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Feds: We own Wisteria - Key West Citizen 11/19/11
FKAA Eliminates Environmental Rule - Key West Citizen 07/23/10
Wisteria Island Development Dropped (for now) - Key West Citizen 07/21/10
City Says NO to Wisteria Development - Key West Citizen 07/21/10
Wisteria Island Developer Requests Delay - Key West Citizen 07/16/10
Pledge to Reduce Dependence on Fossil Fuels - Green Living and Energy Education (GLEE) June 2010
Last Stand Opposes Rule Change for Wisteria Island Development - letter-to-editor, Keynoter 05/26/10
Wisteria Is Not Just An Island - Key West Citizen 05/22/10
Group Opposes Wisteria Island Development - Key West Citizen 05/20/10
Wisteria Island Proposal - It's Baaaaaaaaack - Key West Citizen editorial 05/14/10
The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Debacle in the Gulf - 05/05/10
Keys Comprehensive Plan Update Launched - Key West Citizen 04/05/10
Obama Okays Oil Drilling Off Florida Coasts - Key West Citizen 04/03/10
Now FP&L Says They'll Continue Push For New Nukes and Everglades Transmission Line - Miami Herald 01/31/10
No Name Key Electrification Controversy Continues -  Miami Herald 01/31/10
 FP&L Says Rate Increase Denial Will Halt New Turkey Point Nukes - South Florida Sun Sentinel 01/13/10
Florida Legislature Backs Off the Rush to Drill - Environment Florida Winter 2010 newsletter
Ethanol Penalizes Us and the Environment - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 11/24/09
Solar Industry Association Endorses Offshore Oil Drilling??? -  letter-to-editor, Keynoter 10/17/09
US1 Receives All-American Road Designation - Key West Citizen 10/17/09
Concerns Mount Over Nuclear Powerplant Expansion at Top of Keys - Key West Citizen 09/09/09
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 - Bugle Call - Summer 2009 - SPECIAL EDITION
Climate Change and Its Potential Impacts on the Florida Keys - Public Meetings in August 2009
County Announces Single-Stream Recycling - Last Stand News Service 07/07/09
Secret Land Swap Puts Endangered Keys Cactus at Risk - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 06/24/09
Reasons Why County's Waterfront Plan Failed - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 06/23/09
County Scraps New Working Waterfront Development Rules - Key West Citizen 06/02/09
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Should Not Be Expanded - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 04/19/09
What's Taking So Long at Truman Waterfront? - Solares Hill 04/12/09
Lots of words, no infrastructure -- Truman Waterfront is a ways off - commentary, Key West Citizen 04/18/09
100 People Attend Last Stand Truman Waterfront Forum - Key West Citizen 04/09/09
Bills would dissolve DCA - Key West Citizen 03/24/09
Mayor: County should limit Navy-area growth - Key West Citizen 03/21/09
Forum on Waterfront Can Help Clear the Air - editorial, Key West Citizen 03/18/09
Forum to Focus on Truman Waterfront - Key West Citizen 03/10/09
Last Stand Lawsuit Prompts City to Revamp Transient Transfer Rules - Key West Citizen 12/15/08
November 15 is America Recycles Day
"On the Waterfront" (Working Waterfront) Sequel Coming - editorial, Key West Citizen 10/19/08
Settlement Reached in Parrot Key Transient Lawsuit - Last Stand Press Release 10/09/08
City Admits Parrot Key Transient License Error - Key West Citizen 10/01/08
Critical Concern Remains in Effect but County Keeps ROGOs - Key West Citizen 10/01/08
DCA Tells County to Reach Accord With Navy on Development - Key West Citizen 09/25/08
Airport Hotel Plan is Another Money Grab - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 09/11/08
Scenic Designation Could Bring Grants - Key West Citizen 09/02/08
Last Stand Issues Challenge to Preserve Environment - letter-to-editor, Keynoter 08/23/08
Book Review: Censoring Science - Solares Hill 08/22/08
Cursing a Good Life - Remembering a Friend - Key West Citizen 08/10/08
Sheila Rowan's Legacy - Solares Hill 08/08/08
Island City Will Greatly Miss Sheila Rowan - Key West Citizen 08/07/08
Airport Hotel Plan Should Be Rejected - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 07/27/08
Last Stand Sets the Record Straight on Bridle Path -  letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 07/27/08
Can Key West Afford Higgs Beach? - Key West Citizen 07/23/08
Despite the Spin, It's About a Hotel - editorial, Key West Citizen 07/21/08
County Should Stay Out of Hotel Business - editorial, Key West Citizen 07/19/08
Congress Should Not Give in on Oil Drilling - editorial, New York Times 07/15/08
Last Stand Joins Navy in Opposing Housing Project - Key West Citizen 07/16/08
We Can't Drill Our Way Out of Energy Crisis - letter-to-editor, Keynoter 07/16/08
Floridians: Don't Panic and Sacrifice Our Coasts - editorial, Tampa Tribune 07/11/08
State Oversight Critical to Sustaining the Keys - editorial, Key West Citizen 06/29/08
Residents Fight Unsupervised Development - Key West Citizen 06/20/08
Offshore Oil Drilling Raises Its Ugly Head Again - letters-to-editor, Key West Citizen 06/22-24/08
GLEE Launches Online Carpooling in Keys - from Keys GLEE 06/17/08
Going Green: Changing Behavior is No Easy Task - editorial, Key West Citizen 06/05/08
State to Decide if County Can Regulate Itself - Key West Citizen 05/29/08
 Last Stand Water Quality Forum was Well-Attended - letter-to-editor, Keynoter 05/24/08
Water Quality Always a Hot Topic - Last Stand News Service 05/21/08
Tier Changes Delayed - Keynoter 04/19/08
Existing Port Facilities Can Handle Catastrophes -  letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 04/13/08
Watch for ROGO Hearings - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 04/09/08

