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Steve Bousquet | DeSantis angers Florida elections experts (SAR/ Sun Sentinel)
OpinionSteve Bousquet | DeSantis angers Florida elections expertsBy Steve Bousquet, Sun SentinelPosted at 5:01 PM This never should have happened.The men and women managing the most challenging...
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Memorial Day: Will VA Allow Boy Scouts to place flags on graves at St....
Will local Boy Scouts be allowed to place flags on graves on Memorial Day in our national cemetery?It's a small national cemetery, perhaps unappreciated by whatever Veterans Administration official in...
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Boy Scouts banned from Memorial Day tradition of placing flags on veterans...
Nationwide, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have been banned from placing flags on veterans graves on Memorial Day. Perhaps. The situation is in flux, and will benefit from scrutiny. That's why I've...
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Flagler County Commissioner Wanted St. Johns County Speeding Tickets Fixed...
State and federal law enforcement officials are scrutizing corrupt Flagler County Commissioner Vice Chair JOSEPH F. MULLINS, whose threatening behavior I reported to SAPD last week and today. MULLINS...
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Assistant County Attorney Paolo Salinas Soria's "Notice of Voluntary...
Oddly phrased, Assistant County Attorney Paolo Salinas Soria's February 19, 2020 "Notice of Voluntary Resignation" ended his legal career with St. Johns County effective April 3, 2020. Mr. Soria's now...
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Federal judge says all Texas voters can apply to vote by mail during...
In Florida, any voter can choose to vote by mail.Backward Texas will soon have the same rule, thanks to today's landmark ruling of United States District Court Judge Fred Biery of the Western District...
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Memorial Day in St. Augustine: Will Unreasonable Veterans Administration...
VA's controversial order forbidding Boy Scouts from placing flags on graves on Memorial cannot stand. As applied to our small cemetery here, after discussions with VA yesterday (May 19), I am hopeful...
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UPDATE re: Memorial Day flags on graves at St. Augustine National Cemetery
I am hopeful that flags will be placed on individual graves at the St. Augustine National Cemetery this year. I had several good conversations with VA yesterday, including the General Counsel and a....
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We won. Memorial Day flags on graves at St. Augustine National Cemetery
Thanks to Rep. Michael Waltz and his staff, VA General Counsel William Hudson, Jr., Randy Reeves, VA Under Secretary and his staff, flags are going up on individual graves at St. Augustine National...
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A tale of two cities -- Oak Ridge, Tennessee and St. Augustine, Florida
Some 37 years ago tonight, on May 23, 1983, I was at the Oak Ridge, Tennessee City Council meeting, cross-examining the new U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Manager JOE BEN LA GRONE about...
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Federal judge guts Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before they can...
Good news. The 24th Amendment has been vindicated. Thanks to Judge Hinkle and the ACLU.PoliticsAdd to listFederal judge guts Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before they can voteBetty Riddle...
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Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport -- Memorial Day May 25, 2020
Today is Memorial Day,. When I learned that no flags were allowed to be placed on St. Augustine National Cemetery graves this year, I complained and got swift action from VA HQ officials. The flags...
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Small Memorial Day ceremony held in St. Augustine amid coronavirus. (SAR)
Thanks again to Rep. Michael Waltz, his staff, VA Undersecretary and VA General Counsel for allowing flags to be placed on graves in St. Augustine this Memorial Day by St. Johns County Veterans...
View ArticleCounty Commission invites Tesla to relocate to St. Johns County. (SAR)
Great idea from Commissioner James K. Johns: strike while the iron is hot, my mom said.Poor followup by overpaid, underworked, maladroit, mediocre, inept County Attorney.Thinly-researched and...
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"History's Highlight -- Flags for our National Cemetery". (St. Augustine...
Thanks to former St. Augustine Mayor George Gardner for his story today in St. Augustine Report, "History's Highlight -- Flags for our National Cemetery":History's HighlightFlags for our National...
View ArticleCalm down, people.
The only major U.S. city without a riot on April 4, 1968 was Indianapolis, where RFK spoke of healing. We need it now. No more lynchings, including lynchings by cops or of cops. Calm down, people. Eyes...
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JOE MULLINS and KEVIN SPACEY -- SEPARATED AT BIRTH?
Is there a resemblance or kinship between Flagler County, Florida County Commission Vice Chairman JOSEPH F. MULLINS and the actor Kevin Spacey, or one of his characters?
View ArticleI'm proud of Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
Joe Biden spoke eloquently about racism and white supremacy in America. Thank you!Joe Biden just made me cry. "Let America be America again," as Langston Hughes said it best.
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Facebook relents on my posting this cartoon
After twice censoring a Boston Globe cartoon as containing false information on COVID-19, Facebook relented:"Your post is back on FacebookToday at 2:11 AMWe're sorry we got this wrong. We reviewed your...
View ArticleRESIGN: St. Augustine Beach Vice Mayor Maggie Kostka letter to City Manager...
June 1, 2020Max Royle, City ManagerSt. Augustine BeachMr. Royle, This letter is to serve as my official notification to you, the St. Augustine Beach Commission and the citizens of St. Augustine Beach...
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