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Last Stand’s June 30, 2023 Comment Letter to State DEO RE: Updating Hurricane Evacuation Model
Here's the official PDF version of the letter sent to DEO: Last Stand Hurricane Evacuation Model Comments to DEO And here's the text version below: June 30, 2023 Sent by email: FLKeysEvac@DEO.MyFlorida.com Florida Department of...
Tell the DEO to Choose Public Safety over Development! YOU Can Make a Difference!
Last Stand's email to Members on June 23, 2023: Tell the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) ENOUGH! They need to hear from YOU and thousands of Keys residents that we’re concerned, we’re already at capacity, and it’s time to stop putting lives at risk by...
Will the State use the Update of the Hurricane Evacuation Model to allow more development for our Keys that are already overcapacity? Tell the State “ENOUGH” at these Critical Meetings JUNE 13-14 and save our quality of life.
Will the State use the Update of the Hurricane Evacuation Model to allow more development for our Keys that are already overcapacity? Tell the State “ENOUGH” at these Critical Meetings JUNE 13-14 and save our quality of life. Update: June 14 Video of Workshop in Key...
Last Stand Asks DEO to Update Florida Keys Hurricane Model
Success! As a result of this letter, the DEO has decided to move forward with Community Workshops, which will be conducted in the Upper, Middle, and Lower Keys. We will provide an update as soon as those dates are published. May 4, 2023 Via Email to: Meredith Ivey,...
FL202304259783C / Opposition to offshore drilling Lease Sale 261
Shana Kinsey Outer Continental Shelf Program Florida Department of Environmental Protection 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, MS 235 Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-3000 RE: FL202304259783C / Opposition to offshore drilling Lease Sale 261 Dear Ms. Kinsey, We, the undersigned...
Last Stand Says “No” To Pier B’s Request for Cruise Port Expansion and Lease Extension
The following is a letter Keys Last Stand sent to the State of Florida regarding Pier B's request to expand their cruise port and extend their lease. A description of what's happening from Key West Progress' Ray Warren is below our letter. May 18, 2023 Jason Andreotta...
The Canary In Our Florida Keys Coal Mine Is Our Fragile Water System. Here’s 10 Things to Reign In Overtourism and Overdevelopment that Killed the Bird
After most of us experienced a temporary water shut off March 11 and 12 and then a boil-water order, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) Executive Director Greg Veliz explained in an open letter to customers what happened and all but admitted we’ve reached our...
PROBLEMS WITH PROPOSED SB102 PROVISIONS ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLORIDA KEYS TO EXCEED SAFE EVACUATION CAPACITY by Richard Grosso, Esq., Richard Gross, P.A. and Rebecca Jetton
The Bill would have the effect of unconstitutionally reversing a properly rendered final judgment of a Florida appeals court holding that increasing residential development in the Florida Keys violates state law protecting the Keys from excessive development and its...
Please Remove Dangerous Language from HB627
The undersigned organizations (see attached letter to Governor) represent thousands of citizens of the Florida Keys who strongly oppose Section 2(3), lines 290-295 in proposed HB 627. We ask that you remove these lines from HB 627 because they increase the risk to...
Please Remove Dangerous Language from SB012
The undersigned organizations (see letter to Governor) represent thousands of citizens of the Florida Keys who strongly oppose two provisions in proposed SB 102 because they increase the risk to Florida Keys citizens during hurricane evacuation by allowing unlimited...
Huge Win for Our Nearshore Water Quality
HUGE WIN FOR OUR NEARSHORE WATER QUALITY: City of Marathon agrees to settle Clean Water Act lawsuit, will cease to use shallow water wells in sewage treatment. Friends of the Lower Keys (FOLKs) and the city of Marathon have settled the Clean Water Act lawsuit FOLKS...
Letter to Legislatures Opposing HB 359
We write to state our strong opposition to HB 359, which we believe would stifle legitimate public concern and comment regarding local land-use decisions, comprehensive plans or plan amendments. The unfettered voice of the public is critical in our democracy to...