AT ALL THREE KEYS SAVE UP TO SHOP EARLY LOCATIONS FOR BEST OFF SELECTION 60% RETAIL! CLEACLEARANCERANCE One-of-a-kinds GOING s ON KEY LARGO MARATHON KEY WEST discontinued items 305-451-5700 305-743-4397 305-295-6400 scratch-n-dents NOW! MM 99 in the Median MM 47.5 Ocean By Publix, Searstown www.KeysFurniture.com WE’RE OVERSTOCKED!! WWW.KEYSINFONET.COM SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 VOLUME 61, NO. 68 G 25 CENTS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WOMAN’S WORK IS NEVER DONE Judge: Ban unconstitutional arguments supporting Key West pair Florida’s ban on same-sex among couples marriage, though just as sin- cerely held, will again seem suing for right an obvious pretext for dis- crimination,” wrote U.S By STEVE ROTHAUS District Judge Robert L. [email protected] Hinkle of Tallahassee. “Observers who are not now In the first decision on of age will wonder just how same-sex marriage with those views could have been statewide impact, a federal held.” judge ruled Thursday that Hinkle, who stayed most Florida’s same-sex marriage of the effects of his ruling ban is unconstitutional, pending appeal, added: “The ordering the state to allow the institution of marriage sur- marriage of same-sex couples vived when bans on interra- and to recognize marriages cial marriage were struck performed elsewhere. down, and the institution will “When observers look survive when bans on same- back 50 years from now, the See Marriage, 2A MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS Keynoter photo by LARRY KAHN Students offered AT&T crews have been working along U.S. 1 splicing underground fiber-optic lines. Thursday, this crew in Old Town Marathon made its traffic warning sign more accurate. That’s because Chelley Smilich decided to have some fun study incentive while changing it — and she is part of the crew doing the work, after all. and his partner Jacob Dekker Computer focus, are donating $100,000 to the ELECTION 2014 passing test Kura Hulanda Foundation to get the program going. That means payment will be matched by $300,000 from the state. By LARRY KAHN “We have a hell of a lot of [email protected] seat time, which means you Election’s Tuesday fill a [classroom] seat, the Some middle school and teachers show their enroll- By LARRY KAHN incumbent John Dick seeking high school students in the Two races will be decided in Keys, ment, there are no results. All [email protected] a third four-year term against Keys will get paid if they pass we have is end-of-course test- others could go to November runoffs Islamorada resident Elizabeth a computer literacy test this ing. Here, we have a national When the primary elec- Bosworth; and Circuit Court school year. test. No one can mess with it. tion arrives Tuesday in voters had cast ballots. early voting. Polls are open Judge Group 1, pitting That’s a primary compo- It’s pass-fail. Students can Monroe County, nearly 33 As for the early voting, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at incumbent Mark Jones and nent of a plan rolled out move at their own pace; this percent of the number of vot- Elections Supervisor Joyce the Elections Office at 530 Donald Barrett for the six- Wednesday by John Padget, is not an old-fashioned ers predicted to cast ballots Griffin said: “It could be Whitehead St., Key West; the year term. Monroe County School course,” Padget said. “We’re will have already voted. busier. It could pick up Big Pine Key library, in the Other local races on District Superintendent Mark not paying them to take the And when Election Day [today] but it could be bet- Winn-Dixie plaza; the Tuesday’s ballot: Porter and Florida Keys test. We’re paying them to arrives, Keys voters will ter.” As for the absentees, Elections Office at U.S. 1 and • County Commission Community College President pass the test.” decide not only their choices “It’s a good number. The rea- 100th Street in Marathon; the District 2: Incumbent George Jonathon Gueverra. Through COMPUTE$, the for party nominees for the son for that is we work it Islamorada library at mile Neugent of Marathon against Dubbed COMPUTE$, it’s Florida Virtual School offers Nov. 4 general election, but hard. The people who marker 81.7; and the Danny Coll of Cudjoe Key. designed to give students an 18 certificates