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WONDER WHY?: Record Cancels FIRST RESPONDER HEROES BANQUET, Honoring Two...
Back in August, I nominated the two heroes of the September 2, 2010 Michelle O'Connell homicide in the home of Deputy Jeremy Bans -- former St. Johns County Sheriff's Deputy Debra Maynard and FDLE...
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Florida officials remain mum on election security breaches. (AP)
Florida officials remain mum on election security breaches. (AP)By BOBBY CAINA CALVANNovember 1, 2019TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials vowed transparency in securing next year’s elections but...
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GUEST EDITORIAL | Matt Gaetz is embarrassing his district and our state....
MATTHEW LOUIS GAETZ, II did what he did in the SCIF at the direct instructions of President DONALD JOHN TRUMP. This is a dangerous demagogue, elected from what is arguably Florida's most redneck,...
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Will Senate Jump Off a Roof" for DONALD JOHN TRUMP?
A Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation air pollution regulatory manager once told his subordinate, a supervisor, that the State of Tennessee owned his "mind" for "7 1/2 hours a day," and...
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DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE: The urgency of preserving and protecting voting rights...
Some St. Augustine Commissioners, developers, want to divest you of your vested voting rights to vote for Mayor.St. Augustine burghers demand to rig the rules against citizens. First they wanted to...
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AUTHORITARIAN CENSORSHIP RULES: St. Augustine Beach to Mull "Civility Rules"
Come speak out at St. Augustine Beach City Hall, 6 pm, Monday November 4, 2019.The City of St. Augustine Beach must learn at last: Democracy is not a spectator sport.The First Amendment deserves...
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PRO-DEVELOPER LAND DEVELOPMENT RULES: St. Augustine Beach Weights Half-Baked...
Come speak out at St. Augustine Beach City Hall, 6 pm, Monday November 4, 2019.I await a response from the City of St. Augustine Beach about the origins of its latest proposed land development rule...
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How the commentariat could tip Trump’s impeachment one way or the other. (WaPo)
"Politics is a lot like coaching football -- you've got to be smart enough to know the rules, but dumb enough to think it's important."This column is flawed in its execution. I seriously doubt that...
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Donald Trump not quite a Florida man yet. He may face audit over planned move...
Fraudfeasing "President*" DONALD JOHN TRUMP Is in for a rude awakening. The State of New York will not take "no" for an answer, whether on criminal charges or back taxes. Donald Trump not quite a...
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Jerry Springer Blames Trump For Society's Lack Of Civility. (Huffington Post)
DONALD JOHN TRUMP has vulgarized and dumbed down public debate, to where even Jerry Springer, the former host of the "Jerry Springer Show," which featured dysfunctional families (former Mayor of...
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Giuliani associates pursued Florida medical marijuana license. Is industry...
In October 2016, RUDOLF WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI spoke to adoring crowds of misguided Americans, supporting DONALD JOHN TRUMP at our St. Augustine Amphitheater. Alert Amphitheater Manager Ryan Murphy...
View ArticleFormer St. Augustine Beach Mayor Sherman Gary Snodgrass on Civility
Update 10 PM, November 4, 2019: St. Augustine Beach consideration of the Sanibel, Florida "civility" policy is dead. Deader than Kelsey's Nuts. Or as the coroner in Wizard of Oz would say, I pronounce...
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Justice Dept. Asks for Identifying Details on Anonymous Op-Ed Author. (NY Times)
In your guts you know he's nuts. Your paranoid "President*" has directed the Justice Department to identify a whistleblower who's written a book. What a nut.There's no "prior restraint" allowed under...
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Letter: Shaver provides hard-earned perspectives to Upchurch. (HCN)
Expecting one foot of sea level rise in ten years has major implications for St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach and St. Johns County. We are not prepared. Our officials are mostly dull Republican...
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ANOTHER VICTORY: Bus bench and shelter advertising REJECTED by City of St....
Three cheers for the City of St. Augustine Beach Commissioners for again opposing ugliness and billboards. It was unanimous. Another victory for the public interest. It takes a village.Three...
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Pouty Public Works Director DEMOTED BY City of St. Augustine (SAR)
No matter how City Manager JOHN PATRICK REGAN tries to spin it, he's just demoted his old friend, MICHAEL G. CULLUM, P.E. CULLUM is the man who on January 31, 2019 asked me to "step outside" when I...
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The Empire Strikes: St. Augustine City Commission, developers want to appoint...
Here's my latest column in Folio Weekly, just in time to mark the 20th anniversary of our moving to St. Augustine on November 5, 1999. Contributions gratefully accepted to support my zealous advocacy...
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Who is WAYNE FUSCO? Obfuscatory Deputy Supervisor of Elections in St. Johns...
Obstructs Open Records requests.Works part-time as photographer, including weddings, work for Historic City News blog.Moonlighting never approved by Vichy Republican St. Johns County Supervisor of...
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Investigation Finds Jack Evans Used Public Role To Benefit Private Clients....
Washington, D.C. Councilman JACK EVANS, longest-serving Councilman, is unethical. Thanks to NPR affiliate WAMU for reporting.Of course, this could never happen in St. Johns County. Not because our...
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Harvard Law School traces its origins to an Antiguan slave owner. Now the...
Harvard Law School must answer.HLS produces some stellar graduates, like:my finest law professor Robert C. Banks, Jr. (who refused to list his Harvard LL.M. degree on our graduation programs for years,...
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