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The Peace Corps isn’t just bringing home 7,300 volunteers because of the...
The Peace Corps, a force for good since JFK's day, is in danger. Endangered by DONALD JOHN TRUMP's firing all of the Peace Corps volunteers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Enough flummery,...
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Going to Work Sick -- "Terrified" Package Employees (NY Times)
You are a store or delivery service employee, exposed to coronavirus and expected to work sick without sick days or adequate health insurance. No wonder large employers say they're advertising for...
View ArticleFlorida bans all restaurant dining; tribe closes casinos. (AP)
Science-based public health measures continue in the face of coronavirus. Are we doing enough? What do y'all reckon?Florida bans all restaurant dining; tribe closes casinosBy KELLI KENNEDY and TERRY...
View ArticleEDITORIAL | Using prudence on beach closures. (SAR)
I agree (see below) with the St. Augustine Record editorial. No more cars allowed on beaches, currently, so the possibility of overcrowding is nil. We are not an urban area like Jacksonville and South...
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Criminal Conduct podcast: The Death of Michelle O'Connell (March 22, 2020)
Criminal ConductS1 E1: The Death of Michelle O'Connell30 MINS < 1 DAY AGO0:00:230:29:41Episode InfoMichelle O’Connell was shot to death on September 2, 2010 after arguing with her boyfriend, St...
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Swamped with coronavirus response, DeSantis punts on Florida Supreme Court...
The delay may mean a better choice, e.g., desegregating the currently all-white Florida Supreme Court, who which the Big Law Firm dominated Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission...
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Another One Bites the Dust: Sebastian Inland Harbor Project
The people, in their righteous wrath, have spoken and the developer has withdrawn its proposal to ruin our downtown. From George Gardner's St. Augustine Report:Inland Harbor asks "indefinite...
View Article"Oceanfront" Listing in Lincolnville
I wonder whether controversial St. Augustine City Commissioner John Otha Valdes has re-listed his Lincolnville "oceanfront" garage apartment on AirBnB?
View ArticleSt. Augustine City Manager's $18,000 Test Kit Purchase Questioned
Did the City of St. Augustine spend some $18,000 on no-bid internet purchase of dodgy coronavirus "test kits," not CDC approved, without competitive bidding or Commission approval? It's our money....
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Biden Blasts DeSantis' Response To The Coronavirus Outbreak In Florida. (WUSF)
Could it be that ideology has blinded Florida Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS and President DONALD JOHN TRUMP?Biden Blasts DeSantis' Response To The Coronavirus Outbreak In Florida By CARL LISCIANDRELLO...
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Partial Victory for Former Flagler County Supervisor of Elections -- 5th DCA...
When a Florida Court of Appeals finds the Fifth Amendment rights against double jeopardy violated by four (4) felony convictions, what kind of "journalist" prematurely pronounces the reversal as a...
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The stimulus halts a corporate trick that gouges workers. But it comes too...
Shutting the barn door after all the horses are gone. The horse thieves in multinational corporations are being told to go and sin no more. Sick. These corporate stock buybacks weren't even legal...
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Florida Attorney General, SLAPP-Happy Flagler County Burghers, Violating...
Chinese ophthalmologist Dr. Li Wenliang warned of (and later died from) coronavirus. For practicing the scientific method, Li was accused falsely of spreading "false rumors, he was threatened and...
View ArticleVulgarians
Anne Marie Gennusa, Republican candidate for Public Defender for Florida's 7th Judicial Circuit, just used "suck" as a pejorative in her Facebook posting. When I questioned her use of vulgarity, she...
View ArticleDemocrats to text 1 million Floridians and urge them to vote by mail. Amid...
Let's make sure people get their primary and general election ballots mailed to them, and encourage them to return them in plenty of time. Let every vote count and let every vote be counted. From Tampa...
View ArticleJobs Aren’t Being Destroyed This Fast Elsewhere. Why Is That? It’s not too...
Professors Saez and Zucman are spot on. There is no principled reason for the mass firings -- the capital punishment of the workplace -- by America's wealthy corporations. Billionaires are calling...
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Records in 1946 Lynching Case Must Remain Sealed, Court Rules. (NY Times)
Pitch v. United States should be decided by the United States Supreme Court. While the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, sitting en banc, ruled 8-4 against the plaintiffs, this case...
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Gannett Furloughs Workers When Readers Facing The COVID-19 Pandemic Need...
Andrew Pentazz's speadsheet of GANNETT layoffs lists two at the St. Augustine Record -- reporters assigned to cover crime and features.From Forbes:EDITORS' PICK|609 views|Mar 30, 2020,10:06pm...
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Wicked St. Augustine: From George Gardner's "St. Augustine Report"
From former Mayor George Garddner's St. Augustine Report comes this book review:A 'wicked' side of St. Augustine Today the building on the corner of Cathedral Place and Charlotte Street houses an...
View ArticleDrake's Raid reenactment among listed cancellations
From former Mayor George Gardner's St. Augustine Report:Drake's Raid reenactmentamong listed cancellations The Drake's Raid reenactment, originally scheduled for April 25, has been cancelled due to...
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