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Former PZB member DELTRA LONG's Sentencing on FEMA Fraud Charges is Tuesday,...
St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board's former Vice Chair, Deltra Long, is being sentenced Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 2 pm in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis. Deltra Long has...
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RUDENESS: City staff turned their backs on public speakers at April 25, 2019...
Does Being The City of St. Augustine Mean Never Having to Say You're Sorry?We had an ethical Mayor. of St. Augustine for 1550 days, December 1, 2014 to February 28, 2019, energetic, effervescent,...
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THOMAS JEFFERSON: I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...
To Dr. Benjamin Rush Monticello, September 23, 1800DEAR SIR,-- I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of Aug. 22, and to congratulate you on the healthiness of your city. Still Baltimore,...
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GUEST COLUMN: On Downtown memorials, try a little tolerance (Ed Slavin, St....
GUEST COLUMN: On Downtown memorials, try a little toleranceBy Ed Slavin / St. AugustinePosted at 2:01 AM April 28, 2019Nearly 154 years after the Civil War, Confederate memorial/monument discussion...
View ArticleGuest column: Plan to develop St. Augustine mission grounds should be...
Shares: 12I agree with Mr. Joe Flanagan's column in the Jacksonville Times-Union. On Thursday, April 25, 2019, I asked St. Augustine's PZB to ponder issuing letters rotatory to Pope Francis to...
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VIRGINIA WHETSTONE and BRUCE MAGUIRE SUED FOR CIVIL FRAUD, CONSPIRACY: IN...
The internecine WHETSTONE CHOCOLATE family litigation is continuing in Circuit Court, with a $15 million, 298-paragraph, 17 count complaint filed by HANK WHETSTONE against his sister, VIRGINIA...
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POPE FRANCIS DOES NOT SUPPORT Ugly "Development" Proposal Threatening Our...
The local bishop is ahead of his skis on his demand for local approval to destroy the mission grounds. POPE FRANCIS DOES NOT SUPPORT the "Development" of Our Historic 1565 Shrine of Our Lady of La...
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St. Augustine Beach could join St. Johns County on parking system; decision...
The residents, workers and visitors of the City of St. Augustine Beach have repeated spoken and testified: we DON'T want paid parking, but maladroit City Manager BRUCE MAX ROYLE wants to do it anyway....
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Our Local Congressman John Rutherford and Local Residents, Are ALL Against...
At last we have a Congressman for St. Johns County who is AGAINST offshore oil drilling. Thank you, Rep. John Rutherford (R-6). This comes after years of being MISrepresented by U.S. JOHN LUIGI MICA...
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St. AUGUSTINE RECORD EDITORIAL: Toll roads more boondoggle than boon
Good editorial. I agree with Jim Sutton. This could be Governor DeSantis' first veto. Bring it on! SENATE PRESIDENT WILLIAM SAINT GALVANO is a "Saint" in middle name only. You may wish to re-read my...
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Florida was a leader in fighting Big Tobacco – now the Legislature is...
St. Johns County was last month on the verge of passing a local ordinance regulating tobacco sales -- if this legislation is enacted and not killed or vetoed, there could be a showdown with the state...
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April 30, 1975, SAIGON FALLS
April 30, 2019: When the U.S. Embassy in SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM was evacuated and the capital city of America's client state in Southeast Asia finally fell to the North Vietnamese Communists and the...
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19 Federal Officials Impeached
Contrary to the shallow debate on the proposed impeachment of DONALD JOHN TRUMP, here's reality. Nineteen federal officials have been impeached, and there have been convictions and resignations....
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ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH PASSPORT LABS, INC. PAID PARKING APP PLAN IS DEADER THAN...
Thanks to Laurel and Denny Dean Christopher Pennington, Rose Bailey and other outspoken St. Augustine Beach residents, the City of St. Augustine Beach's smartphone parking app paid parking plan is...
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Attorney General WILLIAM BARR LIED to Florida U.S. Rep. Charles Crist?
Looking forward to U.S. Attorney General WILLIAM BARR's sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on May 2, 2019 (tomorrow). Received this by e-mail:Ed,My parents taught me we have two ears...
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Exit Interview: Ryan Murphy says goodbye to The Amp. (By Tristan Komornoy,...
Great article by Tristan Komorny. "The Amp," a'k/a St. Augustine Amphitheater, is a government-run program at its best. St. Johns County Commissioners came very close to contracting out the function...
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House Judiciary Committee passes Equality Act (The Washington Blade)
Great news. Would include all anti-LGBTQ discrimination, including employment, housing and public accommodations. Now the bill is ready for House action. When first proposed, this legislation was...
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U.S. Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From...
Caving to Big Oil, Again. Despicable. All regulatory agencies protecting workers, the environment and consumers are being defanged and declawed -- call it what it is. Desuetude. Kakistocracy....
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Trump's massive off-shore drilling plan in limbo after court ruling upholds...
The this year of the DONALD JOHN TRUMP Maladministration makes me proud to be an American. Why? Because of the ethical judges who have reversed TRUMP illegal actions more than 60 times. Three cheers...
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Sierra Club labels toll road plan a ‘declaration of war’-- Group demands veto...
Help is on the way. Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS will likely veto. If not, federal courts may shut it down based on federal funds and lack of any Environmental Impact Statement.While I lived in...
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