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The Key West hospital is a large urgent care center. Experiencing a concert at one of the biggest waterfront parks in South Florida is a big deal, so why not treat it that way? I have decided to break the work into several books.
Enjoyed Tom Luna and Rick Dery. Five years must have elapsed from the time of conviction. It may be named the Jimmy Buffett Amphitheater. Fantasy Fest two months away.
- Typical Key West, however.
Hurricane Harvey has unleashed a hell upon the Texas gulf coast. Nature at its worst! A howling storm that cannot be blamed on anything other than weather. Global warming not involved. Harvey does not want to leave. Hanging around a few days. Bringing with it rain in a volume not common. Are survivors getting sufficient assistance? Enough drinking water for example? The answers will not come till Harvey has gone. Then the impact will be known. North Roosevelt Boulevard is a State highway. A few years ago, Florida spent 4 years renovating the Boulevard big time. The final job has a couple of minuses. Properly described as major screw ups. One has to do cross-walks. Their purpose to make it safe for pedestrians to cross the major busy thoroughfare. The cross-walks a disaster. Invite accidents, death and injuries. So far, only one death. The cross-walks are poorly designed. Need a red light as part of them so traffic will recognize the need to stop and will stop. Without red lights, the cross walks create more danger than when the road was without any. After constant badgering by City and County officials, the State has come up with the remedial plan. Merely a suggestion at this point. It will redo the cross-walks with red lights. The time frame includes design to be done in 2019 and construction to begin in 2021. If the City so desires, it can do the corrective work itself and then seek reimbursement from the State. The State is making a mountain out of a mole hill. Put the red lights in and be done with it. Boulevard users should not have to wait 4-5 years to get the job done. Another government mess in the making. One at the moment is naming rights. A bidding process to be used. He who bids the most will get to name the amphitheater. So far five names suggested. Not all of whom have the dollars to successfully bid. At least one dead. One person openly expressing his desire to have the amphitheater named after him is Jimmy Buffett. He has the money to successfully bid. For all kinds of reasons that do not seem to have validity. Typical Key West, however. A place where some have their heads up their asses. They make a lot of noise. The squeaky wheel gets the attention. Most believe Trump has the power. I am not sure. The Constitution extends the power. An old Supreme Court decision decided in 1866 interpreted the power broadly. I question whether the decision would be followed today were the issue brought before the Supreme Court. The Justice Department has a Pardons section. Application must be made by the person seeking the pardon. Five years must have elapsed from the time of conviction. The person seeking the pardon must admit responsibility for the crime. The applicant must show remorse for having committed the crime. None of these factors have been complied with in the Arpaio situation. An example of Trump not respecting the law, believing he is the law, etc. I doubt Arpaio will get to the Supreme Court. Meaning Trump will get away with what appears to be wrongdoing once again. Tuesday comes quickly every week. Tuesday Talk with Key West Lou. Nine in the evening my time. A fast half hour of opinionated sometimes eye opening talk. A statue of Christopher Columbus was erected in Baltimore in 1792. Last nigh,t it was sledge hammered to the ground. Dueling bartenders at Aqua last night. Enjoyed Tom Luna and Rick Dery. Always a pleasurable time. We chatted a bit. Joe and Linda, also. I enjoyed a couple of drinks and an appetizer. Glanced through the Wall Street Journal. It may be named the Jimmy Buffett Amphitheater. An appropriate name, if so. Fantasy Fest two months away. Organizers already into the event. Friday evening at 6 at the Southernmost House, the races for King and Queen begin. Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Police will be out in mass between now and the end of the Labor Day weekend looking for drunk drivers. Drink conservatively or not at all. Mug shots never look good. I continue to live and learn. Were you aware dance instructor and bouncer were interrelated? Dance instructor is a euphemism for the old fashioned bouncer. Your heroes are resting in Hell! I fear Charlottesville saturday may have changed America forever. The shadow people revealed themselves in major fashion. The rodents came out of the earth, the vermin out of the walls. White Supremacists, neo-Nazis, and Klu Klux Klaners. Watched Justin Thomas win by 2 strokes. Like her a lot. A sex change person. I am an early to sleep person. Awake till 1 in the morning. Got hooked on a couple of movies. Will pay for it today. Way out in the Atlantic. Already started its turn northwest. One may not turn, will increase in power to a hurricane, and head for Key West. I am preparing you for such an event. Failed to mention one part of my Robert and Ally saturday. First time Lobster Fest for Robert and Ally. They knew some of those working the food tents. I sometimes think Pritam Singh does not receive the credit he deserves. On this day in 1988, Singh broke ground for Truman Annex. Since that time, he has constructed other significant sites. Ocean Edge on Stock Island the most recent. A major contributor to the Key West scene. I mentioned my concern re the amphitheater the other day. Had the City hired some one to run the place yet? Or was the amphitheater to be another half assed planning job ultimately costing taxpayers extra money? The latter appears to be the