JIM SUTTON COLUMN | Thanks for having me. (SAR)
Another great column by retiring St. Augustine Record Opinion Editor Jim Sutton, with more on his Flagler College years under racist segregationist former St. Augustine Record Publisher A.H. "Hoppy"...
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Ed Slavin column, "Time to dethrone King Donald" (SAR, Sunday, December 8, 2019)
Trump impeachment articles must focus, like a laser-beam, on one word: “bribery” — one of two specific crimes in our Constitution, Article II, Section 4, before the words “high crimes and...
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Kindly withdraw HUNTER S. CONRAD employment offer,...
Controversial St. Johns County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller HUNTER C. CONRAD has not responded to calls to withdraw his name from consideration to be St. Johns County Administrator Ad Interim....
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Florida environmental fines dip by half in a decade. (Florida Today)
The City of St. Augustine and other local polluters repeatedly were let off Scot-free on pollution crimes by successive waves of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) political...
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Impeachment is rare. Republicans’ histrionics are historic. (Dana Milbank,...
From The Washington Post, here's Dana Milbank opinion on House Judiciary Committee Republican members effrontery, flummery, dupery and nincompoopery: Impeachment is rare. Republicans’ histrionics are...
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H.J. Res. 755: Articles of Impeachment Against President DONALD JOHN TRUMP
Only 1458 words. Only two counts. Well written. Succinct. Compelling. Here's my December 8, 2019 St. Augustine Record column here. Every patriotic American needs to read the two Articles of...
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State of Florida v. CHARLES HENRY HARDWICK V -- Probation, Nolo Contendere...
Dodgy St. Augustine area businessman CHARLES HENRY HARDWICK V saw fraud charges against him nearly disappear December 5, 2019, as his public defender was allowed to enter a rare plea of nolo...
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SABPD Chief Ceases Wearing Uniform to All-White TRUMP CLUB Events at FOP Lodge
Sheriff's candidate and St. Augustine Beach Police Chief ROBERT HARDWICK is no longer wearing his four star Police Chief's uniform to rebarbative Republican political events, like last night's TRUMP...
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'Come to the aid of your country:' A letter to Lamar Alexander from a...
'Come to the aid of your country:' A letter to Lamar Alexander from a Vanderbilt historian | OpinionJoel Harrington, Guest columnistPublished 12:07 p.m. CT Dec. 12, 2019 | Updated 12:44 p.m. CT Dec....
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Ring of freedom: UVA acknowledges its past with slave memorial. (c-ville.com,...
I just read about how the University of Virginia is erecting a memorial to the 5000+ enslaved workers who built and maintained it. I am inspired. The University of Florida's plans for Loring Plaza need...
View ArticleProposed highway could mean end of the road for endangered Florida panthers....
Republican State Senate President WILLIAM SAINT GALVANO's notion of new roads would make Florida panthers extinct. Wiser people will prevail. Federal courts will stop this under the Endangered Species...
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GANNETT's Mediocrity: No byline, inaccurate headline, on story on Sheriff's...
Attention, St. Johns County residents: Here's an interesting story below, about a trial of Sheriff DAVID SHOAR's former Finance Director, RAYE BRUTNELL, who allegedly stole at least $702,771,...
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DEFYING OATH, ETHICS, A TRUMP LOBBYIST, PAMELA JO BONDI WANTS TO WORK "HAND...
A tawdryTRUMP anti-impeachment lobbyist, former Florida Attorney General PAMELA JO BONDI, seeks to seduce U.S. Senators into violating their solemn oaths to do justice in an impressment case.To...
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The Hallmark Channel backtracks: Same-sex marriage ads to return. (Christian...
Reason prevails over the modern equivalent of the "Know Nothing" Political Party of the 1850s, which Lincoln skewered in his 1855 letter to Joshua Speed. Does the astroturf hate group that threatened...
View Article$117,465.00 Raised by Commissioner I. Henry Dean for 2020 Election
St. Johns County Commissioner I. Henry Dean (R- District 5) has raised $117,465.00 for re-election in 2020, much of it from corporate interests seeking government favors:Candidate: Henry DeanOffice:...
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Punished for Sleeping on the Streets, They Prevailed in Court. (NY Times)
St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach and St. Johns County need to review their practices and procedures in light of this libertarian victory for homeless people in the United States Supreme...
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$49,500.00 Raised By St. Johns County Commissioner James Kenneth Johns for...
Jesse Unruh famously said "money is the mother's milk of politics." Here, we list the donors of County Commissioner James Kenneth Johns, to date, from the Supervisor of Elections website:Candidate:...
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$38,650.00 Raised by Commissioner Paul Waldron for 2020 Election
$38,650.00 raised by first-term St. Johns County Commissioner Paul Waldron for 2020 Election, mostly from corporate interests, with another $68.90 in in-kind contributions (petitions).Candidate: Paul...
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Russian Hackers Were ‘In a Position’ to Alter Florida Voter Rolls, Rubio...
The hacked company, VR Systems, is currently the contractor for St. Johns County and most of Florida. We need closer controls, better data and an independent watchdog. That's why I am running to be...
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Thomas Payne on Voting Rights
Are our voting rights under attack? Yes. Voter rights must be protected and not neglected. Enough voter suppression, gerrymandering and scheming to deny people their right to vote. One St. Augustine...
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