re: Key West to ban most cruise ships

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Not sure how you arrived at this conclusion: part time residents are likely NOT registered to vote in KW, and these measures were enacted by the voters.

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Key west is comprised of many multiple home homeowners. For property tax reasons they have to register to vote in KW to maintain a homestead exemption and other benefits of being labeled residents. Having no income tax is another incentive to label the second home as a primary home. Because many of these people aren’t in KW during election season they mail in their ballots. KW has always had a long history of mail in votes. Crazy enough, most business owners in Key West reside outside of the city where property is cheaper and it’s easier to have a yard and a boat in the backyard. Most of them couldn’t vote in this election, even though when the property taxes get raised the commercial property they own will get hit the hardest.