case. There once was a City Commission who used their heads in running Key West. Actually, keeping Key West afloat. The City Commission authorized the City to print money. The Script was used to pay City employees. Who in turn used the Script to buy things. Many merchants accepted the Script. Key West was able to keep its nose above the water line. How bad was bad? So bad that there was no demand to buy real estate. No one had money. There were also few foreclosures. No one had the money to buy the property afterwards from the bank. Let the drums roll, the band play. The first segment of Going Live with Key West Lou aired earlier this morning. More as the day progresses. Going Live makes it possible for me to be seen as well as heard. Enter Key West Lou. I intend to do 30-60 second presentations. Need some time to adjust. My first entry this morning was a little over 3 minutes. There for you any time of the day or days. My first comment concerned accused terrorist Harlem Suarez who is presently on trial in Key West for planning to bury a nail filled back pack bomb on Smathers Beach. To be detonated with a cell phone. My yesterday began with a morning airport drop. Spent two hours in the early afternoon working on Growing Up Italian. I have been at it four years. Work on it, then put it aside for a while. I have rewritten most parts three times. This is my fourth rewrite. Good, bad or indifferent, this is it! I have decided to break the work into several books. The first will be titled Growing Up Italian, Part I, The First Six Years. Part I presently contains 48 chapters. Then Sloan for a couple of hours to finish up the Going Live show. Desired some company and a drink. Sat at the bar next to an elderly weather beaten shrimp fisherman. We talked about the storm that hit sunday and monday. His shrimp boat just made it in. The 26th annual tournament begins today. Will last several days. Teams from the U. The tournament named after Kelley McGillis. McGillis of Top Gun fame. She was a resident of Key West for many years. Owned and operated several restaurants. McGillis will be in Key West for the event. She presently resides in Pennsylvania. The social aspect begins saturday at 4 pm at La Te Da. Diane Nyad the keynote speaker. Diane was the first person to swim Cuba to Key West without a shark cage. There is rising opposition to the amphitheater. Many believe the necessary pro forma has not been done. Many questions that should be answered and resolved pre-construction not done. Dinner tonight with my lesbian wives. Donna told me yesterday Terri shaved her head completely bald. Most of her hair had fallen out. I bet she looks terrific! Starred Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Sidney Poitier. Tracy and Hepburn are surprised by their daughter bringing home an African-American she wants to marry. It must be given by midnight as the husband to be is off on a plane for Paris and the daughter wants to go with him. Through most of the movie, Tracy not. Tracy and Hepburn go for a ride to talk things over. Tracy wants ice cream. They stop at an ice cream parlor. The last time he had boysenberry was at the same ice cream parlor 20 years earlier. The boysenberry did not taste the same. Tracy made a face and complained to the server. The young lady looked at Tracy as if to say it was 20 years ago. I am in Coconut Grove over night. The Volkswagen needed tuning at a Volks dealer. Staying at the Ritz Carlton. The last time I was in Coconut Grove was 20 years ago. Stayed at the Ritz Carlton then, also. Still a great hotel. Could not find anything I was looking for. Stopped for lunch at an interesting pub. I asked the young lady serving where this and that was. She knew nothing of what I was talking about. I had told her I had last been in the Grove 20 years ago. She finally looked at me and said….. That was 20 years ago! Just like the ice cream girl indicated to Spencer Tracy. I thought to myself….. Louis, you got old and sound old. I am and sometimes do. Always good, always the best! The waiter told me Martha Stewart was two tables behind me and Billy Crystal at the other end of the room. Could not see Crystal. I pick up the car at noon. Needed a lot of work. I have to return as they do not have all the parts necessary. The County Commission voted to buy a third helicopter. The Key West hospital is a large urgent care center. It is the service that is available. Ergo, it is necessary to helicopter serious cases to Miami for care. In life and death situations where time is of the essence. If no insurance, the charge is nothing. Applies only to County residents. By a 4-2 vote. The project is not ready for construction. Income costs have not been determined, parking for 1,500 cars not resolved, street access not worked out, etc.. There is a rush to begin construction. I cannot figure it out. Every thing Key West does is always astronomical in the end. The result of poor planning in the beginning. David Wolkowsky rarely writes a Letter to the Editor. Short and to the point. A Key West Naval History exhibit has opened at the Custom house. Cori Convertino is curator. Cori, a Chart Room acquaintance.
The final job has a couple of minuses. A Key West Naval History exhibit has opened at the Custom house. One has to do cross-walks. Always a pleasurable time. With food, drinks, and state-of-the-art sound and production, Sunset Green provides the ultimate concert experience. Are survivors getting sufficient assistance. A few years ago, Florida spent 4 years renovating the Boulevard big time. Tracy and Hepburn are surprised by their daughter bringing home an African-American she wants to marry. I mentioned my concern re the amphitheater the other day. The social aspect begins saturday at 4 pm at La Te Da. North Roosevelt Boulevard is a State highway. Key west amphitheater once was a City Commission who used their heads in running Key West.
