Greedy landlords and the homelessness problem (SAR)
Good column in St. Augustine Record by Bob Tis:Posted November 20, 2017 12:02 am By BOB TIS Smooth Sailin’SMOOTH SAILIN’: Pin the tail of this problem on your landlordI will say this for our City...
View ArticleRape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry...
Rampant sexual harassment at restaurants and bars? What is to be done?Rape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry so terrible for women?By Maura Judkis and Emily Heil...
View ArticleReport: Florida rarely punishes doctors sued for malpractice (AP)
Tortfeasors and insurance companies have too much power in Florida. This situation stinks.Report: Florida rarely punishes doctors sued for malpracticeAssociated Press Published: November 19, 2017FORT...
View ArticleWatch out, Florida Constitution changes coming | Sun-Sentinel Editorial
Excellent editorial. I love the fact they posted a video of Editorial Board members deliberating. Nice touch.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board members discuss a measure under consideration by the...
View ArticleTRUMP Administration Facing "Gambino-style rollup"? (Vanity Fair)
Happy Thanksgiving!Lots to be thankful for -- read this!-- EdAS THE F.B.I. CLOSES IN, TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO KEEP HIM CALMThe White House is projecting optimism that the investigation will...
View ArticleThanksgiving wishes from those lying ninnies at the St. Johns County...
St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee Vice Chair DIANE SCHARFF signed and/or wrote a semi-literate hate message to "celebrate" Thanksgiving and pay homage to President DONALD JOHN TRUMP....
View ArticleNovember 22, 1963
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country." -- John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961 JFK's spirit lives on. I was only 6.5 years old when JFK was murdered, having...
View ArticleEd Slavin 2015 Thanksgiving column (St. Augustine Record)
My 2015 Thanksgiving column, in happier days in our country.Posted November 22, 2015 12:07 am By ED SLAVIN St. AugustineGuest Column - Ed Slavin: Thankful for the past, hopeful for the futureIn 1565,...
View ArticleOrganized, Well-Funded Homophobic Bigots Are Fighting Gay Rights In Supreme...
New York Times article quoting my friend Peter Montgomery of People for the American Way:Fighting Gay Rights and Abortion With the First AmendmentBy JEREMY W. PETERSNOV. 22, 2017Continue reading the...
View ArticleFlynn Flipped? Gambino-style Rollup of Tricky Trump Regime in Progress (NY...
DONALD JOHN TRUMP's UnAmerican activities leading to impeachment? Happy Thanksgiving, 2017.A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With MuellerBy MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MATT APUZZO...
View ArticleDONALD TRUMP, JR. Ensnared in Russiagate -- Happy Thanksgiving, America!
When it rains, it pours. This one's for the ninnies at the St. Johns Republican Party, including Trump-loving corrupt Sheriff DAVID SHOAR, who legally changed his name from "SHOAR" in 1994:‘Keep...
View ArticleStates prepare to shut down child health care, thanks to TRUMP and Republican...
Pure evil. Friends don't let friends vote Republican.Enough.States prepare to shut down children’s health programs if Congress doesn’t actBy Colby Itkowitz and Sandhya Somashekhar November 23 at 3:32...
View ArticleTrial lawyer John Morgan: Sen. Bill Nelson Should Run For Governor! (POLITICO)
1: Bill Nelson for Governor: Excellent idea. "Walkin' Lawton," Lawton Chiles returned from the Senate to serve two terms as Governor. Meanwhile, if Senator Nelson runs for Governor, I think Palm...
View ArticleSt. Johns County as "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight"
St. Johns County resembles the dysfunctional mafia family in journalist Jimmy Breslin's "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight."Case in point: St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners' Tourist...
View ArticleCorrupt Sheriff SHOAR claims Chaplain a "real integral part of our culture"...
1. So, controversial St. Johns County Sheriff DAVID SHOAR claims the SJSO Chaplain is a "real integral part of our culture." As Francois de La Rochefoucauld said, "Hypocrisy is the Homage Vice Pays to...
View ArticleMueller might be the one who’s ‘draining the swamp’ (WaPo/SAR)
Corrupt lobbyists have been having their way with our government.Finally, the cause of requiring lobbyist registration is advancing in St. Johns County, where outgoing County Commission Chair,...
View Article14 Residents Apply for One-year Appointment to St. Augustine Beach City...
How cool is that? Delightfully high participation rate for a small town of 5573 registered voters. One in every 398 voters applied for a Commission appointment.Very civilized procedure to fill a...
View ArticleAngry, joyless St. Johns County Commissioner JAY MORRIS and Hollywood actor...
Nicholas JoySt. Johns County Commissioner JAY MORRIS(R-Ponte Vedra/RPM International)
View ArticleLobbying disclosure advances in St. Johns County -- three cheers for...
Support for enacting a lobbyist registration ordinance was expressed at the November 21, 2017 St. Johns Commission meeting by Commissioner James K. Johns (R-Fruit Cove) in his valedictory remarks as...
View ArticleHistoric City News posted odd hate video of Nights of Light protest
Historic City News posted a brief, bizarre video of some nasty people cursing and insulting each other during Rev. Ron Rawls' November 18, 2017 protest at the commencement of Nights of Lights.No news....
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