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Righting 150 Years of Wrong in Florida: The end of felon disenfranchisement...
Proud of Florida for voting to restore voting rights for 1.4 million residents. More proof that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” By vote of 64% of Floridians. Yes...
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DeSantis Didn’t Expunge His Racist Record By Pardoning the Groveland Four...
Racism is in the DNA of the Florida Republican Party. Here, we have a new Governor who has done some great things in his first few days in office. But we painfully remember his racist campaign dog...
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Why A Proper Lady Found Herself Behind Bars. (NPR, March 28, 2014)
NPR story on one of the heroic St. Augustine Movement, Ms. Mary Peabody of Massachusetts, here with Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis, later suspended for corruption by Governor Claude Kirk and removed by 44-2...
View ArticleST. AUGSTINE RECORD EDITORIAL: DeSantis comes out swinging
1. Good editorial, good actions by Gov. Ronald Dion DeSantis. He's acting to restore integrity to government. Impressed. 2. I am especially Impressed by Governor's suspension of Broward County Sheriff...
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CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE: CLOSER CONTROLS AND BETTER DATA REQUIRED ON LAND...
Before entertaining a half million dollar expenditure on acquisition of 91-93 Coquina Avenue, the City of St. Augustine needs::a general policy of neutral application on land acquisitions for climate...
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Stung by Florida Midterm Losses, Democrats See a Swing State Drifting Away....
As if floor-planned by Republicans and their Russian disinformation allies, Confederate monument and memorial fixation helped cost good Democrats a Senate seat and the positions of Governor, Attorney...
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Evangelical group wants gays removed from anti-lynching bill -- Liberty...
Veritable basket of deplorables. Every good Christian must renounce these ninnies, boobies and misanthropes. Jan. 9, 2019, 4:55 PM ESTBy Brooke SopelsaThe U.S. Senate last month unanimously passed a...
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St. Johns County TDC Meets at 1:30: Reopening Castillo de San Marcos with bed...
Last year, I contacted St. Johns County Tourist Development Commission Executive Director Tara Meeks about how to use bed tax money to reopen the Castillo de San Marcos. No response. TDC meets today...
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Senate Democrats don't want to talk about new rules criticized by sexual...
More coverage by POLITICO on the Florida Senate's toxic hostile working environment, in which former Senate Appropriations Committee Jack Latvala's misconduct resulted in a $900,000 settlement, after...
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Florida Senate should have settled sexual harassment case sooner, senator...
Florida Senate General Counsel Jeremiah Hawkes told me yesterday that "the settlement speaks for itself." What did he mean by that?Will former Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Jack Latvala be...
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Pay to Play St. Augustine Beach parking scheme doesn’t please residents....
Excellent article from Dennis Dean, a leader of the local residents opposed to the proposed City of St. Augustine's controversial paid parking plan using smartphone app technology and a 35 cent...
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Women's Wave -- Women's March perfects the art of protest. (FOLIO WEEKLY)
Cover story by Shelton Hull about the women who are activating and helping change Northeast Florida for the better. FOLIO FEATUREWomen's WaveWomen's March perfects the art of protestMary Cobb, Founder...
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Denied: How some Tennessee doctors earn big money denying disability claims...
Waiting on similar enterprise reporting in Florida and other states. Pressures since Reagan on Social Security disability ALJs are also part of the problem. Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)...
View ArticleNo Chick-fil-A? St. Augustine location will soon shut its doors for a...
Another day, more puff pieces and PR-generated "news" in the St. Augustine Record. Pitiful. Does not even mention the controversy occasioned by the anti-Gay ownership of this chain restaurant....
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Students Learn From People They Love --- Putting relationship quality at the...
Thoughtful column by David Brooks from The New York Times.Students Learn From People They LovePutting relationship quality at the center of education.By David BrooksOpinion ColumnistJan. 17,...
View ArticleCigarette butts an ‘overwhelming’ problem on local beaches (SAR)
Another thinly sourced article, PR-generated. Cigarette smoking is a lawful activity.Rather than deal with cigarette butt litter qua litter, with signage, education and ashtrays, the control freaks...
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White evangelical support for President Trump slips in the midst of the...
Good news. Evangelicals are coming to their senses about the insane President Donald John Trump. As Abraham Lincoln may have said, "“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people...
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Attorneys make their case in Embassy Suites water park decision (SAR)
"Multicolored monstrosity" on trial. Dodgy AKERMAN lawyers bill Miami developer KEY INTERNATIONAL and the DIEGO ARDID FAMILY to beat up on the City of St. Augustine Beach's rational decision, which was...
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Gainesville Bans Expanded Polystyrene, Certain Plastic Bags As Of August 2019...
From Gainesville's WUFT, about Gainesville City Commission taking a positive step on protection of the environment from the scourge of plastics. I love the song that Bert Hodge of Lonesome Bert and...
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Gay-bashing Vice President MICHAEL PENCE affects outrage at reporting on his...
If Michelle Obama had taught at a madrassa, MICHAEL PENCE would have been ululating. But this unjust steward and his wife are sending dog whistles to homo-haters, as his wife techs at a school that...
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