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Posted By Ken Storey on Tue, May 25, 2021 at 12:42 PM click image Image via Barbary Beach House Key West After a four-year run, the Margaritaville Key West Resort & Marina rebranded earlier this year, leaving the Conch Republic with no accommodations dedicated to the island’s most famous living legend. But parrotheads won’t have to wait for space for long as Margaritaville will take up residence at another waterfront resort later this year.
Barbary Beach House Key West, located just across from Smathers Beach, underwent an $18 million renovation, with the resort being rebranded as Margaritaville Beach House Key West. With the pool, landscaping, lobby, and all 186 suites updated recently, the switch to Margaritaville will be an easy one. New Jimmy Buffet-inspired design touches, Margari
The Florida Legislature added a provision to a general transportation bill that would overturn Key West voters' attempts to limit cruise ship operations on the island.
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TALLAHASSEE - A controversial effort to overturn a vote by Key West residents restricting cruise ship operations is taking on water with the end of the legislative session on the horizon.
House sponsor Spencer Roach, R-North Fort Myers, postponed consideration of the bill on the House floor Tuesday for the second consecutive day. With the session scheduled to end Friday, the postponement would make it procedurally difficult to take up the bill (SB 426), which passed the Senate last week.
Opponents of the bill were getting optimistic but were not ready to celebrate.
“The ports have seen a lot of ups and downs concerning this piece of legislation, so we will never say never,” said Jessie Werner, spokeswoman for the Florida Ports Council. “But we can’t see a path forward for this bill at this point.”
A controversial effort to overturn a vote by Key West residents restricting cruise ship operations has been postponed in the Florida House and may not make it through this year's legislative session.