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State of Florida workers rally at the Capitol for a pay hike. (Tallahassee...
State of Florida workers rally at the Capitol for a pay hikeJames Call, Tallahassee DemocratPublished 1:58 p.m. ET Dec. 18, 2019 | Updated 9:08 p.m. ET Dec. 18,...
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Trump Should Be Removed from Office. (Christianity Today)
This deserves reading. Founded by Rev. Billy Graham, Christianity Today speaks to evangelical Christians. I just heard the author interviewed on NPR, and he and Christianity Today have already been...
View ArticleFlorida’s 2020 ballot will include $15 minimum wage question. (AP)
I've advocated for a $15/hour minimum wage since December 2005. Not one local government here has ever even put the matter on its agenda. Only one local elected official (former St. Augustine Vice...
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Wanchick firing costs St. Johns County more than $161K. (SAR)
Until St. Johns County Commissioners voted 5-0 on November 19, 2019 to fire MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK as County Administrator, I was the only person to call for it, based on WANCHICK's documented...
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Trump Adviser Caught On Tape: Voter Suppression Key To GOP Battleground...
Cynical Republican voter suppressors: we've got your number. UnAmerican Republicans: the whole world is watching.ROBERT THORNTON SMITH, local Republican, recruits dummy write-in candidates to close...
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Trump rages at Christian magazine that called him ‘grossly immoral,’ but...
Contrary to the spirit of Christmas, faux President*, DONALD JOHN TRUMP, is continuing to emit pejoratives, this time at Christianity Today for calling IMPOTUS "grossly immoral" and calling for...
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Alcohol sales next to children's circus tent at St. Augustine Amphitheater
I've written our St. Johns County Commissioners, two State's Attorneys, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation and our St. Augustine Police about a public nuisance -- alcohol...
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ORLANDO AIRPORT SUNSHINE LAW CRIME? Governor Appoints Special Prosecutor.
Good use of Governor's powers under our Florida Constitution to require investigation of Sunshine violations in hiring of attorney to represent Orlando Airport. Thank you, Governor DeSantis, for...
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An unwelcome toll road shatters the peace of a charming Florida town | Steve...
"Our energy problems and our environmental problems have the same cause -- wasteful use of resources. Conservation helps solve both problems at once." --- Jimmy Carter, 1977FLORIDA SENATE PRESIDENT...
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Trump begins his Florida stay calling Democrats communists and ripping...
IM-POTUS ALERT: a sad, angry putative billionaire, as lugubrious a goober as ever made a chair squeak, has landed in South Florida and is out peddling perverse political pomposity. I pity the fool, and...
View ArticleEditorial: Three cheers for HB-7. (Historic City News)
(updated, 7 pm, December 22, 2019)I agree with Mr. Gold's take on this anti-competitive subsidy to certain print newspapers in Florida. Here in St. Johns County, governments, all told, spend north of...
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Jeff Flake urges former GOP colleagues to "put country over party" in...
For all of my Republican friends, there's hope. Remember when Republicans stood up against Communists and fraudsters? I do. It's time for all good people to come to the aid of the country.People of...
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The time has come to change Central Florida’s rigged economy | Orlando...
Gabby Alcantara-Anderson works at Magic Kingdom but she and her family struggle to make ends meet. (Rich Pope / Orlando Sentinel)The time has come to change Central Florida’s rigged economy |...
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The late U.S. Rep. John Dingell Leaves an Incredible Conservation Legacy....
John Dingell was a force of nature, who died earlier this year. His office referred me a landmark case and helped reform the reform the Department of Energy, which has been responsible for so much...
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From Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region website:Federal Laws that Protect Bald and Golden Eagles Bald Eagles are no longer an endangered species, but bald and golden eagles are still protected by...
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From Southeast Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:Bald Eagles and Golden EaglesRegional Announcement: Our mailing address has changed. For all written bald eagle or golden eagle permit...
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Someone shot and killed a bald eagle, and officials are searching for the...
Swift investigation, prosecuting and trial required. We caught one bald eagle nest destroyer, PIERRE THOMPSON, the late grandson of the founder of the St. Augustine Record, and he was prosecuted in the...
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Congratulations re: halting sale of JEA today!
Justice Louis Brandeis said, "Electric light is the best policeman. Sunlight is the best disinfectant."My Justice Brandeis Award for 2019 goes to Georgio Valentino, Melissa Ross and Jacksonville...
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Facial recognition tech misidentifies people of color up to 100x more than...
As evidence scholar Elizabeth Loftus established decades ago, eyewitness identifications are notoriously unreliable, particularly of a person of one ethnic type by a person of another ethnic type who...
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LARIZZA-BOLANTE FAMILY FAVORITISM? Will State's Attorney LARIZZA Recuse...
Historic City News scooped everyone. Merry Christmas!In a December 23, 2019 arrest, St. Augustine Police employee LOREN TIFFANY BOLANTE was arrested for organized scheme to defraud. But Assistant...
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