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Dodgy "Clay County Beacon": "Y'all ready to secede yet?"
Dodgy Clay County Beacon, not registered with Florida Secretary of State, asks, "Y'all ready to secede yet?" When I asked who owned it, CCB responded, "Why do you ask?" When I pointed out that...
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Someone Wrote ‘Trump’ on a Florida Manatee. (NY Times)
Some Dull Republicans and misanthropes hate nature. The want to "own the libs" by arrogant, asinine stupid human tricks, like this one. From The New York Times:Someone Wrote ‘Trump’ on a Florida...
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Ken Bryan Calls Out Insurrectionist Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins...
Three cheers for Joseph Kenneth Bryan, Flagler Beach City Commissioner (and former St. Johns County Commissioner from 2008-2012) for calling out Flagler County Commissioner JOSEPH MIULLINS. From...
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How Catholic Leaders Helped Give Rise to Violence at the U.S. Capitol. (Fr....
My mom told me no good Catholic could ever be a Republican, because Republicans are against helping poor people. But some Catholic clergy have not gotten the word. As Fr. James Martin, S.J. writes...
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Commissioner Christian Whitehurst's Unfair Attack on Dr. Dawn Allicock, M.D.,...
Some unsophisticated, inept and inadequate Southern white men have a gender-specific problem when problems arise. They blame the nearest female. This attitude eventually got racist, sexist, homophobic...
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EPA sued over plans to give Florida authority over managing wetlands,...
Good action to overturn this outrage. Flori-DUH has no more idea of how to regulate than a hog, Its money-hungry Republican politicians are often prostitutes for organized criminal groups that use...
View ArticleBiden minimum wage proposal could lift more than 1 million workers out of...
In December 2005, David Thundershield Queen and I publicly asked the City Commission of St. Augustine to adopt a living wage of $15 hour. That was the first time. I've asked repeatedly. Our Mosquito...
View ArticleJesuit Fr. James Martin, S.J., quoting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on...
Fr. James Martin, SJ 6h · "And I say to you, I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it...
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Former state attorney stole nearly $1M from estate of dead man, feds say....
Odd that this story did not get more attention from GANNETT or St. Augustine RecordPublished: October 5, 2020, 5:25 pm Frank Powers, Assignment managerFrom News4Jax:Former state attorney stole nearly...
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Feds: Florida prosecutor accepted tractor bribe before resigning. (Florida...
I watched the plea bargain process as a young newspaper editor at age 24-26 in East Tennessee. The reform DA, Jim Ramsey, sometimes negotiated plea bargains in my presence, with consent of defense...
View ArticleFr. Leo O'Donovan Prayer at Inauguration of President Joe Biden
Here's the prayer by our former Georgetown University President Fr. Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. from the inauguration of President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.:
View ArticleAmanda Gorman's Joe Biden Inauguration Poem, "The Hill We Climb"
Beautiful poem, "The Hill We Climb," by Ms. Amanda Gorman, who performed it at the Inauguration of President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
View ArticlePresident Joe Biden's Eloquent January 20, 2021 Inaugural Address
The United States Capitol11:52 AM ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, distinguished guests, and my...
View ArticleIs America Both the Luckiest and Unluckiest of Nations?
I've not posted on this blog since the inauguration of President Joe Biden. In silent awe at my country surviving dictatorship, I was genuinely at a loss for typing words. Listening to our new...
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Former Mayor Nancy Shaver on proposed San Sebastian Planned Unit Development
Finally, after years of activism and campaigning on environmental and quality of life issues, like global ocean level rise, our St. Augustine City Commissioners are asking questions, demanding answers....
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Patrick Canan Loses Demand to Demolish Historic 1910 Building at 41...
I feel sorry for St. Johns County School Board member Patrick Thomas Canan, a local plaintiff's personal injury and criminal defense lawyer and recently re-elected St. Johns County School Board member...
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Sebastian Inland Harbor Project Draws Unanimous Postponement Vote
Are residents opposed to overdevelopment in St. Augustine, Florida now being heard and heeded at last?One of the worst examples of a so-called "private-public partnership" I've seen, the Sebastian...
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Inland Harbor plan delayed for redesign -- Bring us something that makes the...
Thanks to former Mayor George R. Gardner for his incisive analysis in St. Augustine Report:Inland Harbor plan delayed for redesign -- Bring us something that makes the pulse rush'. (St. Augustine...
View ArticleFla. Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Block County Mask Mandate (by Nathan Hale,...
Once again, a Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals has upheld a mask ordinance. This time. the Fourth DCA upheld the Palm Beach County mask ordinance under a "rational basis test." Thanks to St....
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Florida's Vaccine Rollout Rife With Snags And Inequities (NPR)
Here in Flori-DUH, we've not shown any common sense in providing COVID-19 vaccines. Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS is a stinking failure.From NPR:Florida's Vaccine Rollout Rife With Snags And...
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