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Editor, The Citizen:
This city has a
crisis situation, and, it has been
caused by
Virginia Panico.
The recent polarization which has taken a death grip on Key West
is due to
her manipulation of the City Commission. Anything she
proposes, Mayor Richard Heyman and Jimmy Weekley tag along. Sally
Lewis doesn't seem to have the strength of her convicions enough
to stand up to them. Harry Powell is the man with sense and guts,
arguing and voting on issues with his constituents interests at
heart.
First,
Panico forced the merchants on Duval to take their
merchandise into their stores. Naturally, they resented the
mobil vendors being able to have merchandise on the street, when they
could not.
With the merchants upset with
mobil vendors, it was easy for
Panico to get the vendors
off of Duval and Front streets.
In the meantime
Panico wants to sell out the Sunset Celetration
to a profiteer.
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Street people and boat people have also
been the target of her
wrath
as the police write tickets at Mallory Dock and Simonton Beach.
Who does Panico think will wash dishes, make beds, and do
construction work when she drives this work force out of town?
She is determined to "clean-up" this funky little town to the
point where it won't have any flavor left.
Tourists don't come to Key West to mingle with coat-and-tie
executives or stuffed-shirt Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
They come to Key West to rub elbows with "real people."
Concerned Key Westers must
attend commission meetings and
speak out on these issues while there is still a chance to save the
unique, down to earth feeling that makes Key West a popular tourist
attraction.
RON CARTER*
Key West
*alias - 'Matchbox' Ron
*alias -
'Noodleman'
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