inability to see a mega-marina on public property. Snark. The things that Belland and Swift and Spottswood say are an insult to this community. Butter wouldn't melt in their mouths yet they still keep up their sad little game.

Yucky duckies... Glad to see they will be out of here. All my friends and family were shocked to find those monstrous things rumbling around old town when we arrived in town for our annual visit. When in KW, the absolute best thing to do is grab a walking tour map and start WALKING! Check the internet before you come down and the local newspaper for events. What's on at the theaters? If it's first Sat of the month, don't miss the book sale in the KW Library garden. I could go on and on. NO ONE needs a ride on a DUCK in KW. Do that in Baltimore or DC or anywhere else. NOT lovely Key West.

The city will not fight the Navy. You are certainly correct. That is only because there is no fight to begin with. You have created a media frenzy (if we should even call it that) over nothing. The city owns the Truman waterfront. It belongs to them. The Navy owns a portion of it which they use all the time. It is not where you have designated your water front plans. No one, especially Lefere, is trying to take away your precious 15 year project that will most likely be an added revenue for the people that already own most of Key West. Need I mention any names? You are trying to point the finger at Lefere because you are still upset that they took away your duck tour. You are used to ALWAYS getting what you want, no matter how crooked. This has nothing to do with a city plan. The ideas for the waterfront to be developed are great ideas, however, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Navy. Stop tryng to create a shit-storm over nothing. Please go back to school, learn how to write a real article, and do your research before you start publishing false information in the Citizen. Newspapers are suppose to contain truthful information that show both sides to a story. Editorials are for your opinions. Mr Belland certainly took care of that. Side note: Mr Bellend before you get all high and mighty on the mistakes the Navy has made,check out your vacant school. The fact that you are trying to twist this into some ridiculous plot against the Navy is absurd. You are asking for trouble. If you already had "other plans" for a ramp in mind, why have you not started working on those? Where are they? We would love to see your planning. On another note, what does a waterfront plan have anything to do with using the Navy harbor? Can you not still have your amphitheater, your shops and your restaurants? I don't know that you need water access for those. Ohhh wait, for your duck tours? It appears we live on a very small island where there is already plenty of water access. I think you will be just fine. Or was that another one of your money-making schemes? I like that Mr. Spottswood is concerned about his poor little grandson. I would imagine, he will be the one profiting off of most of this anyways. I have an idea. Why don't you take your private island and turn it into a community center and throw and amphitheater on it? Come on, who are you kidding? You have monopolized the majority of this city as it is. I am however, thrilled that your major concern is for the city and its future. Let's stop trying to turn this into something that it is not. Let's get our facts straight. Let's stop pointing fingers at people that make you cry because they don't do what you want. Let's work on not gathering all of our "Bubba friends" together to fight against rules that are put in place for a reason. Let's try to not gather those same "Bubba friends" to give quotes to the newspaper that sound really tough and threatening. Move on, because everyone else wants to.

Just why in the hell would Key West want a"...park like Chicago and New York"? And the comment not to develop open space would be a "tragedy" speaks volumes. Tragedy? Really?

Cry me a river HTA & Chris Belland. No one wanted your stupid ducks here. The mayor ignored the citizens, the commissioners ignored the citizens, YOU ignored the citizens. Despite your best efforts to continue to trash Key West, Capt. Lefere did with one letter what the locals have been begging our officials to do since talk of those ridiculous things coming back began. Thank you Capt. Lefere for putting the ducks out of their misery.