KEY WEST, Fla. — Monroe County, you know something I don’t.
One thing they always taught us at J-school… check your mailbox.
That was before email and social media.
Maybe it’s a commission vote that got buried before the cameras rolled. Maybe it’s a permit that sailed through without the paperwork it needed, or a contract that smells like it was written by the guy who’s about to cash it. Maybe it’s just a feeling that something in this town isn’t adding up — and you’re right, because in a place this small, it rarely does.
And your identity is always protected.
Above the Fold runs on tips as much as it runs on records requests. I can pull the databases, cross-reference the filings, and file the FOIA requests until my fingers cramp — but I can’t be in every commission meeting, every bar, every dock conversation where the real story actually starts. That’s where you come in.
Send me what you’ve got.
A document, a photo, a rumor you can’t shake, a name that keeps coming up — all of it matters, and all of it stays confidential unless you say otherwise. I run it down the same way I’d run down anything else: hard, fair, and without fear of who it makes uncomfortable.
The Keys don’t have room for a press corps anymore. They’ve got me, and now they’ve got you too.