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KEY LARGO 305.451.5700 make. MARATHON 305.743.4397 home. KEY WEST comfortable. 305.295.6400 keysfurniture.com WWW.KEYSINFONET.COM SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014 VOLUME 61, NO. 20 G 25 CENTS DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER State sues BP over damage By KEVIN WADLOW Monroe County Commissioner Florida officials want immediate ruling order to protect our most state’s efforts “to ensure that Senior Staff Writer George Neugent, a board mem- valuable natural resource,” Florida is made whole from [email protected] ber of Florida’s Gulf Coast on the company’s liability for pollution Gov. Rick Scott said in a the devastating environmen- Consortium, which oversees a Wednesday statement on the tal and economic conse- A Deepwater Horizon oil- portion of the Restore Act State officials filed a sepa- cost of restoring the environ- environmental damages case. quences of the Deepwater spill lawsuit the state filed money generated from pollu- rate federal lawsuit against mental damage from the Attorney General Pam Horizon Oil Spill disaster.” Wednesday over environ- tion fines. BP and other defendants in largest oil spill in U.S. history. Bondi said the suit, seeking a The state’s Gulf Coast mental damage shows legal “Everybody is getting a 2013 over unresolved eco- “After many years of declaratory judgment estab- Consortium comprises Florida wrangling over the 2010 spill little frustrated,” Neugent nomic damages incurred by unsuccessfully trying to lishing the liability of BP and counties eligible for a share of could drag on for years. said Thursday. “Now we’re governments. reach a settlement, the case other companies for natural- penalties paid by BP and other “This is going to be a long pretty much hunkered down The latest action in federal has come to a point where resource damages caused by and protracted process,” said for the long term.” court addresses the state’s Florida must join the suit in the oil spill, is part of the See BP, 3A GOOD MORNING, KEY WEST CRIME FRONT Money-hungry suspect nabbed the Monroe Cops say he hid County cash in underwear Sheriff’s Office. before chowing Leosvel Cordova- Keynoter Staff Parrado, 36, is accused Even in the expensive of stealing Florida Keys, you can get a CORDOVA and then pretty darn good meal for eating the money — or at $277. Or you can just save least some of it — while the cooking time and chow handcuffed and being hauled down the cash. to jail in a police cruiser. That’s what a Marathon “I observed the defendant man did Wednesday follow- literally had his mouth full of ing his arrest on several currency and was chewing it as charges following an argu- ment with his girlfriend, says See Money, 2A KEY LARGO Charge against Keynoter photo by SEAN KINNEY photo by Keynoter Miller is dropped Wednesday that Key Largo Commissioner Fire-Rescue and Emergency Early-rising Key Westers was accused Medical Services District and visitors on Friday Commissioner Jennifer Miller descended on Mallory of battery is protected under the parental Square to attend the privilege defense that allows broadcast of segments of By DAVID GOODHUE “non-excessive” corporal pun- ABC’s ‘Good Morning [email protected] ishment on children for disci- America’ featuring plinary purposes. Prosecutors have declined “There’s no way for us to meteorologist Ginger Zee. to file charges against an prosecute a case if a parent The show has broadcast elected Key Largo fire and is disciplining a child,” from Mallory Square in the ambulance commissioner Bovill said. past, as has CBS’ ‘Early accused of striking her Miller, 39, was arrested Show.’ Included in teenage daughter last week. and booked into the county Friday’s broadcast Assistant Monroe County was a performance State Attorney Luke Bovill said See Miller, 2A by trop-rockers Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 Band. READY FOR SOME SEAFOOD? Photo by ANDY NEWMAN NORTH KEY LARGO Obama heads to Ocean Reef Key Largo. Affordable Care Act. from Friday through Sunday. The FAA enacts a The The White House rented Pilots must avoid the area, no-fly zone for the president several houses in the upscale said FAA spokeswoman spoke at Ocean Reef Club, said a res- Kathleen Bergen. Key Largo area Coral Reef ident who lives there. Bergen would not confirm High “The place already looks the restrictions were because Keynoter Staff School in like a compound,” the of the president’s visit. Miami on source said Wednesday Vice President Joseph Keynoter photo by RYAN McCARTHY A no-fly zone over Key Friday, and morning in preparation for Biden stayed at Ocean Reef Kelly Electric employee Rick Fairbrother (right) and Organized OBAMA Largo and the First Lady Obama’s arrival. in 2013. The club has two