Tampon and Other Oddities.

TAMPOA, the Truman Annexe owners group are re-filing their old dismissed lawsuit. Somehow I missed this one. The are actually claiming that they own Southard Street. Or at least a big chunk of it. They also insist that they be allowed to regulate traffic on the bit they own. I thought they already wer regulating and owning the bit of Southard that flows onto the navy base and then down to Fort Zach. Except of course that is federal land and I cannot see the Feds giving up their access road to a bunch of yahoo condo owners. We shall see what happens to possibly the most litigation happy group of people in town.

Parents of the Year/Month Award..

The parents of a 10-year-old boy were arrested Tuesday morning on charges of child neglect after they allegedly left their son alone in a guesthouse room in Key West for several hours and went out drinking, according to police.Officers were called to the 500 block of Rose Lane after Key West Police got a call from a boy who they said was crying. He told police that his parents, Clinton and Amy Morris, had left the room around 9 p.m. and said they would return in an hour. Police arrived at 1:30 a.m. to find the boy alone in the room.The boy said he called his mother's cell phone, but could not reach her and did not know his father's cell phone number. A police officer was able to get in contact with Clinton Morris and alerted him several times before he agreed to come back to the room, said police.When the parents arrived at the room, officers noted Clinton Morris, 37, smelled strongly of alcohol and had slurred speech.Amy Morris, 39, did not approach the hotel until officers ordered her to the room at which point police said she displayed slow movements and uneven balance, and then urinated on herself. Officers also tried to obtain Amy Morris' Social Security number, but police said she was too intoxicated to remember it.The couple is from Merrillville, Ind., and police said Clinton Morris is employed as a pipe fitter in Chicago.The Department of Children and Families took custody of the 10-year-old boy.

Fla. Legislature amends DUI law

Drunk drivers who leave the scene of an accident in which someone dies would have to go to prison for a minimum of two years under a bill passed today by the Senate and sent to Gov. Charlie Crist.

The measure is named for Adam Arnold, who was 16 when he was killed in 1996 as he was riding a mo-ped in Key West by a driver who was believed to be drunk.

The measure, sponsored by Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa, passed unanimously.

Keys Forum Bullcrap.

Are you kidding?If it wasn't for the vacationers you wouldn't have a middle class workforce in Key West.Who do you think they work for.The bars,hotels and attractions that the vacationers go for.Another genius that moved to a tourist spot and now wants the tourists to stop showing up.

A lot of people, myself included, moved here 16, 20 years ago, when it was most certainly NOT a major tourist spot. Also the kind of tourists that came back then truly respected the island and the locals. Now we have a bunch of yahoos with more money than sense who have caused multi million dollar rapist developers to destroy KW.

They have just announced we are losing another 500+ hotels rooms to $1.2m ++ condos. Rarely do any of the people who buy those condos use any of the facilities that employ the 'middle class workforce'. When they do bless us with their obnoxious presence, they don't tip worth a shit when they do emerge.

As for the 'attractions' they are all manufactured and owned by one man Ed Swift, and nobody here gives a shit if he lives or dies as he is one of the aforementioned rapists.

He is the McDonalds of attractions and working for him is just as demeaning.