ELECTION 2009: First Political Forum Set for Wednesday

FOUR OF THE SEVEN CITY
COMMISSION SEATS ARE UP
FOR GRABS THIS YEAR

by Dennis Reeves Cooper

Hometown! Political Action
Committee will host this
election season’s first political
forum next Wednesday, April
15, at Salute Restaurant on
Higgs Beach. All declared or
potential candidates for the
upcoming city elections, have
been invited to attend and to
make short presentations, starting
at 5:30pm.The social portion
of the event starts at 5.

Four of the seven seats
on the city commission are
up for grabs this year. Up for
reelection are Mayor Morgan
McPherson and City Commissioners
Bill Verge (District 1),
Dan Kolhage (District 3) and
Clayton Lopez (District 6).

Utility Board Commissioners
Peter Batty and Lou
Hernandez are also up for
reelection.

To date, several opposition
candidates have declared
or expressed interest in running.
The forum will give voters
an opportunity to meet declared
candidates, as well as those who
may be just exploring the possibility
of running. Candidates
have until August 21 to qualify.
Election Day is October 6.

Hometown’s declared
mission is to encourage qualified
candidates to run for office
and to provide forums for the
candidates to explain their positions
on the issues.

Voter information and
voter registration materials will
be available at the forum.
Candidates interested in
speaking at the forum should
contact Sheldon Davidson at
sdavidson13@yahoo.com.

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Rhett Akins Concert Thursday

RHETT AKINS is in concert
at Cowboy Bill’s this coming
Thursday, April 16, at
10:30pm. Tickets $20.

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$800 Necklace Reported Stolen at Charity Event

KWTN Team Report

A silver necklace valued at $800 was reported stolen
following the Spring Fair benefit event for the Florida Keys
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (SPCA)
last Friday night.

The necklace had been donated by Ms. Georgia
Favelli to be auctioned off during the party,” said Connie
Christian, SPCA president. “After the auction, we noticed
that the necklace was missing.” None of the other auction
items were reported missing, Christian said.

A report was filed with the Key West Police Department.
“It is very distressing that someone would steal something
that was intended to raise money to benefit the less
fortunate animals in our community,” Christian said.
The good news is that the Spring Fair event raised
more than $50,000 for the SPCA’s fund to build a new hurricane-
proof animal shelter, which is expected to cost $3.5
million. Approximately $300,000 has been raised so far.

Juke Box Blues at the Parrot

CEDRICK BURNSIDE AND
LIGHTNING MALCOLM,
LEFT, bring juke box blues
to the Parrot this afternoon,
Friday, April 10, for a 5:30
“sound check.” Then they’re
back at 10 for a full gig.

LOCOS POR JUANA is in
the house tomorrow night,
Saturday, starting at 10. Then
they’ll be back on Sunday
afternoon for a 5:30 “sound
check.”

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Go Back Where You Were

Kimberley Denney: The Pig Story: Still Lots of Questions

by
Kimberley Denney

Bobby Adisano is in quite
a quandary. Okay, I’ll say it: he’s
a pig in a poke.

When I first read that he
was arrested and accused of
dragging Harriet, his pet pig, on
her back and over broken glass
down Duval Street, I fantasized
about harnessing his testicles to
a leash and dragging him along
that same cruel journey down
the street. (No, not a sexual fantasy,
you perv. This was about
revenge.)

Then it got worse: the pig
was dead just after sunrise, and
an Animal Control officer said
he went to Adisano’s Angela
Street house and found a second
injured pig living in deplorable
conditions, in a small cage
barely bigger than the animal,
with nothing but rotting fish as
a food source.

At that point, I thought
that testicle harnessing would
be too good for Adisano! My
thoughts were now running
along the lines of staking him
out, slathered in honey and resting
on a bed of fire ants.

Jazz Brunch at Cafe Sole

LIBBY YORK sings at Cafe
Sole’s Sunday Brunch. Brunch
is served 10-2. Libby
entertains noon ‘til 2.

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KEN DAVIS: Letter from Baghdad

EDITOR’S NOTE: Letters
From Baghdad will be published
here periodically. They
are excerpts from “The Road to
Baghdad,” a book-in-progress,
being written by Ken Davis,
former head of the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Agency here in
the Keys and a candidate for
Sheriff in last year’s county elections.

“The Road to Baghdad” by Ken Davis
chronicles the tales and stories
of the men and women in Iraq,
written as seen through Davis’
eyes. The story is based on solid
fact and truth, and written with
a humorous license. The names
are changed to protect the guilty
and confuse the innocent.

I sat at my computer and
hesitated, not sure if I should
push the send button. Was I
going too far, professionally
and geographically? Iraq was
half a world away and while
I had spent the better part of
my life fighting the drug war,
Baghdad was a totally different
type of war zone.

Moose Back at Schooner Wharf

MOOSE & THE BULLETPROOF BLUES BAND will be at Schooner
Wharf Bar, tonight and tomorrow night, Friday and Saturday,
April 10-11, 7 ‘til midnight.

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Pool Is Open Again

It seems as if summer arrived overnight, but the reopening
of the community pool at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community
Center means there’s an easy way to escape the heat. The pool,
which reopened on March 23, offers open swimming from 10
a.m. until 5:30 p.m. seven days a week The pool was temporarily
closed while a new filtration system was installed. In addition,
the surrounding deck and inner surface of the pool have been
completely restored.

Bahama Village Arch

The welcoming arch that stands as the gateway to Bahama
Village is about the get a facelift— at the hands of Key West
High School students. The Petronia Street arch was temporarily
removed Tuesday morning. Key West Public Works crews will be
delivering it to the Key West High School art department where
it will be completely revamped. In the meantime, the stucco piers
that support the arch will be repaired and repainted as well. City
officials hope to have the familiar landmark reinstalled as quickly
as possible, though no firm timeframe has been set as yet.