from two races assured not to go to requested it in 2012 didn’t Elections Office at the The Republican winner faces incentive to study computer Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, November: School Board have to request it this time Murray E. Nelson Democrat Eleanor McAdams science at a time when, the CompTIA and Cisco. District 4 and Circuit Court around. You can apply for Government and Cultural of Summerland Key in three say, there is a shortage, Programs of study range from judge Group 1. two general elections.” Center at mile marker 102.5. November for the four-year and will be in future years, of office specialist and cyber- As of Friday morning, of Griffin said that “normal- The two races to be decid- seat. people to fill tech jobs security to database manage- the 50,846 registered Keys ly during a primary, you get ed Tuesday are nonpartisan, — School Board District statewide. ment and web development. voters, 1,330 had voted early 30 to 35 percent [turnout]. meaning any registered voter 1: In a nonpartisan race, Key Padget, a former Monroe If the students pass their final and another 4,987 absentee There are a lot of very impor- can cast a ballot no matter his West residents Bobby County schools superintend- test, by June 30, 2105, they ballots (out of 11,732 sent tant seats up, and we want or her party affiliation: Highsmith (attorney), Stuart ent and the vice chairman of out) were returned, meaning people to go vote.” School Board District 4, with Kessler (retired former attor- the state Board of Education, See Computers, 2A Today is the last day of Marathon resident and 12.4 percent of registered See Election, 2A GOING FOR THE KILL LITTLE PALM ISLAND Sewer plan on hold inch pipe. DEP hearing The plastic pipeline, pre- on its appeal viously used to send fresh water to the 30-suite offshore now off table luxury resort, runs through protected wetlands and By KEVIN WADLOW waters in the Coupon Bight Senior Staff Writer Aquatic Preserve that feed [email protected] into Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary waters. A plan to run an unpro- On Wednesday, state tected sewage line from Little Administrative Law Judge Palm Island Resort through a Cathy M. Sellers removed an Lower Keys aquatic preserve appeal of DEP’s intent to has been halted, at least tem- issue the Little Palm Island porarily. permit from a slate of sewer- The applicant, Little Palm related hearings beginning Island Associates Ltd., with- Sept. 29 in Key West. drew its application for a “This project was flawed Keynoter photo by WILLIAM AXFORD state Department of from the start,” said Cudjoe Environmental Protection An airborne Jordan Roney, a Marathon High School sophomore, scored numerous kills Wednesday against Key West Key resident Walter permit to flush an estimated Drabinski of Dump the during a preseason volleyball tournament at Marathon High School. The Dolphins won two of the matches against 20,000 gallons of wastewater Key West 25-15, 15-8 and lost one, 25-15. Coral Shores also played, beating Marathon and losing to Key West. 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Liberty, tolerance Amy Heavilin on April 1 ‘Scotty’ Desquotte reunites allegedly broke into a home with Rosalea Perez Garcia, 3 March 28 in Key Largo is and respect are not zero- when her office refused months old, in an awards now sitting in the Keys jail sum concepts. Those who them a marriage license on felony counts of burglary enter opposite-sex mar- because of Florida’s ban on ceremony at Wednesday’s and theft. riages are harmed not at all gay marriage. She is not County Commission meet- The Monroe County when others, including defending the suit but Bondi ing in Key Largo. these plaintiffs, are given is. Sheriff’s Office said Jorge Desquotte, a 25-year volun- Moreno, 25, was arrested on the liberty to choose their Hinkle wrote that the own life partners and are state presented no good teer fireman, performed a warrant in Miami-Dade life-saving CPR on the County Aug. 15 and was shown the respect that argument for defending the infant during a July 1 inci- brought to the Keys comes with formal mar- law: “The undeniable truth Wednesday to face the riage. Tolerating views with is that the Florida ban on dent at Harry Harris Park in charges.