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Executive Director of the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce Tatyana Chiocchetti, stops by the studio to update us on the state of the Key Biscayne business community as the pandemic grinds to a close. Find out how Key businesses are staying safe, staying open, and handling the labor shortage.

We'll also give an update on Chamber Chair Art Yerian's health. If you would like to donate to  Art's rehabilitation and recovery fund, please go to www.GoFund.me/1920D53D. 

Also, Thom and Tony catch up on the future location of the Key Biscayne Library, the skatepark, and, most importantly, the formation of a task force to help in the search for Key Biscayne's next police chief.  

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In this episode, the chairman of of the Protect KB Paradise political action committee, Alan Fein tells us why the lawsuit agains the results of the November election is ridiculous and off base. On the other side of the issue,  Attorney David Winker, who filed the lawsuit and committed to being on this episode,  stood us up 3 minutes before air. Listen to Tony and Thom to try and figure out  the claims  of the lawsuit and the sweeping demand to force Mayor Mike Davey and nine other people to give sworn deposition testimony. Is it politics? 

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THE COVID threat may thankfully be lessening but another threat  is rising -- the start of hurricane season. We talk to Fire Chief Eric Lang who has been preparing the Village for both problems. 

Plus, Key Biscayne Independent reporter Annali Hayward joins us to talk about the health of Biscayne Bay and the new Biscayne Bay Commission. 

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What will it take to re-open services to pre-COVID status?  What's going on with an uptick in youth crime?

Newly minted Village Manager Steve Williamson comes on to tell us. He also talks about how a new library, possible new skate park and problems with kite surfers on the island paradise.

Then in Segment 3.... The Grumpy Old Man makes his Anti-Social debut. 

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Pharmaceutical scientist David Haus joins us to discuss the real impact of the Governor's order lifting all COVID restrictions. How much of a danger does he see? We ask him about COVID variants and vaccine effectiveness. 

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TWO JUVENILE SUSPECTS were arrested in connection with a what police say was a brutal beating on Crandon Boulevard, setting the tranquil Island Paradise on edge. 

We talk to Charles Press, the island's longtime police chief, who is serving as interim village manager about the case, the facts , and the larger issue of a rise in youth offenses in Key Biscayne and elsewhere. 

And then Thom and Tony talk about a reporter's expulsion --for the second time-- from covering a Village Council meeting in person. 

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Fausto Gomez was recently  named president of Key Biscayne Condominium Presidents Council. He stops by to tell us where the priorities are for the organization that speaks for the Key's condo owners. 

Plus Tony and Thom have a meaty discussion about steak. 

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LUIS DE LA CRUZ didn't win when he ran for mayor, but he now holds an even more coveted island post -- Commodore of the Key Biscayne Yacht Club. We talk to him about the job -- and also about the endgame and controversy  in the search for Key Biscayne's village manager and the controversy over the selection process.....

And we also talk about the ejection of Tony's ejection from attending a council meeting in person and what will happen when the Council makes what is expected to be a final decision on April 15. 

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There's controversy over possibly making Police Chief Charles Press the next Village Manager. Why? Our guest is Council Member Luis Lauredo. 
In our second segment, we talk about a major marketing foul-up and the lessons that can be learned. 

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Executive Director of the Key Biscayne Community Foundation, Melissa White, talks about  COVID testing and COVID vaccine availability on the Key. Find out the "wheres" "whens" and most importantly "whys."

Also, veteran reporter Associated Press  Correspondent Thelma LeBrecht educates us on the history of the filibuster and gives us a peak behind the latest attempts to end it - and the potential risks to Democrats if they alter the decades old practice.

And in our final segment -- we talk about Spring Break on Miami Beach and its potential economic impact, and upcoming stories in the Key Biscayne Independent.

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