Saving Key West’s “Crown Jewel”

Truman Waterfront Park is amazing. It is one of the very few venues in our city where working people, young working adults, and families can enjoy things like open spaces and water views. Fifty or so weeks of the year, it is, in fact, one of the most egalitarian and economically integrated places in this land of sky-high rent, tight quarters and long hours working multiple jobs.

Which makes one wonder why the city seems to care so little about it.

Ray Warren 9/6/23 Ray Warren 9/6/23

Courts, Sanity and Panic

Much of what is being said about the proposal [to combine south Florida judicial circuits] is not true and some of it is downright harmful to the interests of our county. So, let’s step back and take a look.

Ray Warren 7/3/23 Ray Warren 7/3/23

Boat Races, Dead Grass and City Neglect

Nearly Eight Months After the Annual Powerboat Races Truman Waterfront Park Still Bears the Scars.

Ray Warren 5/9/23 Ray Warren 5/9/23

Residents Also Count

[Regarding noise ordinance issues] “Most issues can be worked out if people don't dig in their heels and, instead, figure out a way to reach consensus. But the idea that anything and everything that brings in tourist dollars is sacrosanct, and not subject to the rules of ordinary civilized society in an actual real town, needs to be laid aside.”

Ray Warren 4/22/23 Ray Warren 4/22/23

ECONOMICS, JUSTICE AND THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF KEY WEST

But if the business community here can't see morality as a motivation, perhaps it should also think about long term business consequences of turning Key West into just a warmer version of Mississippi or Tennessee.