State bill drafted to abolish City of Key West

[Tony_FLADEM]

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

[elleng]

1. POOF!!!

[underpants]

2. Over cruise ships?

Lots of Florida man’s involved

[Deuxcents]

3. Yep. That's what they do these days

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.

[Enter stage left]

4. Well, yeah...I'll bet Jimmy Buffett has far more followers than

Ron Deathsentance.

[Best_man23]

5. Pushback on the Cruise Ship ban and the strong LGBTQ community

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).