EDITORIAL: Carey’s Bid to Use Public Resources Threatens to Chill Public Discourse

Commissioner wants you, the taxpayer, to cover her legal bills. There is just one GLARING problem… and several smaller ones.

Commissioner Lissette Carey’s push to have taxpayers cover her private legal bills marks a troubling chapter in Key West politics — one that threatens to erode public trust even further and while simultaneously chilling the democratic process to its core.

Carey is asking the taxpayers of the City of Key West to reimburse her for attorney’s fees tied to a…