Meetings to work out an agreement about the number of cruise ship and passengers and the size of ships coming into Key West seem to be off to a positive
“We all know that Gov. DeSantis and his DEP will not enforce the state’s water quality standards regarding cruise ships. So it is now up to the federal EPA and
Photos showing large deposits of silt and sand coming from a cruise ship that had to make an emergency port call in Key West on Wednesday have reignited the debate
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The Key West City Commission and mayor will have much to debate and discuss when they meet Monday, July 12, to address the state legislation that overturned voter-approved city charter amendments limiting the size and the number of cruise ships.
State legislators added language to a state transportation bill, which Gov. Ron DeSantis signed, prohibiting local ballot initiatives or referendums from restricting such “commerce based on vessel type, size, number, or capacity,” and “embarkation, or disembarkation of passengers or crew or their entry into this state or any local jurisdiction.”
Ralf Brookes, an attorney for the group that proposed the city referendums, said the Key West City Commission could pass an ordinance placing the same restrictions on cruise ships coming to Key West and not violate the law the state Legislature passed and the governor signed last month.