ST. AUG BEACH: Critics, defenders line up to speak on O’Brien. (SAR)
THREE CHEERS FOR COMMISSIONER MAGGIE KOSTKA. She does not cower to power, or unethical conduct.1. No defense on merits to Commissioner Maggie Kostka's reasoned, documented, narrowly-tailored censure...
View ArticleCorrupt SAB Commissioner RICHARD BURTT O'BRIEN reponds to censure proposal:...
1. Without remorse, SAB Commissioner RICHARD BURTT O'BRIEN is a bad actor. His rancid, rambling response to questions about his misconduct show his unfairness and unfitness. He should resign 2. SAB...
View ArticleCorrupt St. Johns County Sheriff SHOAR and Developer Pals Delay Effective...
1. Rose Kennedy's favorite Bible verse was, "To whom much is given, much is expected." We give so much to developers, but get little in return. For years, Leviathan Levittowns were approved by supine...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Investigation re: St. Augustine Beach Civic...
SABCA has a misleading website. Today I requested a Federal Trade Commission investigation pursuant to Section 5 of the FTC Act of 1914. Let justice be done. Now.-----Original Message-----From: Ed...
View ArticleNine Historic St. Augustine Homes Saved from Speculators' Wrecking Ball --...
Three cheers for the City of St. Augustine, Circuit Judge Howard Maltz, and Florida Fifth District Court of Appeals Judges Richard B. Orfinger, Vincent G. Torpy, Jr., and F. Rand Wallis. City has...
View ArticleThanks to SAB Commissioner Maggie Kostka: The Whole World is Watching...
I just wrote Commissioner Maggie Kostka, thanking her for her courage. Reader in Kathmandu, Nepal just read about SAB's Corrupt Commissioner RICHARD BURTT O'BRIEN.-----Original Message-----From: Ed...
View ArticleDoes R.J. LARIZZA Resemble JOHN DILLINGER? Compare these photographs of...
Does JOHN HERBERT DILLINGER, bank robber, resemble RALPH JOSEPH LARIZZA, Seventh Circuit State's Attorney?RALPH JOSEPH LARIZZA et pal, Sheriff DAVID BERNARD SHOAR (who legally changed his name from...
View ArticleTallahassee Two-step -- Flor-DUH Hack Hicks Nix Meaningful Gun Law Changes --...
One solution is to restore victims' rights to sue for damages and injunctive relief, erased by Congress in 2005. See my comments, below editorial.RECORD EDITORIAL: Florida passes caveat-heavy gun...
View ArticleEnough big events downtown -- let's restore Francis Field baseball fields and...
Freddy Francis, a Gay man, intended Francis Field for ballfields. He had a semi-pro team in the 1930s and 1940s called the Saints. Those ballfields were stolen and converted by disgraced ex-City...
View ArticleFox News is helping Ron DeSantis catch up in governor race. (DBNJ)
Rep. RONALD DEON DeSANTIS (R-FL6/KOCH INDUSTRIES), endorsed by President DONALD JOHN TRUMP, gets free publicity from faux Fox "News." As New Olreans DA Jim Garrison said, "What do you expect from a pig...
View ArticleBEACH BLAST SWELLS SWILLED FREE CHAMPAGNE: Here's who quaffed free Champagne...
The money-losing, alcohol-fueled ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH BLAST carnival had a VIP Tent, not unlike the all-white VIP Tent at the City of St. Augustine's 450th celebration.Some of the same people attended,...
View ArticleTrump picks Dow Chemical lawyer for key role at EPA (AP)
Like putting Dracula in charge of the Blood Bank -- putting DOW CHEMICAL's MANAGING COUNSEL as EPA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR LAND AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT?Trump picks Dow Chemical lawyer for key role...
View ArticleWho are the "Barbarians at the gate?" And why do the heathen rage? (St....
SABCA Treasurer Frank Ward signed a letter to the St. Augustine Record, published today. I called him and he told me that he was not referring to me. He praised my work as a muckraker. I thanked him....
View ArticleNational Response Center Report No. 1206710
Two feet of sand, and beach grass, were allegedly removed at Pier Point South Condominium, 390 A1A Beach Blvd. last week by heavy construction equipment, potentially exposing beachgoers and wildlife to...
View ArticleTrump Cabinet members accused of living large at taxpayer expense. (WaPo)
Millionaires and billionaires in the Trump cabinet are violating the law, wasting our money, and wrecking environmental and worker protection laws. Enough,Trump Cabinet members accused of living large...
View ArticleSunshine Week brings Trump’s information darkness to light -- If sunshine is...
Incisive column in The Washington Post about the continuing erosion and evasion of our federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) under El Presidente, Herr DONALD JOHN TRUMP.Footnote: On November 22,...
View ArticleUF quietly starts Loring Monument public discussion (HCN)
Thanks to Jill Pacetti and Michael Gold for alerting the public to UF's effort to discuss the Loring monument without inviting local residents.UF quietly starts Loring Monument public discussion...
View ArticleGreat column by STEVE COTTRELL: Sunshine law spotlights Beach censure issue...
Another excellent column in the St. Augustine Record. Keep up the good work, Steve Cottrell. Very perceptive writing since 2015 about local government issues.STEVE COTTRELL: Sunshine law spotlights...
View ArticleMarch 15, 2005
On March 15, 2005, I attended former Reagan UNESCO Ambassador ALAN KEYES' Nuremberg-style anti-Gay marriage hate rally, which the five all-white, all-Republican St. Johns County Commissioners voted to...
View ArticleDoes State of Florida v. JAKE ANDREW GEWERTH Brandish State's Attorney RALPH...
THANKS to GateHouse, Jared Keever and St. Augustine Record for shedding light on the case-fixing proclivities of Seventh Circuit State's Attorney RALPH JOSEPH LARIZZA, a/k/a "LaLIZARD." It's time for...
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