No rant - just Respect for those who gave all.
Good morning Citizens of the USA!
Today is the day we honor those who lost their lives serving our country in the Military.
Here's where you can honor those who served:
Memorial Day Activities in Monroe County
Lower Keys:
9am – The Navy League will host a ceremony in the Key West Cemetery at the USS Maine Memorial.
10am - The ceremonial laying of the wreaths will be held at the Veterans Memorial at Bayview Park in Key West.
11am –There will be A ceremony at the Southern Keys Cemetery on Big Coppitt Key.
Upper Keys:
11am – Keys Community Concert Band will perform at the Memorial Day ceremony at Murray Nelson Government Center in Key Largo on Monday, 11:00 a.m. to noon.
The Good news this week is that the effort to force first time voters to vote in person did not make it into the final version of the bill! Hallelujah!
And, it appears there is a deal on the debt ceiling!
Local Govt. meetings this week
Wednesday, May 31
Monroe County Land Authority Advisory Committee will have a meeting in the Marathon Government Center Media Conference Room from 9:30AM to 12:00PM (I could not find any agenda) https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/
Thursday, June 1
City of Key West Planning Board will have a workshop at 1:00 PM at City Hall to discuss A. rules about the duration of time a property owner may spend discussing a request for a variance and the make up and behavior of the public at such meetings B. consideration of changes in variances to make it easier for property owners to build on empty lots. http://keywest.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Friday, June 2
City of Key West General Employees Pension Board will have a meeting at the Marriott Beachside, 3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd at10:30 AM to discuss reports by Steve Stack, John Thinnes, and Stuart Kauffman. http://keywest.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Activist Activities for JUNE – Mark your calendars
Keys Dems Meetings for June
Monday June 12 in Key West – Guest Speaker – KW City Commissioner Jimmy Weekley
Tuesday June 26 or Thursday June 28 in Marathon (not sure yet)
The Upper keys Meeting has been cancelled for JUNE.
Wednesday June 7
The Key West chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet at 5:30pm in the back room of the VFW Post #3911, 2200 N Roosevelt Blvd. Key West.
Saturday June 17
Key West Now will hold a Petition Signing Rally in Key West on Saturday June 17 from 10:30am until Noon. They will be marking the one year mark since the DOBBS Decision with Petitions to protect Women’s Right to choose on the ballot in Florida next year. It would be great for some Democrats to show up to help. If you can help, please contact Phil at vicechair@keysdems.com
Monroe County will host a Bicentennial Picnic at Rowell's Marina in Key Largo from noon - 3pm. Barbara Overton would like to head up a group of volunteers willing to walk around with the Womens Right to Choose petition. Barbara is also the Upper Keys HUB for collecting and dispersing petitions. If you would like to help, you can reach her at boverton@gmail.com. For more information about this event - https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/flkeys200
The Upper Keys league of Women Voters will meet on Monday, June 5 at 6pm in the Keys Jewish Community Center, US#1, MM93 Oceanside, Tavernier. Guest Speaker will be Emma Haydocy , Surfrider Florida Policy Manager.
I will be out of town for a few weeks, so please reach out to Phil, our Vice-Chair or Dakin Weekley, our State Committeeman with any questions or issues.
Dakin will be managing our booth at the Pride Fest Street Fair. Thanks to all who volunteered to help!
Phil Dodderidge – Vicechair@keysdems.com
Dakin Weekley – committeeman@keysdems.com
If you want to get something noted in our email, please email Phil while I am gone.
Please stay safe this week. Traffic on US# Is CRAZY!
See you at the end of June!!!
Bert Sise/Chair
KeysDems
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Theodore Roosevelt
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