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Michigan GOP congressman says Trump’s conduct impeachable “Mueller’s report...
I've always thought that Michigan Congressman Justin Amash was a specially decent man. A libertarian, chair of the House Liberty Caucus, a fifth-term conservative Congressman who led efforts to expose...
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READ St. Johns County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK's One Sided...
In January 2017, there was a 3-2 vote to retain County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK's services, such as they are, for another three years. WANCHICK and County Attorney PATRICK McCORMACK...
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May 18, 1973: Senate Watergate Committee Hearings Commence
Fondly remember this day in history. I was 16 years old. Watching Senate Watergate hearings with my several of my high school history teachers, William L. Santry and in the History and English...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9AM City of St. Augustine workshop on AirBnB and...
From itty-bitty City:The St. Augustine City Commission will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, May 22 starting at 9:00am with just one topic on the agenda: Vacation Rentals.Come to the meeting and...
View ArticleSearch for affordable housing solutions yielding few definitive answers (SAR)
Affordable housing? "Workforce housing?" Dull Republicans, "just whistlin''Dixie.'"Are local employees underpaid, overworked, working two and three jobs?Are local employees mostly non-union, without...
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BY ONLY 3-2 VOTE, ST. JOHNS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACT WAS RENEWED IN...
Women working for St. Johns County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANHCIK reported his sexism, misogyny and fat-shaming behavior. WANCHICK concealed the ladies' concerns from the public. Demanding a quick...
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SEXISM, MISOGYNY AND FAT-SHAMING WOMEN EMPLOYEES: READ "ROPER REPORT" ON ST....
Women and minorities working for St. Johns County government have a right to be treated with dignity respect and consideration. While documenting elements of a sexist, misogynist, fat-shaming hostile...
View ArticleCounty Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHIK Contract not renewed -- another...
By 4-1 vote, County Administrator MICHEL DAVID WANCHIK was given notice today by St. Johns County Commission. The sexiest misogynist authoritarian retaliatory developer-coddling bigot will soon be...
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"Something Is Rotten in St. Johns County New developments in the O’Connell...
Folio Weekly broke the Michelle O'Connell story in 2011, in an editorial by then-Editor Anne Schindler, now with First Coast News. Anne Schindler rightly got the first credit in the 2013 PBS Frontline...
View ArticleSt. Augustine commissioners vote to create a vacation rental committee. (SAR)
What a wonderful town, full of intelligent, thinking, cool people. Some 44 of us testified. Thanks to all who shared their views and spoke their truth. Decisions are made by those who show up.St....
View ArticleMay 23, 1983
On this day, 36 years ago, I was cross-examining DOE and Union Carbide officials at Ridge, Tennessee City Council about Oak Ridge Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant mercury "losses."Mentioned it in May 23,...
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On this day in 2005, St. Augustine City Commissioners voted to deny a permit to fly Rainbow flags on the Bridge of Lions. A fortnight late, on June 7, 2005, the Commission's vote was found to violate...
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ANOTHER RECORD EDITOR FIRED: St. Augustine Record Executive Editor CRAIG...
St. Augustine Record Executive Editor Craig Richardson was among at least three local and at least 115 employees of oligopolistic GATEHOUSE to lose their jobs on May 23, 2019. A message left for Mr....
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Federal subpoenas demand Gillium campaign records (Tampa Bay Times)
Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governorA recent federal probe sought information related to the Florida Democrat and people in his orbit, signaling a shift in...
View ArticleEd Slavin GUEST COLUMN: "D-Day freed Western Europe: Truth frees us all."...
By Ed Slavin / St. AugustinePosted Jun 1, 2019 at 6:52 PMUpdated Jun 1, 2019 at 6:52 PMJohn F. Kennedy said, “Here on Earth, God’s work must truly be our own.”Our Constitution and Bill of Rights are...
View ArticleClara Waldhari GUEST COLUMN: Our bodies, our decision, and now our fight...
Epic Churchillian column by the incomparable Clara Waldhari, who earned her advanced degree in journalism at the University of Arizona, where she met and married sagacious Carl Halbirt, our City of...
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Appellate Judge Sees Criminal Neglect In U.S. Response To Climate Change...
Then-Rep. Al Gore, Jr. held the first Congressional hearing on global warming in 1978.The position of the Department that calls itself "Justice" is, at best, facetious.ETAThis is a BETAexperience.You...
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TIMOTHY J. BURCHFIELD RETIRING OCTOBER 14, 2019: ASST. CITY MANAGER COVERED...
As the parish priest of Ste.-Marie-Egliese told parishioners 75 years ago, "Redemption is near." Good people of St. Augustine, this is delightful news on both counts.Meredith Breidenstein is a great...
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Cui bono? (Who benefits?)
President John F. Kennedy said, "here on Earth, God's work must truly be our own."Our Constitution and Bill of Rights are the envy of the world and deserve strong defenders today.Since 1787, all...
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Florida Democrats' ballot signature case dismissed as moot, but without...
New law scuttles ballot signature fightJuly 30, 2019Jim SaundersNews Service of FloridaTALLAHASSEE --- Almost exactly a month after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new elections law, a federal judge has...
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