Good Morning Key West

When I ran for mayor last year (2007), I suggested many times that we should turn Key West into the pirate capital, er, capitol of the world — nay, mateys, the universe! Lots of folks said they thought it was a great idea, but I only received 64 votes out of something over 6,300 cast, so maybe it wasn’t all that great an idea after all. Even so, I’m keeping the mug shot I had taken of me for the campaign. I actually appeared like this during one of the televised candidate forums, believe it or not . . .  

I did all sorts of other weird stuff, all in keeping, it sure seemed to me, with Key West’s different drumbeat. If you wish, you can read all about it in the Archives in the menu to the right. Go back to the beginning and start reading forward. Might take a while. Meanwhile, the latest daily ”crowing” dredged up out of this aging rooster’s dreams by the angels who seem to take great glee in yanking him around and otherwise using him for their amusement always is found in “Today’s Cock-a-doodle-doo” page in the menu to the right.

If you are interested — not really advised — in learning more about these angels, who are like Navy SEALS compared to the nice sweet angels talked about in landlubber churches, read the Letter to the Hebrews in the New Testament, especially chapters 5-7, and then get down on your knees and give thanks that you have not received special interest from the angels Melchizedek. If you are not then convinced, check out “Angels In Our Midst,” “Angels Unlimited” and ”Living With Melchizedek” pages in the menu to the right.

Or maybe you should just skip over that fright show and take in “OutsideThe.Box”, which is, I suppose, a fair introduction my last wacky adventure in porka, er, politics. My run against incumbent Republican county commissioner, Sonny McCoy, a native Conch. That is, someone born and raised in the Keys. Sonny once upon a time slalomed (one ski) from Key West to Havana non-stop – no kidding. Maybe back when Havana and Key West were sister cities and trading partners. Maybe some day Sonny can help make that so again.

I started out as a non-affiliated (no party) candidate, but by and by that suddenly changed, and then I was running against Sonny as a fellow Republican. How that truly weird development, even by Key West standards, came to pass is described in the Puke Politics, Skunk Politics and Gadfly Politics pages in the menu to the right. And then how that all got upended and the ship of fools on which I am but a mere deck hand came about again, and returned me to being a non-affiliated candidate is described in the Savvy Politics page, and then some more in the Candidate Qualification page.

Now prepare to come hard about again, because it came to pass that I was told to broadcast that I was throwing my support behind Sonny’s and my Democrat opponent, Heather Carruthers. It was really bothering me that my non-affiliated candidacy might split the vote enough for Sonny to win, because I was convinced that Heather would make a good county commissioner and that Sonny very much needed to be relieved of duty. For 2-3 weeks, scattered dreams had left me wondering if this announcement was in the wind, and the night before I made it, the winds rose to near hurricane force, resulting in the Downright Frightening menu page.

Meanwhile, if you are lusting for even more FlaKey drivel, or just want a change of scenery, you might swim yourself over to goodmorningfloridakeys.com and start grazing there. She’s sort of like her rooster brother and sort of not like him. But she aims to please, even if some folks don’t find her all that terribly pleasing. Her easy to click-on weblink is down at the very bottom of this here home page.

Back in Key Weird, there used to be some really pretty pictures on this here home page and in the Key West Gallery menu page, but the straight-laced landlubber website provider either didn’t like natural beauty in the way people in these parts like it, or he had never been to Key West, or Europe, especially Eastern Europe, which has a lot of people living in Key West. So you’ll just have to come down here during Fantasy Fest, I suppose, in late October (Fantasy Fest page in menu to right), to see what you could have seen more of on this website, if I was allowed to show you how Adam and Eve sometimes get all decked out when the mood really strikes them . . .
 
With that caution in mind, maybe you’d still like to send in a pretty picture for the Gallery, or an email to which I will respond in some way or another, which may or may not make your or my day, but respond I will . . .
 
Who knows what else might end up happening, when I sure as heck don’t. Meanwhile, I suppose the beatings will continue until morale improves . . .
 
Cheers!
   
Sloan Bashinsky
Local wannabe pirate and otherwise dubious character
626 Josephine Parker Rd #102
Key West, Florida 33040

p.s. Pirate pop quiz:

What’s the most common palm in the Keys?

Answer: A greased palm, matey!

Contact: keysmyhome@hotmail.com

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