Key West Island News

The Key West mayor's race is on my "back burner" listburner" list

Before Aug. 18, Henriquez needs to open up and Kaufman needs to explain how the smartest guy in the room may have missed the corruption

Apr 4 • Key West Island News

March 2026

Will "Bad Monkey" reshape Florida Keys land use rules?

On Jan.

Mar 21 • Key West Island News

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What to do when Key West breaks your heart

Gotta admit, I'm not feeling upbeat this morning. For this quintessential "we'll figure this out" kinda girl, I know what triggered it, but so far I…

Mar 21 • Key West Island News

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February 2026

Florida's relentless home rule assault cripples local control

Home rule preemption bills could end Fantasy Fest

Feb 28 • Key West Island News

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Living in Key West | An island rooted in unabashed exploitation

But that doesn't we should capitulate to our worst instincts.

Feb 23 • Key West Island News

Floriduh Key West style | Dry taps and kingly compensation

What could possibly go wrong?

Feb 23 • Key West Island News

Rainbow fences | The colorful conundrum of resistance, rights and retribution

Two opposite things can be true at the same time: Painting rainbow fence pickets is a brilliant example of political resistance and white fences play an…

Feb 7 • Key West Island News

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Haiti and the Keys | What we know, don't know and think we know about this week's deportation threats

Silence says you are complicit in a federal immigration overreach that killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January.

Feb 1 • Key West Island News

January 2026

Dear Connor | The American "middle" won't tolerate extremes much longer

Good-hearted, politically purple Minneapolis, Minnesota, with its penchant for Midwestern Nice, is ground zero for where the American middle makes its…

Jan 27 • Key West Island News

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Let us live to make all free | The Battle Hymn of the Republic comes full circle

Like a sleepwalker awakening, mainstream denominations have been relearning that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will not happen until all…

Jan 24 • Key West Island News

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Key West airport | Don't let nostalgia get in your way

There are a couple of things no multimillion-dollar renovation can fix. It can’t fix stupid. Some careless traveler punched a hole in a gate seat and…

Jan 17 • Key West Island News

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Cuba and Key West | Is our island neighbor next?

Given the economic dependency between Cuba and Venezuela, Trump’s longstanding personal lust for developing in Cuba and his administration’s appetite…

Jan 16 • Key West Island News

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