Florida not using Broward County's recount tally because it uploaded results...
We'll just see about that. Florida Secretary of State KENNETH W. DETZNER is a RICHARD LYNN SCOTT appointee, in the spirit of KATHARINE HARRIS.This is why we have courts of law and equity, to protect...
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The dirty little secret of the Florida recounts. (CNN)
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Democrat Bill Nelson sues for access to Florida ballots submitted illegally...
Accepting illegal domestic votes by e-mail and fax, whether valid or not, in violation of state law -- Florida Panhandle Republican-leaning Bay County's Supervisor of Elections has been sued by Senator...
View Article25th anniversary of Nights of Lights in St. Augustine, Florida -- thank you...
A quarter of a century ago, my friend, Ms. Alice Compton suggested the concept of Nights of Lights to William Lennon, who ran with it and got it adopted. Alice Compton and her late husband John founded...
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2018 Florida Election Hand Recounts, St. Johns County Style
With grace, class, comity and courtesy, the St. Johns County Canvassing Board met today and conducted hand recounts in two close races for United States Senate and Florida Secretary of Agriculture and...
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Camp Fire smoke closes UC-Berkeley and other Bay Area colleges. (WaPO)
The new abnormal," as Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (a/k/a Jerry Brown) of California calls it. Global climate change and global warming are real, with terrible consequences. The smoldering ruins of...
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I can’t afford an apartment’: Congressmen sleeping in offices cry poverty....
Lack of affordable housing even afflicts members of Congress. Some 50-100 Congress critters are sleeping in their offices, caught by enterprising New York Post reporters and photographers using the...
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CNN’s Jim Acosta Returns to the White House After Judge’s Ruling. (NY Times)
I was attending the recount today when I read about this correct decision by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a 2017 Trump appointee. The CNN v. Trump order shows the continuing vigor of judicial...
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Trump Is Starting to Panic. (Frank Rich, New York Magazine)
DONALD JOHN TRUMP is losing his mind. Our Republican friends in the local TRUMP CLUB like Dr. Michel S. Pawloski, D.Sci. and his ethically-challenged pals will doubtless emit fascistic monosyllables....
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks in video about making it "more difficult" for...
This criminaloid personality admits what Republican vote-suppressors like St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee 1st Vice President ROBERT THORNTON SMITH has admitted doing -- suppressing...
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RAINBOW WAVE -- 150 GLBT candidates elected around America (NY Times)
Wonderful victories around America. In ‘Rainbow Wave,’ L.G.B.T. Candidates Are Elected in Record NumbersJared Polis hugged Dianne Primavera, his lieutenant governor, during his victory speech after...
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‘A win’s a win’: Kentucky lawmaker wins statehouse seat by a single vote (WaPo)
Congratulations to Kentuckians who elected Democrat Jim Glenn by one vote. Let no one doubt that one vote matters. Here in St. Johns County, in 2016, Paul Waldron defeated Jerry Cameron for St. Johns...
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St. Augustine Beach Disrespects Disabled Veterans Every Year
The City of St. Augustine Beach has an annual Veterans' Day event, marred every year by blocking disabled parking spaces and covering signs, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and...
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WILLIAM MARK KORACH, II, R.I.P., Fired St. Johns County Republican Chair,...
Funeral today for controversial fired former St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee WILLIAM KORACH drew few mourners. No elected officials attended, not even HUNTER CONRAD, whom KORACH helped...
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 -- 145 Years Ag
Back in 1863, when Republicans believed in human rights, before they changed sides and empowered bigots, boobies, ninnies and nasty hateful racists, Abraham Lincoln stated American values in a few words.
View ArticleMy 2018 Thanksgiving column from St. Augustine Record
"Democracy is on the march. We’re thankful for defenders of our Constitution and all of our Founders’ brilliant Constitutionally-protected bulwarks against oppression — checks and balances, including...
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How Nikki Fried became Florida’s agriculture commissioner. (Miami...
Wonderful news about a Democrat elected to the Florida Cabinet for the first time since 1994. Newly elected Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nicole Fried shows the way for...
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How the Democrats Took Back Michigan --- A Democratic tsunami in the midterms...
Lots of lessons for Democrats in Florida for 2020 and 2022. We came so close in 2018.POLITICSHow the Democrats Took Back MichiganA Democratic tsunami in the midterms engulfed the state Trump won most...
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In Mississippi, Republican concern rises over a U.S. Senate runoff that...
The dominoes are falling in New England; Orange County, California; Alabama; Arizona; Nevada and the New Democratic majority U.S. House of Representatives for the 116th Congress. What's next:...
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