Ron DeSantis signed a billinto law “prohibiting local ballot initiatives or referendum from restricting maritime commerce in the seaports of this state.” More than 60% of Key West voters in November 2020 approved three ballot initiativesthat resulted in binding amendments to the City Charter.
They are coming into a port where they’re plainly not wanted.” “Any large ships not meeting those limits that sails into Key West is doing so in violation of the consent of the people of Key West.
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“We are doing everything in our power to continually communicate to the cruise industry and cruise passengers that the people of Key West voted in a free and fair election to place common-sense limits on the size of cruise ships that can call here,” Safer Cleaner Ships Treasurer Arlo Haskell told Florida Politics. at Mallory Square, a short distance from the Port of Key West. The largest of the vessels, the Edge-class Celebrity Apex, is more than 1,000 feet long and carries some 4,200 passengers and crew - well over the 1,500-person ships voters demanded.Īccording to the ship-tracking website CruiseMapper, one of those three ships and two others of similar size are scheduled to arrive the following weekend and the weekend after. They’ll also no doubt notice that not everyone there is happy with their arrival - or, more specifically, how they came to port.Īs they did in December, members of the Key West Committee for Safer, Cleaner Ship, a group opposing so-called mega-cruise vessels in Key West waters, have organized a rally Saturday to protest the arrival of three incoming ships.Īll three ships are significantly larger than those Key West residents voted in 2020 to restrict from visiting the city. Travelers debarking from cruise ships in Key West this Saturday will be treated to many enchanting sights, from serene, teal waters and sandy beaches along the island’s edge to numerous restaurants and entertainment hot spots for which it is renowned.
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