by Mark Songer | May 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last Stand strongly opposes the award of up to 1,300 additional workforce housing allocations for the Florida Keys because the condition that makes the Keys Workforce Housing Initiative appear safe is both unrealistic and unenforceable. The Keys Workforce Housing...
by Mark Songer | Mar 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Housing that is green and affordable should be the priority for awarding Key West’s limited remaining building rights. Last Stand will be advocating to keep sustainable features, including rainwater catchment systems shown here, as a part of the incentive system...
by Mark Songer | Dec 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last Stand board is endorsing a Yes Vote for the Key West March 13, 2018 special election. The ballot question is simple and straightforward. If approved, the city charter will be amended as follows: The maximum allowable height for habitable space on approximately...
by Mark Songer | Oct 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Committee Hearings are in process in the Florida Legislature prior to the opening of the 2018 session this coming January. Last Stand has adopted legislative priorities to protect the environment and quality of life for Monroe County as well as all of Florida....
by Mark Songer | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
South Florida Water Management District voted June 8th to go against Army Corps of Engineers decision not to include deep injection wells as a part of Lake Okeechobee Watershed Project. Last Stand joined 73 organizations and businesses in a letter to Governor Scott...
by Mark Songer | Sep 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
The recovery from Hurricane Irma is still under way, and we’re mindful that many donors’ priorities are with the health and human service agencies on the front lines serving those in need. We also recognize that environmental service organizations will be...
by Mark Songer | Aug 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last Stand is calling on the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners to direct county-wide emergency management planners to revise hurricane evacuation procedures to better assure the safety of residents and visitors to the Florida Keys. Hurricane Harvey is the...
by Mark Songer | Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Key West City Manager Jim Scholl has been directed to investigate the feasibility of developing a sports field complex at Little Hamaca Park. Last Stand has historically supported the conservation use of the park. One section is designated as White Crown Pigeon Park...
by Mark Songer | Jun 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
The City of Key West is holding a Workshop meeting Wednesday June 21st, 5:30 PM at City Hall, 1300 White Street. The public is asked to give their three minute comments, ideas and solutions to issues ranging from parking garages and shuttle and bus transportation to...
by Mark Songer | Jun 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last Stand has written Rep. Carlos Curbelo supporting his stand on the United States participation in the Paris Climate Agreement: I am writing to encourage you to continue to oppose the administration’s policies that ignore the facts relating to climate change....
by Mark Songer | May 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
This August, the Board of County Commissioners will meet in Key West to consider a request to change the land use category of the property known as the “Shrimp Farm” on Summerland Key. Neighbors were vocal in opposition at the Planning Commission meeting...
by Mark Songer | May 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here is the text of the letter Last Stand sent to Governor Scott requesting that he intervene on the 4/28/17 Executive Order that would open areas of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic to oil and gas drilling leases: I am writing on behalf of Last Stand, urging you...
