Six words to smooth over Key West’s minor irritations
The Cat 5s share a thousand square feet, half a dozen windows, two litter boxes (albeit they are huge), an automatic food bowl and a water dish. Territorial squabbling is inevitable. Shrieking like an Irish banshee when Michael the actual Cat 5 stalks her is Cat...
Cuba and the Keys | Wrestling with frustration, failed politics and compassion
Since the early 1960s, about 1.7 million Cubans have emigrated, most of them making their ways to the Keys, Key West and South Florida. Over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday weeks in 2022, at least 600 Cubans came ashore in the Keys and Fort Jefferson, overwhelming local, state and federal resources.
Key West insurance | Is wind, flood coverage worse than the storms?
Two kinds of residents can ignore the disaster that is Florida wind and flood insurance coverage: The mega-rich for whom a $20,000 annual bill is budget dust and the feeling-lucky homeowners with no mortgages. (Although why anyone would play Key West insurance chicken...
Mallory Square | Let’s mix and match the design options
In case you missed it over the holidays, the latest proposals for re-doing Key West’s Mallory Square are posted online. And, unlike what could have been “looks like South Beach” or some generic New England downtown street mall except with a palm...