• Florida’s government is divided into three branches: the executive, the judicial and the criminal. — Dave Barry

In case you’re wondering how the local political establishment feels about a strip club operating in the middle of the main tourist area, here’s a fact you may find helpful: The owner of the Red Garter is Mick Rossi, who is a Key West city commissioner.

He is a tall, trim, sinewy man with a full beard, a deep voice and a handshake that would crush a coconut. He could be a testosterone donor.

There comes a time in a man’s life when a man must man up and be a man by summoning up his manhood and doing something manly.