State Rightly Put Kibosh on Developers' Free Pass - editorial, Key West Citizen 04/08/08

DCA Again Rejects County's Waterfront Plan - Keynoter 04/02/08
Please Participate -- Earth Hour 2008 - Lights Out America - 03/29/08
Last Stand's Transient Lawsuit Explained - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 03/01/08
Last Stand Sues City Over Transient Rental Transfers - Key West Citizen 02/27/08
Last Stand Files Suit Over License Transfers - Keynoter 02/23/08
Waterfront Amendments Adopted Without Due Process - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 02/17/08
Adopting New Waterfront Rules an Egregious Act -  letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 02/17/08
County Commission Hit New Lows on Waterfront Amendments - four letters to editor, Key West Citizen 02/10/08

County Commission's Waterfront Action Unconscionable - guest comment, Key West Citizen 02/10/08

Waterfront Debacle Shows Commission's True Colors - editorial, Key West Citizen 02/10/08
"Gang of Three" Again Favors Developers - five letters to editor, Keynoter 02/09/08

County Blesses Waterfront Land-Use Changes -- Without Reading Them - Key West Citizen 02/05/08

Navy Claims Legal Requirements Met - Key West Citizen 12/29/07
Don't Stretch Rules to Benefit Developers - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 12/21/07
Navy AICUZ Necessitates Some County Safeguards - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 12/21/07
Navy Impact Statement Raises Serious Question - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 12/16/07
State Nixes County's Waterfront Plan - Keynoter 12/15/07
Loopholes Eroding Workforce Housing - editorial, Key West Citizen 12/14/07
Tidal Turbine One Step Closer to Approval - Key West Citizen 12/12/07
County Asks Navy to Buy Land in AICUZ - Key West Citizen 12/06/07
Fighter-jet Noise Debate Gets Noisier - Keynoter 11/28/07
RV Proposal Makes Mockery of Public Safety - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 11/14/07
Waterfront Rules Get Thumbs Down - Key West Citizen 11/06/07
November is Recycling Awareness Month - articles from Key West Citizen 11/04/07
Waterfront Ordinance May Sink Early - News-Barometer 11/02/07
 Wider Ships Need Wider Channels - Key West Citizen 11/01/07
 Smokescreens and Loopholes for Developers - editorial, Key West Citizen 10/11/07
  Recycling Fairs and Citizen Support Set Example - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 10/05/07
DCA Upholds Preliminary Ruling on Tier System Challenge - Keynoter 10/03/07
Greener Nation Requires Congress' Help - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 10/03/07
 County Transient Rental Ban Upheld by FL Supreme Court - Keynoter 09/29/07
City Wins Big Rental Case - Keynoter 09/22/07
Last-minute Addition to Working Waterfront Plan: A Hotel - Key West Citizen 09/20/07
Last Stand: Don't Axe Marine Resources Department - Solares Hill 08/04/07
Reefs Contaminated With Sewage - Key West Citizen 07/25/07
No Wisteria Annexation Referendum - Key West Citizen 07/17/07
