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New Trump foreign investment rules make Orlando developers scramble. (Orlando...
New Trump foreign investment rules make Orlando developers scramble By LAURA KINSLERORLANDO SENTINEL |JUL 31, 2019 | 5:30 AM Orlando City's Exploria Stadium was built with the help of EB-5 investors...
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New Florida Board of Education Chair: “I won’t support any evolution being...
Science denier now chairs Florida Board of Education. Nice going, Trump and DeSantis voters. Sounds like child abuse to me.While my seventh grade biology teacher declined to teach the evolution...
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Dick Stone was a good guy, in a different era | Bill Cotterell (Tallahassee...
"He championed open government, as a legislator and Cabinet member. Stone physically removed doors from his office suite in what we now call the Historic Capitol, and tourists could wander through to...
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BACKPAGE EDITORIAL See No Evil? St. Augustine’s bishop is hiding something....
BACKPAGE EDITORIALSee No Evil?St. Augustine’s bishop is hiding somethingPosted Tuesday, July 30, 2019 2:00 pmstory by JOE LOWREY & CHRIS SHEAIn August 2018, nearly one year ago, Bishop Felipe...
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Folio Weekly: Brickbat to Robert Hardwick, City of St. Augustine Beach Police...
The July 24, 2019 Folio Weekly contained a "brickbat" for Robert Hardwick, stating:In a possible violation of the federal Hatch Act, which broadly prohibits government employees from campaign...
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State Auditor General Forensic Audits Required at St. Augustine Beach, St....
I'm delighted that Mayor Undine George and City of St. Augustine Beach Commissioners are "all onboard" with the need for a forensic audit after a $414,000 deficit was found in the Road and Bridge Fund....
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State panel tightens ethics rules for Florida’s public officials. (Florida...
What's next: will more Florida public officials try to avoid new ethics requirements by resigning?In 2018, Florida voters ratified Amendment 12, with a six-year waiting period before officials may...
View ArticleSt. Augustine Beach proposes what would be the first tax increase in 9 years....
As Senator Howard Henry Baker, Jr. said during Watergate, "There are animals crashing around in the forest. I can hear them but I can't see them."So MELISSA BURNS left and no one wants to say where or...
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Jerry Dixon, R.I.P.
St. Augustine architect Jerry Dixon has died. I already miss him. Longtime member of the St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board (PZB), Mr. Dixon was adept at asking applicants critical questions. He...
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Anti-gay message on receipt at Milagro On 12 Latin Kitchen leads to...
Defendant is reportedly a minister and great-grandson of Henry Flagler's business associate. In St. Johns County Courthouse, someone named "Matt" has prevented website viewing of any files until a...
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Financial Flummery in St. Augustine Beach Requires State Auditor General...
More than $421,000 fund deficit in City of St. Augustine Beach on September 30, 2018, found by auditors in 2019. CFO quit abruptly. Inaudible, incoherent or nonexistent responses to Open Records...
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PSST: SHERIFF DAVID SHOAR's Finance Director's $702,773. 7-YEAR EMBEZZLEMENT...
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office Finance Director, RAYE BRUTNELL embezzled at least $702,773 during fiscal years 2012-2019, which means the embezzlement began in calendar year 2011 -- eight hears ago....
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In latest motion, U.S. Attorney confirms 'multiple investigations' in...
Wondering how many front companies and undercover FBI agents are working in St. Johns County and Northeast Florida. I want to see video of corrupt local politicians caught in ABSCAM-style FBI sting...
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After St. Johns County takeover, S.R. 207 project focus shifts away from...
Perceptive article about what St. Johns County Commission's five white male developer-driven Republicans did (while we weren't paying attention). In 2016, rebarbative Republican reprobates unanimously...
View ArticleSt. Augustine architect Dixon remembered as great talent, loyal friend. (SAR)
St. Augustine architect Jerry Dixon has died. I already miss him. Longtime member of the St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board (PZB), Mr. Dixon was adept at asking applicants critical questions. He...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR | Vista Tranquila a killing ground. (SAR letter, Wesley...
GTM-NERR needs more federal protection as part of a St. Augustine National Historical Pakr and National Seashore. "America's Best Idea," our National Parks, points the way to preserving and protecting...
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GUEST COLUMN | Fish Island victory reflects interest convergence. (SAR, by...
The plantation and remains of Florida's first crooked Realtor, slave owner Jesse Fish, his slaves, and their mansion and slave cabins are here. Time to preserve it all with inclusion in a St....
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Dozens of beachgoers helped save a pod of beached whales. (CNN, NY Times)
Dozens of beachgoers helped save a pod of beached whales(CNN)Dozens of beachgoers stepped in to help several pilot whales that beached on a coastal Georgia island on Tuesday, according to local...
View ArticleGreenland's ice wasn't supposed to melt like last week until 2070. (The Hill)
Greenland's ice wasn't supposed to melt like last week until 2070BY THOMAS MOTE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 08/04/19 03:00 PM EDT 1,615THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF...
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The terrible truth of climate change. (The Monthly, Australia, by Joëlle...
The terrible truth of climate change BY Joëlle GergisThe latest science is alarming, even for climate scientists The terrible truth of climate changeBY Joëlle GergisThe latest science is alarming, even...
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