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Proposed Vilano Beach hotel voted down unanimously. (News4Jax)
Great victory for hometown democracy and home rule. Ugly design is not Old Florida style. Looks like fungible monotonous condos in South Florida.Great victory by well-organized, patient, persistent...
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Know Your Florida Bigshot Crooks: JAMES A. GREER Convicted Felon Former...
Confessed conflicted felon fraudfeasor JAMES A. GREER, Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Chair, 2006-2010 under Governor CHARLES CRIST, served fifteen months in Florida state prison for defrauding...
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Know Your Florida Bigshot Crooks: Former Tallahassee Mayor and Former...
Former Tallahassee Mayor and former Florida Democratic Party Chair, 2002-2005, SCOTT CHARLES MADDOX is in the Talladega, Alabama Federal prison camp, inmate 26266-017, is serving a five year sentence...
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St. Johns County Congressmen RUTHERFORD, WALTZ, both vote against censuring...
Both of our St. Johns County Congressmen voted against censuring Arizona U.S. Rep. PAUL GOSAR. Source: Congressional Record, U.S House of Representatives, November 17, 2021 (roll call vote no 379)....
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Madeira Beach resident accuses commissioners of Sunshine Law violations —...
Did Madeira Beach wrongfully fire renowned Florida environmental and land use planning attorney Ralf Brookes as City Attorney? Did Madeira Beach violate Sunshine law in hiring new, pro-developer...
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November 22, 1963: JFK Murder Conspiracy Remains Unprosecuted, WaPo Still...
I was six years old on Halloween. October 31, 1963, wearing a JFK costume with mask, trick-or-treating among other six year olds in my Southern New Jersey neighborhood. Only 22 days later, JFK was...
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Investigating St. Augustine Airport: E.D. WUELLNER and LAWYER DOUG BURNETT...
Quo vobis videtor? (What do y'all reckon?) EDWARD R. WUELLNER, St. Augustine-St. Johns County Airport Authority Executive Director, has an ethics problem and an appearance of impropriety. St....
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John Rutherford failed to report pharma stock purchase on time (Florida...
St. Augustine's Congressman JOHN HENRY RUTHERFORD (R-FL4), right-wing ex-Sheriff of Duval County, has done it again (or not done it), failing to file timely disclosures of his stock purchases, as...
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Opinion: Trump’s rage at Georgia Republicans should unsettle us all. (WaPo)
Will TRUMP's anger at Republicans who believe in fair elections be the death knell of democracy? You tell me. Will bumptious bigots bullies continue to control the once Grand Old Party? You tell me....
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Miami professor sentenced to 6 months for Venezuela money laundering scheme....
Sad to see that a professor from the University of Miami would be personally involved in money laundering, pleading guilty to federal crimes. Good school, UM, from which St. Johns County Commissioner...
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Guest Column: Thankful at Thanksgiving. (HCN, 2015)
My 2015 Thanksgiving column from Historic City News: November 22, 2015 Community, EditorialsED SLAVINGuest Column: Thankful at ThanksgivingEd SlavinSt Augustine, FLThankful at Thanksgiving, we look...
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After Nine Years, MICHAEL STEVEN RYAN, County PR Flak Departs; Apparently...
Fired former St. Johns County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK's PR man, MICHAEL STEVEN RYAN encumbered a position with St. Johns County as its PR man for nine years. At the same time was RYAN...
View ArticleNovember 17, 1973: Nixon Says, "I'M NOT A CROOK!"
It was a small Northeast Tennessee newspaper editor, the late Richard D. Smyser, of The Oak Ridger, who asked the question that got the answer. It was at a newspaper convention in Orlando. The...
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Investigating St. Augustine Airport: E.D. WUELLNER and LAWYER DOUG BURNETT...
As William F. Buckley, Jr. once said, "Why does baloney reject the grinder?"UPDATE: The November 25, 2021 e-mail from Mr. Matthew Liotta, below, suggests that St. Augustine-St. Johns County Airport...
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"Lots to be thankful for," my St Augustine Record Guest Column, Thanksgiving...
This is the first Thanksgiving since 2000 when the United States of America was not at war!Peace is patriotic.And the American people were heard and heeded.Let's give peace a chance. We're prepared...
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Charged with Child Porn, Incarcerated Awaiting Trial, Former Florida...
Charged with toddler child porn, declared indigent, suffering from cancer, former Florida Elections Commission Counsel ERIC MATTHEW LIPTON is inmate number 55255-509, spending Thanksgiving 2021 in a...
View ArticleOpen Government Investigations -- First Amendment Audit of Anastasia Mosquito...
First Amendment hero Jeffrey Marcus Gray made an Open Records request at a local government agency November 21, 2021 and was treated with dignity, respect and consideration. Kudos to Dr. Whitney...
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Florida Statewide Prosecutor Has Jurisdiction Over Multi-District Crimes
Here's the guide to contacting our Florida Statewide Prosecutor, Mr. Nicholas B. Cox, whose jurisdiction extends to possible crimes spanning two or more judicial districts, like the Airport's false...
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The demise of a notable law firm in Florida’s capital: The end of an era and...
Here in St. Johns County, we'd occasionally see lawyers from this law firm make ceremonial appearances on Community Development Districts, those psuedo-legal government entities abused to rlieve...
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Congresswoman Carrie Meek, R.I.P. (NY TImes)
Pioneering Miami, Florida Congressman Carrie Meek has died. Her son Kendrick visited here when he ran for U.S. Senator, speaking at our Solomon Calhoun Center. From The New York Times: Carrie P. Meek,...
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