Remembering ‘Miss Carrie,' by David Nolan (SAR)
I agree with St. Augustine civil rights historian David Nolan. Renaming a street in Lincolnville would be a great way to commemorate the late Carrie Johnson. Remembering ‘Miss Carrie’Posted at 3:15 PM...
View ArticleAnother Sheriff going to federal prison (AP)
The long arm of the law reached down into Pickens County, Alabama and caught the High Sheriff, DAVID ABSTON, doing what some Southern Sheriffs seem to do best -- committing crimes and covering them up....
View ArticleHate crimes rare in Florida. But only because many police fail to report them...
Education and training are critical to building better police departments that will respect equality and enforce the laws against hate crimes. We've come a long way as a culture and as a country. We...
View ArticleWho’s flying on Florida state aircraft and should they be paying? Records...
This not-so-subtle corruption of our government by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS is indefensible, and must be ended at once. Your thoughts? From the News...
View ArticleGeorgia governor's adviser hits back at Gaetz: 'We don't care what you think'...
U.S. Rep. Matthew Gaetz (R-FL1) has done it again. The Governor of Georgia gets to appoint a new U.S. Senator after the incumbent's resignation becomes effective at the end of 2019.Georgia governor's...
View ArticleI'm running for Supervisor of Elections of St. Johns County, Florida
I'm Ed Slavin. I'm running for the Democratic nomination to be St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections. I've lived in St. Augustine for 20 years.Only child of Ed Slavin, Sr., a World War II 82nd...
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Great profile by Shelton Hull in Folio Weekly of Congressional candidate Donna Deegan:A Seasoned CompetitorDonna Deegan makes her movePHOTO BY ALEX HARRISPosted Tuesday, December 3, 2019 1:30 pmstory...
View Article$100,000,000 Lydia Cladek Fraud Conspiracy Bared
Reading the 2014 Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision in United States of America v. Lydia Cladek.Occupying an entire Sea Grove office building in St. Augustine Beach, Lydia Cladek defrauded...
View ArticleHow two housekeepers took on the president — and revealed that his company...
President DONALD JOHN TRUMP's personal housekeepers blow the whistle. From The Washington Post:How two housekeepers took on the president — and revealed that his company employed undocumented...
View ArticleUber disclosed 3,000 sexual assaults in U.S. rides last year in its...
I prefer cabs. I won't pay money to ride an Uber. Uber is a corrupt company without adequate background checks, which stiffs its drivers and cheats its customers. It may not be around in five...
View ArticleWHO IS HUNTER CONRAD? No advertising, no posting, no background investigation...
Are you kidding me? Five white male Republicans on St. Johns County Commission want to give a boy a man's job, seeking to duke in young HUNTER S. CONRAD as Interim County Administrator. I oppose this...
View ArticleRussian Hackers Broke Into Elections Company Used in St. Johns, Miami-Dade,...
Ducking and avoiding document and interview requests, controversial St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections VICKY OAKES has a lot to hide, including the fact that her contractor, VR Systems, which...
View ArticleA SWING-STATE ELECTION VENDOR REPEATEDLY DENIED BEING HACKED BY RUSSIANS. THE...
Query: did repeatedly lying about being hacked have any legal consequences in Flori-DUH for VR Systems, Inc., vendor for some 57 Florida counties election computer systems? From The Intercept:A...
View ArticleTransgender Student’s Bathroom Fight Heads To Federal Court. (Huffington...
My friend, Col. Elizabeth Masters (Ret.) predicted in the St. Augustine Record in 2017 that the School Board was wrong in this case, would lose at trial and will lose on appeal.I applaud and agree with...
View ArticleAg Commissioner Nikki Fried: We cannot let them drill for oil in the...
St. Johns County, St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach are all opposed to offshore oil drilling, We must stand in solidarity with South Florida and other environmentalists in opposing oil drilling...
View ArticleKansas City becomes first major American city with universal fare-free public...
I applaud Kansas City on this action. Here in St. Johns County, Florida, County Commissioners recently voted to double transit fares, 4-1, Commissioner I. Henry Dean dissenting.From 435mag.com:Kansas...
View ArticleFlorida DEP letting Texas company drill six exploratory gas, oil wells in...
Ever been around a working exploratory oil well? I have. Florida's tourist industry flows from nature, not its destruction. Our economy is not worth sacrificing to Big Oil. Rather than applying the...
View Article"Beach Thief" MICHAEL HUCKABEE Tries to Chill Free Speech Rights. (Sun Sentinel)
Steve Bousquet column about former Arkansas Governor MICHAEL HUCKABEE, a/k/a "BEACH THIEF" and his ME-Publican attack on First Amendment rights here in Flori-DUH. What hateful hauteur. From...
View ArticleCOLUMN | Our unforgettable friend, Jim Sutton. (SAR)
I join in the heartfelt appreciation of Stuart Korfhage, et al. for St. Augustine Record Opinion Editor Jim Sutton:OpinionMOST POPULAR13Season of Sharing: An ‘elegant’ way to pay it forward this...
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