KEY WEST, FL – After a few days of work and research discussions here, it’s time for a couple days of true vacation. The Family Pharmboy chose to leave the 101°F of North Carolina for the cooler and breezier climes of the gorgeous and peaceful Florida Keys. We’re here to right a wrong and to also dump this year’s summer vacation cash with some of our old and new friends who are currently being adversely affected by the terrible news on the northern Gulf Coast. However. There is no BP Deepwater Horizon oil in the Florida Keys. Repeat: There is no BP Deepwater Horizon oil in the Florida Keys. As reported in stories by Anne-Margaret Swary and Timothy O’Hara from yesterday’s issue of the Key West Citizen, Monroe County lodging and water-related recreation businesses are already taking a serious hit with cancellations and, more significantly, a dramatic drop-off in advance bookings. The Keys still get a lot of tourist business this time of year between 4th of July celebrations and the July 28-29 lobster mini-season. And for an economy so richly based on tourism, something one can say for much of Florida, any bad news can have a sizable impact… Read full this story
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