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BITS AND PIECES
A Sampling of Current Keys Opinion
AN "UMPTEENTH GENERATION" NATIVE CONCH,
BUT WHOSE FAMILY MOVED UPSTATE ABOUT
THREE YEARS AGO....
"Decision Pending on Transient Rentals." It seems "they" are still trying to hoodwink the people to get what
they want!! They've even come up with a category called "second homes" that allows fewer than 28 day rentals!
It never stops! Thank God I left. I don't think I would have had the strength to keep fighting!!
There might be some saving grace with David Audlin as the judge. I remember him well when he represented the
city, when I was asked to appear as a witness. I know he has an excellent grasp of the Comprehensive Plan. We
will see!!.... **
** Editor's note. We did see, and apparently he did.
ANOTHER "LETTER TO THE EDITOR" FROM SOMEONE TELLING US HOW WE NEED TO
ALLOW "TRANSIENT RENTALS" ALL OVER, IN ORDER TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM
"ECONOMIC DISASTER"?
INTO DE FACTO HOTELS, FOR OUR OWN GOOD. NEVER MIND THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS IS NOW AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES DOWN HERE.
ARE THESE LETTERS COMING FROM GRASS-ROOTS CITIZENS OR ARE THEY PART OF A WELL-OILED
PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS SCHEME? (DUH!)
VOICE. FOR SOME REASON, INEXPLICABLY, THEY HAD ZEROED IN ON THEY KIND OF PEOPLE OFTEN
SHOWN AT COCKTAIL PARTIES IN TOM OOSERHOUDT'S CONCH COLOR IN THE APPARENT BELIEF THAT
THESE WERE THEY SAME PEOPLE WHO HAD FINANCED LAST STAND'S LEGAL EXPENSES IN THE
"TRANSIENT UNIT TRANSFER" CASE REFERRED TO IN THE LETTER ABOVE!
the City's Comprehensive Plan--
all are invited, including Conch
Color photographers, commercial
elites, and the guy with the
missing sock. BYO PA system, if
you want to be heard-- we have a
transient rental next door."
City's Comprehensive Plan, that will
work out great. We can put transient
rentals in your neighborhood, and
make up any shortfall in money.
Great idea!"
Old Town (or any other part of town)
to the transient rental crowd is going
to lower your property taxes is out of
their gourd! Nice try, but we aren't
that stupid!"
hold blood drives and
benefits to help her get better. But with
our community wasting
away, the most notable activity seems to
be hand-wringing.”
might have some ideas about how to save our community?
If there is, I wish he or she would stand up.
So far I feel like Diogenes with his lantern, looking for an
honest man...."
Hueso, por favor, que apague las luces."
another (possible) outcome is that Key West
ends up to be a winter resort for the very rich
and closes down for the most part in the summer
and fall, much like Palm Beach today or say,
Nantucket Island.
Either way the character changes, as folks like
myself can no longer afford to live and work here.
For those of us out of town for the summer, what is the
latest on beach closings? We've been told that our
polluted water is of our own making...that the sewer
laterals, which we paid plenty for, were not connected
properly.
Many of us feel the destruction of our near shore waters
is at the top of the list of the most tragic events of recent
years. What are our candidates saying, if anything, about
this issue? **
mailing list. Based on the intro., I'm very
interested in the concept.
Together we can make a difference. There is no reason for us to go to the "lowest common denominator," or to let purely
monetary forces set the course of our future. If enough of us speak out, we can certainly prevent the inevitable degradation of
our community and environment. There is no doubt that we can do better.