Fishermen of Florida member Paul Ledo work Friday morning Homestead/Florida City area Michelle Obama was also in The Federal Aviation 18-hole, par 71 golf courses. at the Marathon Community Park setting up for the 38th was expected to remain in South Florida pitching her Administration Thursday The Keys have long been annual Original Marathon Seafood Festival. The popular effect through Sunday as Let’s Move! youth exercise issued temporary flight a destination for presidents, President Obama was get- initiative push and to try to restrictions over the among them Carter, George weekend event hosts more than 20,000 visitors each year and ting in some golf at the boost health insurance Homestead/Miami area for H.W. Bush, Clinton, FDR, features food, drinks, live music and dozens of vendors. Hours Ocean Reef Club in North enrollments under the Friday and over Key Largo Kennedy and Truman. are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. INDEX Printed on 100% Classifieds . .9B recycled More newsprint Living . .3B daylight CONTENTS © 2014 In L’Attitudes Daylight Saving Time Business . .5A KEYNOTER PUBLISHING CO. The Marathon Community begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, Obituaries . .2A Theatre gets to work on so don’t forget to turn ‘9 to 5: The Musical.’ Opinion . .4A your clocks ahead one Story, 4B Sports/Outdoors . .1B hour before you go to sleep tonight. Crossword . .8B 7786790 22222 2A Saturday, March 8, 2014 KeysInfoNet.com Keynoter NEWS BRIEFS FLOOD INSURANCE Cops: Man beat pit bull terrier Rate increases slowly addressed A homeless Marathon By RYAN McCARTHY the House response to an unintended consequences recommendation. triggers for rate hikes,” man was jailed Wednesday, [email protected] original Senate bill aimed at and stuck many Keys resi- “What we have is FEMA Wagner said. charged with felony animal mitigating crippling rate dents with staggering insur- not having carte blanche,” he In addition, a buyer Some homeowners cruelty for allegedly beating increases that were the result ance premium hikes and had said. “In every circumstance would inherit the last exist- would receive significant his pit bull terrier Wally at a of the 2012 Biggert-Waters an immediate negative affect it doesn’t happen, they have ing rate paid by the seller. concessions, while the own- shopping plaza. Flood Insurance Reform Act on a slowly recovering Keys to report it to Congress.” “From there, there’s a pri- ers of second homes and Benjamin Check, 21, also of 2012. real estate market. Sales all The House bill does not mary owner glide path and commercial properties is charged with misde- Enacted on Oct. 1, the but halted. include either of the hall- secondary and commercial would be left holding the meanor theft. Biggert-Waters Act was aimed A saving grace, though, marks that FIRM Monroe owner glide path,” Wagner short end of the stick, if the The Monroe County at stabilizing the $24 billion could be the House urging worked to have included in said, referring to the percent- U.S. Senate, as expected, Sheriff’s Office says about National Flood Insurance FEMA to restrict policies the Senate version. Those are age rate hike increases adopts the U.S. House’s 12:45 a.m., deputies were Program deficit. It’s overseen from having annual premi- a four-year rate-hike delay FEMA could enforce. Homeowner Flood called to the Marathon Grill by the Federal Emergency ums that exceed 1 percent of for all policies and a manda- For primary homeown- Insurance Affordability Act. and Alehouse in the Gulfside Management Agency. the total coverage. tory FEMA affordability and ers, there are two paths: The bill, H.R. 3370, was G Plaza after people saw him But the law was rife with Almost every Keys home- economic impact study on For houses built prior to beating Wally. owner with a mortgage has rate increases. January 1975, when FEMA’s Witnesses said Check depended on subsidized NFIP Still, Wagner said FIRM flood insurance rate map was was picking “Wally up by insurance for affordable flood supports the House bill created. the ears and slam[ming] coverage and they cap out at because it includes “sweep- Wagner said those would him into the ground repeat- $250,000 in coverage. That ing reform for primary fall into a 5 to 15 percent edly. They also saw him means the highest annual pre- homeowners.” yearly increase pool until thrust his knee into Wally’s mium for Keys property own- Perhaps most important- they reach the 1 percent cap, side. They said during the ers could be $2,500. ly, the House version repeals depending how FEMA clas- entire attack, Wally was cry- Fair Insurance Rates in Bigger-Waters provisions sifies the properties. The ing out in pain,” Deputy Monroe Executive Director regarding home sales and increase could be no more Becky Herrin said.