Key West Names New City Planner Amid Questions Over Credentials, Ongoing Corruption Fallout

City Hall’s new hire, Taylor T. Brown, touts a master’s degree he may not have earned — as Key West’s government faces ongoing fallout from a grand jury’s scathing report on mismanagement.

The City of Key West has appointed veteran Florida planner and municipal administrator Taylor T. Brown as its new City Planner, officials announced Wednesday.

According to an email from Growth Management Division Director Patrick Wright to the mayor, commissioners, and senior city staff, Brown was selected following what Wright described as a competitive…