Bubba system. A term used mainly in the Florida keys. Means friends taking care of friends. In Key West, Conchs taking care of each other as well.
Almost a year ago on July 14, 2015, my blog was titled Bubba System At Work. Concerned the Key West City Commission and its treatment of Uber. Uber drivers were being arrested.
Key West is still with out Uber. Many want it. Tourists and locals alike. Thus far, their requests ignored. The City Commission finally discussed the issue last night. Passed the buck.
The City Commission entertained allowing Uber to operate on the island. Fifty persons present. Many spoke. The City Commission decoded to delay a decision. The excuse was that the Florida legislature was studying the issue and Key West should take a wait and see attitude till a State decision was forthcoming. It was contemplated the decision would take one to two years.
A bubba decision! There is no reason why Key West could not take a position at the present time. No State law prohibiting Uber. No assurance the State will take a position at any time.
What the City Commission did was take care of their local friends. The people who own the cab companies.
Money was not involved. Perhaps if it was, a swifter decision could have been made. Like the $12.5 million Peary Court decision. A bubba action if there ever was one. Key Westers are still waiting to find out who the principals are who will benefit from the decision.
Vote those City Commissioners not acting in the best interests of Key West out next election! Replace them! How many times do the people of Key West have to be screwed before they act/react?
Yesterday was cholesterol blood work and an echo test. See my heart doctor next thursday for the results.
Following the blood letting, I went to the Creperie for breakfast. Second tine I have been there. Should go more often. Terrific food! Great coffee!
The Creperie is in K-Mart Plaza.
Started my night on the town with a visit with Mark Watson at the Back Door Bar. Zoey joined us. First time I met Zoey. Charming company. Zoey works at Havana on Duval. The old Camille’s.
Orlando and American medical treatment discussed at length. Good conversation.
Then to Duffy’s for another Maine lobster. I’m hooked!
This week’s KONK Life hit the stands yesterday. My column this week is The Rape of Social Security. Read it. Revealing.
The column was posted thus morning to my Key west Lou website. It can be read there also.
One of the Orlando victims is Patience Carter. She survived. Shot in her legs.
A 20ish Afro-American. Lovely.
Yesterday morning, I came across a video of her reading a poem she had written while in the hospital concerning the shooting. Tears sliding down her cheeks.
I noted she was an intern at FOX in Philadelphia.
Read the Wall Street Journal yesterday at breakfast. Patience’s picture on the front page. Large. The by line stated she got out of the Pulse Club ok. However went back in to find her friends. That is when she was shot.
Rudolph Murdoch owns FOX. He also owns the Wall Street Journal. Patience has a great career ahead of her. A jewel inadvertently discovered. A star rising out of tragedy.
I am considering a trip to Europe. Italy. Greece too dangerous. Italy has some safe spots. If I go, it will be to two places. One is Courmayeur. I have visited before. Chalet living half way up Mont Blanc. The other, Camogli on the Italian Riviera.
We shall see.
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was running for the U.S. Senate. A race he lost. He said on this date that a house divided could not stand. He was paraphrasing a passage from the New Testament: “…..a house divided against itself cannot stand.”
We are a divided nation once again. The issues different. Yet we are divided. Divided for many years.
How long can we survive so divided? The division is like a cancer eating away at a body. Will it be cured before it is too late?
Enjoy your day!
Rudolph ! Really !
Louis, the latest is high cholesterol among the aged – you and me – is OK. So leave the tests and meds alone.
Why do your Don’s Place buddies do this? idk – ‘ KEY WEST — Police cited four bar employees for selling alcohol to minors during a two-day alcohol compliance check operation conducted this week.
Notices to appear were issued to clerks at Don’s Place liquor store
It was not 4 bar employees. It was the liquor store clerk. There is a liquor store on Don’s premises. A first time offense. Fine probably. Employee cited. Not Don. Employee says store was busy and he failed to ask for ID. Don has been in business 12 years. This is a first time offense of this nature at the liquor store. Police were doing a sweep. You fail to mention 3 other businesses in the area were cited the same evening. Wrong is wrong never the less.
“I am considering a trip to Europe. Italy. Greece too dangerous. Italy has some safe spots. If I go, it will be to two places. One is Courmayeur. I have visited before. Chalet living half way up Mont Blanc. The other, Camogli on the Italian Riviera.”
I really hope you go as I love your excellent travelogues.