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Four of nine Broward commissioners elected only by Democrats. (Sun Sentinel,...
Florida voters' thoughtwe were amending our Constitution in 1998 was for universal primaries, where all would vote if all candidates for an office are of one party. Great idea.Empowered voters....
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Laundered Money Could Be Putin’s Achilles’ Heel. (Paul Krugman, NY Times)
Robert Kennedy said, "If we do not, on a national scale, attack organized criminals with weapons and techniques as sophisticated as their own, they will destroy us." It appears to me that some of the...
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St. Augustine residents push back against development proposals on Anastasia...
Support the Fish Island Community Alliance, the citizens who are organizing to preserve and protect nature on Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. From St. Augustine Record:St. Augustine...
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BLURRED ETHICAL LINES: Commissioner JEREMIAH RAY BLOCKER Represented National...
February 25, 2022 Update to February 22, 2022 article: Still no response from controversial Florida National Guard Major JEREMIAH RAY BLOCKER, St. Johns County Commissioner (R-Ponte Vedra), conflicted...
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They threw a $74,000 goodbye party for a county official. Lobbyists pitched...
Retiring Broward County Administrator BERTHA HENRY's 's wretched excess: decadent $74,000 retirement party. This is really wrong. Thorstein Veblen would have called this party "conspicuous, invidious...
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FL Gov. RON DeSANTIS attacks U.S. allies, ignores Russian invasion of...
Drunk on the power of his poll numbers, Florida Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS cast asperwsions on our democratic allies in Canada and Australia at his CPAC speech, eschewing any mention of Russians...
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Ed Slavin for Mosquito Control Commissioner, Seat 2
I'm running to be a St. Johns County Anastasia Mosquito Control Commissioner to protect your health from mosquito-borne diseases. My dad survived malaria in WWII, bitten by a mosquito in Sicily, where...
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OPPOSE MAY STREET MARINA AT ST. AUGUSTINE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, MARCH 1,...
From Captain Lee Geanuleas, U.S.N. (Retired) and St. Augustine Residents Count: Neighbors, It's back!!! Yes, like a vampire rising from the grave, The Pass Marina on May ST is back for the third time!...
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A remembrance of Maggy Hurchalla, environmentalist and protector of Florida's...
Maggy Reno Hurchalla was a great American and a great Florida environmentalist, who showed us the way to stand up to deveious developers and their stable of lobbyists.From Palm Beach Post A remembrance...
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Justice for Ukraine: What Will Be The North Florida Way of Sanctioning Russia?
The North Florida way of sanctioning Vladimir Putin and his oligarchs must be to identify every single investor, partner and beneficial owners in every single development project. As Joe Louis would...
View ArticleEdward Francis McElwain, R.I.P.
Edward Francis McElwain, R.I.P. My late Georgetown University roommate, would have turned 67 today. He was a brilliant, ethical, good and decent man who spoke out for the rights of Native Americans,...
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Congratulations, Beth Sweeny, New City Commissioner, Ad Interim, for City of...
Ms. Beth Sweeny was hired tonight (February 28, 2022) by 3-1 vote over the other finalist, lawyer Virginia Morgan, as the temporary new St. Augustine Beach Commissioner, to serve until the November...
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Humanity has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to avoid a hotter, deadly...
From The Washington Post: Humanity has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to avoid a hotter, deadly future, U.N. climate report saysLatest IPCC report details escalating toll — but top scientists say...
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10 steps you can take to lower your carbon footprint. (WaPo)
Wonderful article from The Washington Post about what we can do, as individual sentient humans, on climate change. I don't drive, and have never owned an automobile, but I am grateful to those of you...
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UCF college kid’s Twitter bot that stalks Musk’s jet now tracking Russian...
Russian dictator-murderer Vladimir Putin's Russian oligarchs are tracked by a brilliant University of Central Florida college student's Twitter bot. How cool is that?From Ars Technica: College kid’s...
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Germans Seize Russian Billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s Mega-Yacht. (Forbes)
Russian oligarchs cringe as one of their yachts was seized in Happening Germany. Happening soon here in Florida. To: Russian mass murderer-dictator VLADIMIIR PUTIN's oligarchsL "you can run but they...
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This family says Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill will harm their daughter,...
Florida Republican legislators'"Don't Say Gay" bill is an international disgrace. From Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "As It Happens" radio program:This family says Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill...
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Russian Money Flows Through U.S. Real Estate (NBC News)
NBC News documents the Russian money flowing through U.S. real estate. This was known to Florida officials for decades, but Republican apparathiks looked the other way, as their campaigns accepted...
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Russian Oligarchs and their Fight for Survival—An Investigative Report. (From...
One Russian oligarch with ties to North Florida, worthy of scrutiny as U.S. Justice Department's Task Force KleptoCapture does its job.From Eurasia Daily Monitor: Russian Oligarchs and their Fight for...
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ARETI International Group of Companies (Wikipedia)
From Wikipedia, profile of ARETI International, owned by Putin associate IGOR MAKAROV, whose company is headquartered at 9995 Gate Parkway, Suite 400, with a yacht based in St. Augustine, Florida: rom...
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