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Monday, December 17, 2012
Caroline Street is quickly growing into a new commercial corridor

With its waterfront proximity, the planners of Key West years ago could envision Caroline Street developing into a commercial hotspot, as a quieter version of Duval.

In the early 1990s, when City Planner Ted Strader came aboard and later helped the city develop a comprehensive plan and land use map, Caroline Street loomed large as quite the player in the making for Old To...

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This is not a news story

it is a commercial for development in an area that simply does not have the room for it. If you have ever played on of those complicated computer games like Civilization, you will be familiar with the aerial views that you are given so you can plan your Empire. In order to be successful, it behooves you to cram as much stuff into your 'town' as possible. Even if it means there is no room for sidewalks, parks, or any actual living space for your citizens. The net result is an early gain of buckets of gold and a range of other bonus's. However the END GAME is always identical. Your PEOPLE begin to suffer and produce less and less. Your buildings crumble and lose value and revenue. The downward spiral is fast and predictable. When the people are starving and homeless they have but one option left. REVOLT. So what have we learned? Well, yes you can shoe horn buildings into any space. And you can shoe horn people in and around those buildings. For a while it will appear to work. The festering anger and resentment however, of the people that have been treated thus, will not remain invisible for long. The people of Key West have been subjected to an endless stream of equal parts barely literate with greedy beyond all reason, City officials and employees. The favoritism and blatant corruption is an anathema to all intelligent voters. There will be an enough is enough moment.

Who's paying for this "good news" think piece?

Pritam?

Indeed

Caroline St is growing into anystreet, USA. Except with a big ugly parking lot and a big ugly hotel
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