Kohl: “There is not enough evidence to show intent to defraud.”
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
Although the final investigative report will not be released for a few more days, State Attorney Mark Kohl told Key West The Newspaper this week that School Board member Steven Pribramsky will not be prosecuted for allegedly signing another man’s name on four checks totaling more than $90,000.
Every day, dozens of flights approaching the airport here glide right over Key West High school. What if one of those flights doesn’t quite make the runway? Here is a fictional account of a horrifying possibility.
By Michael Ritchie
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was first published in Key West the Newspaper in April of 1996. It is a fictitious account of a disaster that has not yet happened. But it could happen tomorrow. The Key West International Airport is in the wrong place.
In 1941, Monroe County owned property on Boca Chica Key. The plan was to construct Key West Municipal Airport on that property. Much of the construction money had already been procured from the Civil Aviation Authority. This modern airport would replace little Meacham Field, which had been located on the site of our current airport since 1927.
Board Member Admits He Doesn’t Know Law
Tony Estenoz and Two Other CRB Members Still Refuse To Make Incoming Complaints Available To Press– Although Estenoz Admits: "We Don’t Know the Law. We’re Not Lawyers"
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
A number of readers have called asking why we here at Key West The Newspaper have recently been critical of the Citizen Review Board (CRB).
“After all,” one caller said, “you guys really pushed for the creation of a police oversight board back in 2002. Why has the board, all of a sudden, lost your support?”
We can assure you that the concept of the CRB has not lost our support.
Every community needs a strong CRB. The mere existence of a CRB changes police behavior. Just over the last two years alone. Complaints against Key West Police officers are down 60 percent. That probably has a lot to do with the new Police Chief here. But we think it also has a lot to do with the fact that there is a CRB here.
The sinking of the USS Spiegel Grove off of Key Largo a few years ago was greatly anticipated by diving enthusiasts. This huge ship resting a hundred feet down was to be a major boon for the local dive industry, as well as an artificial reef fishing nursery. It seemed that everyone was excited about its value and registered very few negatives. That is until March of 2007 when three scuba divers, exploring this sunken hulk, perished within this submerged hull.
SPRING BREAK SPECIAL
By Richard Weatherwax
It was St. Patrick’s day, Spring Break 2007 and she was standing on Smathers Beach in Key West and she was looking out to sea when he walked up to her and said I bet you’re Irish because you’re wearing a green bathing suit and she said no it must be a coincidence and she thought at the time that he had the most beautiful eyes and he said what college are you from and she told him and she said how about you and he told her and she said what’s your major and then he told her and then he said you know that’s Cuba out there straight ahead and she said, I know and I’d love to go someday and he said you will…
by Hal O’Boyle
Real estate is still a topic of great interest both here in Costa Rica and there in sunny Key West.
As I am inclined to look back in time to satisfy my curiosity about the
future, I found the following graph interesting. It shows the history
of housing prices in the United States for the last 110 years. Robert Shiller put it together for his book, Irrational Exuberance.
In this column I’ve made no secret of my doubts about opinions so
popular they achieve the status of “common wisdom.” In fact, I believe
that unanimity of opinion is one true indicator of nearly certain
delusion. It is an equally reliable predictor of dramatic change.
For most of my adult life, and certainly in the last five years you
would have to have been locked in a vault not to have absorbed the
common wisdom that “real estate never goes down.” And when measured by
the amazing vanishing dollar,
the common wisdom is spot on. But once we remove the illusions of paper
money, as Mr. Shiller has done in his graph, certainty vanishes as
well.
by Rhonda Linseman
photo by Richard Watherwax
Look, I’m no cowgirl, but there’s something special about Cowboy Bill’s Honky Tonk Saloon at 610 ½ Duval that makes everybody feel like stomping and hollerin’. It may be in the same place where Awful Author’s used to be, but there’s nothing awful about this place. Have you seen it? It’s gargantuan, with two entrances (Duval and Angela) and 12,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor bars, live-music, dancing, bull-riding, and billiards. There’s plenty to do for all y’all and all yer cousins, in a space big enough to kick back and relax, despite the craziness of lower Duval.
Cowboy Bill’s loves locals, and that’s no bull. Over half of their business is local, with regulars driving down from as far as Marathon.
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