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Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts)
Wed Nov 17, 2021, 10:46 PM Nov 2021

State bill drafted to abolish City of Key West

A state bill has been drafted that would "abolish" the City of Key West and transfer "all assets and legitimate liabilities and revenue streams to the county."

A draft of the bill was obtained by the new website Florida Politics, which shared the draft with The Key West Citizen on Wednesday morning.

The bill is in drafting and there was not wording in the bill to show the bill's sponsor. Monroe County and City of Key West officials learned of the bill Tuesday night and have been in discussions with their state lobbying teams.

Florida Keys State Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Tavenier, was also made aware of the bill and has begun to make inquiries, he said.

"The City of Key west is abolished," the draft of the bill stated. "All assets and legitimate liabilities and revenue streams of Key West are transferred to Monroe County."

https://www.keysnews.com/state-bill-drafted-to-abolish-city-of-key-west/article_e562c0d2-47b7-11ec-95a6-67c35130c2a8.html?fbclid=IwAR1J6KSy6_tbZf4dVmribrpoGtPOlcwTLcO2YLuPr72jtm6jAxnkWElt-3o

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State bill drafted to abolish City of Key West (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Nov 2021 OP
POOF!!! elleng Nov 2021 #1
Over cruise ships? underpants Nov 2021 #2
Yep. That's what they do these days Deuxcents Nov 2021 #3
Well, yeah...I'll bet Jimmy Buffett has far more followers than Enter stage left Nov 2021 #4
Pushback on the Cruise Ship ban and the strong LGBTQ community Best_man23 Nov 2021 #5

Deuxcents

(16,455 posts)
3. Yep. That's what they do these days
Wed Nov 17, 2021, 10:58 PM
Nov 2021

And our governor is good at it. Don’t like what the people want and/or vote for..get rid of it. The Conch Republic will fight back, I’m sure.

Best_man23

(4,915 posts)
5. Pushback on the Cruise Ship ban and the strong LGBTQ community
Thu Nov 18, 2021, 08:50 AM
Nov 2021

Yep, Floriduh men have to be backing this bill.

Key West would have become a backwater fishing village after most of the Navy left in the 1970s were it not for the the LGBTQ community coming in and helping to renovate Old Town and transforming Key West into the vacation spot it is today.

I grew up in Key West in the 1970s and 1980s as a Navy kid, so I had a first hand look at how the city was transformed. In the 1970s you could buy a Conch house in Old Town for about $10,000 (they are now valued in the millions even if they're not in top shape).

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