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Virginia Beach to ponder planting trees to prevent flooding. (Virginian...
Good action. After attending the 2016 international conference on mangrove trees hosted by UF IFAS and Flagler College, I started talking to local boards about the need to use mangroves as natural...
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (United Nations, December 10, 1948)
Today is the 70th anniversary of the adoption of this landmark document under the leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt. Today we celebrate that anniversary. The Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe...
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Coastal Warning: An Unwelcome Messenger on the Risks of Rising Seas. (Yale...
Read Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Gilbert Gaul's interview of Orrin Pilkey on the folly of continued building of structures along coastlines. Are St. Johns County, St. Augustine and St. Augustine...
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Marriott strike yields 40 percent pay hike for Westin housekeepers. (San...
Looking forward to watching unionization of local hotels and restaurants in St. Johns County. We have a lack of affordable housing in our community.While robotic Republicans talk about affordable...
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, December 10,...
Today is not only the 70th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is also the 54th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the same...
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December 10, 1983, Memphis, Tennessee.
I woke up in a rented Memphis condo 35 years ago today to find a Shelby County, Tennessee Sheriff's Deputy knocking at our front door, delivering a $1 million libel lawsuit. That was at 8:30 AM. My...
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Former prosecutor's disbarment for anonymous online posts is lesson for other...
Check out this ABA Journal article about former federal prosecutor SAL PERRICONE.It reminds me of ROBERT KEITH MATHIS, death penalty prosecution for State's Attorney RALPH JOSEPH LARIZZA. On the St....
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Not so fast, Mr. Valdes; We don't need another JOE BOLES on St. Augustine...
At last night's City of St. Augustine Commission meeting, there was discussion of short-term rental regulations. Promising policy development ahead. Let all the facts be known.Commissioner, JOHN OTHA...
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2016 St. Johns County $800,000 sellout on affordable housing at Nocatee
Lest we forget, Commissioners PRISCILLA BENNETT, WILLIAM McCLURE, JAY MORRIS, JAMES JOHNS and JEB SMITH: unanimously allowed Nocatee to shed its legal duties to provide 40 acres of affordable housing.I...
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St. Augustine Record editorial hints at support for growth moratorium: RECORD...
1. I agree -- time for our two cities and St. Johns County to enact a growth moratorium on further development pending reforms. NOW. Affordable housing, infrastructure and education must be addressed....
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BOOKS OF THE TIMES A Look at Competition in Business Urges Us to Think Small....
I agree with Professor Wu, who agrees with the fundamental purposes of the antitrust laws, as restated by the late U.S. Senators Estes Kefauver and Philip Hart, and Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Chief...
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A modest Jared Polis prepares to govern Colorado (Washington Blade)
"Outgoing Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) claimed a significant victory for the LGBT community on Election Day by becoming the first openly gay person elected governor in the United States."December 12,...
View ArticleSpecial prosecutor files charges against former Sheriff’s Office finance...
By Jared KeeverPosted Dec 12, 2018 at 5:46 PMUpdated Dec 13, 2018 at 6:01 AMSt. Augustine RecordA special prosecutor on Friday filed charges in circuit court against the former finance director from...
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Wicked Evil Big Oil Companies Lobbied Against Fuel Economy, for Dirty Air...
The Oil Industry’s Covert Campaign to Rewrite American Car Emissions RulesMarathon, the country’s largest oil refiner, has backed the Trump administration proposal to roll back car efficiency...
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Ex-Tallahassee mayor Maddox indicted in FBI investigation that hurt Gillum’s...
Former Florida Democratic Party Chair SCOTT MADDOX, ex-Mayor of Tallahassee, INDICTED. The name of his company says it all -- GOVERNANCE, INC. As my late lobbyist friend, Larry Tucker, once...
View ArticleFormer felons should ignore Ron DeSantis and register to vote Jan. 8,...
Standing in the Statehouse Door on Amendment 4?:RONALD DION DeSANTIS, Governor-elect?Does DeSANTIS really reckon that Republicans can delay implementation of Amendment 4, which we in the reality-based...
View ArticleRICK SCOTT LITERALLY BOUGHT A U.S. SENATE SEAT (WBSM Radio)
From Barry Richard, New Bedford, Massachusetts WBSM Radio commentator:RICK SCOTT LITERALLY BOUGHT A U.S. SENATE SEAT [OPINION]BARRY RICHARDDecember 10, 2018Florida's Republican Governor Rick Scott...
View ArticleMystery Mueller mayhem at a Washington court -- Entire courthouse floor...
Someone does not want to testify or provide evidence before a federal grand jury.Check out this story from CNN.(I just checked on pacer.gov, the federal court website states that the name of the sealed...
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How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments (NY...
Indefatigable investigator of St. Johns County Sheriff DAVID SHOAR since 2013, three-time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times reporter Walt Bogdanich's latest story is on McKinsey's promotion of...
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Rep. Cyndi Stevenson named to two leadership posts in Florida State House of...
Florida State House of Representatives Speaker Jose Oliva is not finished yet with committee appointments, but he's already appointed St. Johns County State Rep. Cyndi Stevenson two (2) leadership...
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