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Current Mayor of Key West, Teri Johnston. Mayors of Key West, Florida in the United States have reflected the city's cultural and ethnic heritage including Cuban and openly gay mayors. 1822–1828 — John H. Fleming, Mayor (head of chamber of commerce as well) 1828–1828 — Edgar Macon, Mayor A. 1828–1830 — Edgar Macon, President of the ...
Jim Weekley. James F. "Jimmy" Weekley (born 1947 in Key West, Florida) is an American politician, who served as mayor of Key West from 1999 to 2005. Prior to his election as mayor, he served fourteen years as a member of the City Commission and was elected three times as mayor pro tem. [ 1] He was re-elected to the city commission in 2009.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce is an organization devoted to the advocacy of private businesses in the state of Florida . This Chamber originated in 1912, and included its first continuing group in 1916, the Florida Tick Eradication Committee. [1] As the group expanded and accepted new responsibilities, it became the Florida Development Board ...
President of the Florida Chamber of Commerce; In office 1928–1929: State Attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida; In office 1919–1921: Member of the Florida House of Representatives; In office 1917: Personal details; Born October 6, 1891 New York City, U.S. Died: March 21, 1953 (aged 61) Key West, Florida, U.S. Political ...
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West . The island of Key West is about 4 miles (6 kilometers) long and 1 mile (2 km) wide, with a ...
This list of cemeteries in Florida includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The Conch Republic ( / ˈkɒŋk /) is a micronation declared as a sarcastic secession of the city of Key West, Florida, from the United States on April 23, 1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city. Since then, the term "Conch Republic" has been expanded to refer to "all of the Florida Keys, or, that geographic ...
Florida Keys Council of the Arts is a leading cultural organization in the Florida Keys, and serves the population from Key Largo to Key West. A non-profit local arts agency, it makes grants, operates the Monroe County Art in Public Places program, sponsors seminars, and manages the on-line cultural calendar for the region [1].