Island Not Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Key West Citizen 07/15/07
Marina Study Lacks Data - Key West Citizen 07/12/07
Trash No Justification for Developing Wisteria - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 07/12/07
Wisteria Island Project on Hold - Key West Citizen 07/11/07
Stop the Annexation of Wisteria Island - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 07/11/07
County Wasted Chance to Settle Tier Challenge - editorial, Key West Citizen 07/08/07
Wisteria Annexation is a Green Light to Developers - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 07/08/07
Are We Through Tiering Ourselves Apart? - Solares Hill 07/06/07
2 Sides Happy on Tier Ruling - Keynoter 07/04/07
Why Key West Should Not Annex Wisteria Island - guest commentary, Key West The Newspaper 06/29/07
A Few Questions About Adding an Island - Solares Hill 06/15/07
More to Consider With Island Annexation - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 06/30/07
Wreck of Wisteria Should Be Preserved - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 06/29/07
Wisteria Island on the Ballot? - Keynoter 06/27/07
Judge Rules Against Tier System - Key West Citizen 06/27/07

Politicos Want Voters' Opinions on Annexation - Key West Citizen 06/27/07

City Deserved Judge's Rebuke on Transient Rentals - editorial, Key West Citizen 06/26/07
 One for the Old Town (regarding the transient rental suit) - Solares Hill 06/22/07
Last Stand Prevails in Transient Rental Suit - Key West Citizen 06/18/07
County Administrator Misleads on Hurricane Evacuation - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 06/10/07
Err on the Side of Evacuation Safety - editorial, News-Barometer 06/08/07
State Imposes New Hurricane Policy - Key West Citizen 06/01/07

Board of Adjustment Up to its Old Tricks - editorial, Key West Citizen 05/25/07

Please Make New Convention Center Green - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 05/17/07
Last Stand Opposes Filling Pond at Airport - Keynoter 05/09/07
Marathon Boatyard Sets Environmental Example - Key West Citizen 05/06/07
500-Unit RV Park proposed for "sub pens" - Keynoter 04/28/07
Key West Airport Construction Imperils Wetland - Last Stand Action Alert 04/27/07
Planning Commission Bows to Developer, Puts Residents in Danger - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 04/25/07
Make Green Living Expo (GLEE) Part of Your Weekend - editorial, Key West Citizen 03/30/07
"Water Wonders" - The Beauty of the Deep - Key West Citizen 03/30/07
Transient Rental Transfers Don't Benefit Public - editorial, Key West Citizen 03/06/07
Keys Naturalist Sandy Sprunt Passes Away at 78 - Key West Citizen 03/06/07
Re-evaluate Affordable Housing - Key West Citizen 03/04/07
 Last Stand President Explains Transient Lawsuit - letter-to-editor, Key West Citizen 02/28/07
Last Stand Sues City Over Transient Rentals - Key West Citizen 02/27/07
 Hurricane Evacuation Time Again Rears Its Head - Keynoter 01/06/07

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