meets all state and federal standards. …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR / DUBIOUS AUCTION It is most unfortunate that our courthouse should be involved with such shenanigans as the so-called auctions for …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR / TREE REMOVAL My grandfather is attempting to protect his Royal Poinciana Tree on 919 White Street. The neighbors who moved …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR / Last Stand is urging Key West City Commission to reject a proposed resolution to negotiate for twice weekly garbage pick-up.  …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR / THE IRANIAN DEAL An unattainable perfect deal should not become the enemy of a potentially good deal.  Multilateral diplomacy is …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR It never ceases to amaze me that people call self-driving cars progress.  I suppose that those who are too busy texting …

Friends, Families, Allies, and Sisters and Brothers, Yes we did it, yes we did! Never in my lifetime did I imagine marriage equality would be …

Editor: I find it very telling that the mainstream media is diving into the 2016 presidential coverage sixteen months in advance of the actual event …

To the Editor:   One of the best things about the United States of America, a democratic republic, is that it is a participatory democracy. …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dick Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the computer, there he is, Dick Cheney, blithering on …

Myriad Sugarloaf fire house issues prompt county search for new station   Firefighters, medics looking at raises   BY TERRY SCHMIDA   A crumbling building …

Emergency Medical Services first day goes off without a hitch BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Eddie Perez was particularly relieved when April …

To the Editor: Bad Manners     If the subject of global warming/climate change and the reactions it elicits are any indication of the subject’s …

CARING WITH HEART   Letter to the Editor: Each day amazes me when I meet people who live in the Keys and do not know …

  MIDDLE EAST INTRIGUE There has been much hand-wringing about Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu’s abominable behavior, both in politicizing the relationship with the US and, in …

DRILL, BABY, DRILL”   By Roger C. Kostmayer   Trying to appease political opponents and the oil industry by balancing good and bad environmental decisions, …

To the Editor:   The settlement reached by the City of Key West’s legal and insurance team is the best that can be done with …

Happy Martin Luther King Day   By The Editor   Happy Martin Luther King Day! The biggest grossing film of all time over the MLK …

Editor:       School Board Chairman John Dick and Superintendent Mark Porter are telling anyone who will listen that the recent audit of the HOB construction project absolves …

BAD PRECEDENTS AND POLITICAL THUMBS   Historically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives followed the unwritten law that partisan politics ends “at the water’s …