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Six-Figure SLAPP Suits Against Ethics Complainants Prosecuted by Florida...
The Florida Attorney General is in court, seeking to force three Flagler County citizens to pay more than $311,666 because they filed Ethics Commission complaints against public officials.Strategic...
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Tommy Jacomo, R.I.P.
The Washington, D.C. version of The Palm Restaurant was run for some 40 years by the late restauranteur Tommy Jacomo, who moved to St. Augustine in retirement. From The Washington Post:ObituariesAdd...
View ArticleWhy hard-working Floridians deserve a living wage | Paula Dockery. (South...
Splendid recovering Republican, now NPA, Paula Dockery, wrote another excellent column, in support of the living wage law. I first publicly supported a $15/hour living wage law at St. Augustine City...
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‘Assault on Democracy’: A sitting federal judge takes on John Roberts, Trump...
Thanks to United States District Judge Lynn Adelman for speaking truth to power of the John Roberts/Donald John Trump Supreme Court. From The Washington Post:Morning MixAdd to list‘Assault on...
View ArticleGuest column: Cameras protect police, too. (Dave Gray, SAR)
Retired law enforcement officer Dave Gray of Palm Coast wrote persuasively in the St. Augustine Record why we need police body cameras.Who could oppose body cameras? Only a shill for controversial St....
View ArticleGuest column: HARB did right thing in demanding more public input on...
No one has written to defend the University of Florida's unforced errors in memorializing some 138 African-American veterans of the Civil War from St. Augustine, who enlisted and fought for the United...
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‘If We Work Sick, Then You Get Sick’ As the coronavirus spreads, the public...
At least one Social Darwinist employer here in St. Augustine demands that employees come to work when sick with the flu. That's one sick man.From The New York Times:Opinion‘If We Work Sick, Then You...
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Ten minutes at the teleprompter: Inside Trump’s failed attempt to calm...
DJT disgraced FDR's Oval Office, and the Resolute Desk, delivering an error-ridden, fear-mongering speech concealing in secrecy the coronavirus and its sequelae. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan said,...
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Leon County Commission gives green light to stronger lobbying ordinance.
Leon County (Tallahassee) is strengthening its lobbying ordinance, while St. Johns County has none. Wonder why? Sheriff DAVID SHOAR and his greedy developer lobbyist buddies, led by lawyer- lobbyist...
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The Worst Outcome If somebody other than Donald Trump were in the White...
Republican former presidential speechwriter David Frum knows whereof he speaks. DONALD JOHN TRUMP just crashed the market and injected fear into our body politic. TRUMP's attempt to stamp...
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Florida Senate confirms top doctor to fight coronavirus. He doesn’t have a...
Compare the Florida Senate to the United States Senate and it is lacking in every particular. The U.S. Senate was called by Gladstone "the world's greatest deliberative body." What is Florida's Senate?...
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There’s a Giant Hole in Pelosi’s Coronavirus Bill -- The legislation passed...
We're a tourist town and a college town. Many employees, or "gig economy" putative "independent contractors," lack paid sick leave.Paid sick leave is essential to protecting public health amidst a...
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Trump Administration Is Relaxing Oversight of Nursing Homes. A proposal would...
Trump Administration Is Relaxing Oversight of Nursing HomesA proposal would loosen federal rules meant to control infections, just as the coronavirus rips through nursing homes.Thirteen residents of...
View ArticleIn-person voting in Florida was down during coronavirus. Are mail ballots the...
In today's pandemic, old ways of voting may have to yield to vote by mail. What do y'all think?In-person voting in Florida was down during coronavirus. Are mail ballots the answer?BY ALEX...
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Developer SLAPP-Sued Him For Libel, Voters Just Elected Him. (Flagler Live)
Congratulations to former St. Johns County Commissioner Joseph Kenneth Bryan (2008-2012), who was on March 17, 2020 elected to Flagler Beach City Commission, after a pointless Strategic Lawsuit Against...
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Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went UnheededGovernment exercises, including one last year, made clear that the U.S. was not ready for a pandemic like the coronavirus. But little was...
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A Deadly Coronavirus Mix in Florida: An Aging Population and Lots of Young...
A Deadly Coronavirus Mix in Florida: An Aging Population and Lots of Young VisitorsIn Florida, where a quarter of the population is older than 60, Gov. Ron DeSantis has started to control public...
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Florida’s porous campaign finance laws: ‘You can do almost anything’....
Controversial Florida election and ethics lawyer MARK HERRON, who's got the Florida Attorney General suing three Flagler County residents to collect mew than $331,777 in alleged legal fees and expenses...
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Closing all Pinellas beaches for coronavirus? That’s an overreaction |...
Should St. Johns County close its beaches? I don't think so, based on scientific evidence. We are not an urban area like Jacksonville or South Florida. We have 42 miles of beaches -- plenty of room to...
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