Federal judge orders Spanish-language sample ballots (NSOF)
Great victory. Kudos to United States District Court Judge Mark Walker, Marta Valentina Rivera Madera, her lawyers and the genius of our democracy. The Voting Rights Act is a powerful force for good....
View ArticleEthically-impaired Florida Governor RICK SCOTT Dawdles on Ethics Reprimand...
In December 2017, the Florida Ethics Commission fined former Walton County Zoning Board of Adjustment member ANTHONY VALLEE, an architect, recommending that Florida Governor Scott reprimand him...
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Scurrilous SABCA Satraps Attack St. Johns County Commissioners: "As you know,...
St. Augustine Beach Civic Association, Inc. was the lowest-rated firm responding to the County's Request for Proposals (RFP) after arrogant SABCA enjoyed a two-decade run of no-bid contracts and leases...
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Do Higher Wages For Restaurant Workers Kill Jobs? A New Study Says No. (WAMU,...
Only Living Wage laws and free democratic trade unions will solve the problem of affordable housing and homelessness. So long as corporations exploit workers with McJobs that don't pay enough to live,...
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Who Gets to Write an Anonymous Op-Ed? (Rolling Stone)
"Considering the standard that the Times has held anonymous op-ed writers to in the past, does their decision to publish Wednesday’s piece mean that they consider — as many Americans do — Trump to be...
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North Carolina didn't like science on sea levels … so passed a law against...
JFK wrote "Why England Slept" about British dawdling in response to Hitler, published in 1940 during the Battle of Britain. Environmental historians will record the American response to climate change...
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SAVING FISH ISLAND with Florida Forever Funds: NO Appeal Filed by Would-be...
Sleepy St. Augustine woke up to wonderful news on September 8, 2018, our 453rd anniversary.NO APPEAL was filed by D.R. HORTON, INC., FISH ISLAND DEVELOPMENT, LLC and THOMPSON BROS. REALTY of their...
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Sea level rise is eroding home value, and owners might not even know it. (WaPo)
Washington Post documents declining home values due to sea level rise. This makes it a great time to purchase property for protection against flooding. This is a boost to adding more Florida parks,...
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DONALD TRUMP ORDERED ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF BRAILLE BECAUSE ‘NO BLIND PEOPLE ARE...
Bigoted boorish bumptious developer-President DONALD JOHN TRUMP discriminates against blind people, Jews and African-Americans in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Enough hatred.DONALD TRUMP ORDERED...
View ArticleWHAT DO YOU THINK OF ILLEGAL SECRETIVE, ST. JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL VIEWINGS OF...
I agree with Danielle Gustafson. This same School Board sent out opt-out forms for President Barack Obama's August 2009 speech to students urging them to study and stay in school. It used the School...
View ArticleJacksonville sues and is sued over nuclear power plant cost overruns (POWER...
JEA, our neighboring Jacksonville municipal electric corporation invested in the only nuclear power plant under construction. JEA serves homes and businesses at the northern portion of St. Johns...
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FLORIDA COASTAL LAW SCHOOL VIOLATING ACCREDITATION STANDARDS (AMERICAN BAR...
For-profit law school still violating ABA accreditation standards. Alumni include St. Johns County Sheriff UnderSheriff MATTHEW CLINE, who in 2017 with Sheriff DAVID SHOAR (a/k/a "You Don't Have a...
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Morning Joe mocks Ron DeSantis for ducking tough questions on Florida issues...
Stuckup racist TRUMP suckup RON DeSANTIS turns 40 today. DeSANTIS is trailing Democratic Governor candidate Andrew Gillum, even in DeSANTIS own former Sixth Congressional District here in Northeast...
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Polluting phosphate giant Mosaic is moving its headquarters to Hillsborough...
After settling a massive pollution case for $2 billion, Fortune 500 phosphate mining company Mosaic is moving its headquarters to Florida. Good idea. This industry -- all of the oligopolists --are...
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RECORD EDITORIAL: In Fish Island’s stillness, thrive souls (SAR)
Cool editorial by Opinion Editor Jim Sutton What's next: Fish Island Park. We can do it with available Florida Forever funds, thanks to Amendment 1, drafted by Sierra Club, Profs. Joe Little and Jon...
View ArticleRon DeSantis has released an ad indoctrinating his children into Trumpism -...
Stuckup TRUMP suckup RON DeSANTIS is trailing Democratic Governor nominee Andrew Gillum. Disgraced ex-Congressman DeSANTIS never did anything for our district, and is dumber than a coal bucket. Today...
View ArticleNew management to take over Wednesday farmers markets at St. Augustine Beach...
Thanks to St. Johns County Commission Chair Henry Dean and Commissioners for ending the two-decade long no-bid contract a nd reign of error of the St. Augustine Beach Civic Association. Congratulations...
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Scott's blind trust mirrors hundreds of investments also held by wife....
That's "a blind trust with 20/20 vision."* HUNDREDS of identical investments with his wife's investments. Who does FLORIDA Governor RICHArD LYNN SCOTT think he's fooled? This creepy Medicaid fraudster...
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Klucked Up: Lake County welcoming statue of Confederate General who murdered...
My late friend and mentor Wm. Stetson Kennedy documented KKK dominance of Lake County, which now welcomes the 1922 statue of Civil War Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, to be moved out of the...
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Mucked up: Washington's Federal Triangle would be inundated by a Superstorm...
Washington, D.C. has installed a levee system, which is more than St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach and St. Johns County can say It has pieces that are moved into place when a large storm...
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