Did DONALD JOHN TRUMP got whistle-bit by climate change, global warming and epic bad planning? No misters, no cooling stations, no class? You tell me.
From The Washington Post:
By Liam Scott
and Saturday, July 04, 2026
ANNALS OF TRUMPI$TAN: Heat causes cancellation of Independence Day Parade and other disruptions. (Liam Scott & Joe Heim, WaPo, July 4, 2026)
SJC CORRUPTION WATCH: "It is only through politics that miracles occur"
Let freedom ring!
Let every vote count.
Let every vote be counted.
One-party rule and oligarchs' planned disenfranchisement of millions of Florida voters: it's not working in 2026.
Do you believe in miracles?
For the first time in ten years, no "spoiler," no phony write-in person, will close our St. Johns County Universal Primary, now set for August 18, 2026.
Three cheers!
The Honorable Victoria Oakes, St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections, so informed our St. Johns County Commissioners at their August 16 meeting.
One Anonymous whiner posted online, "They're letting Democrats vote!"
Yes, we can!
It bears repeatin': "They're letting Democrats vote!"
So said an angry Anonymice extremist, actually writing it down on Facebook.
Snidely Whiplash "Jim Crow" law in St. Johns County has failed.
Curses, foiled again!
They're crying in their imported Champagne, my friends.
What happened?
Did some wiseguys (or their corporate criminal defense lawyers) wave them away from their usual dirty tricks?
Did criminal prosecutions and ongoing investigations of Ghost Candidates and Phony Sample Ballots make the Owners and Controllers get cold feet?
You tell me.
"There is no shortage of shills in St. Johns County." So said retired St. Augustine lawyer Tom Cushman some 20 years ago.
This time, County Commission seats 2 and 4 are to be decided August 18, 2026 in a Universal Primary.
That's what we voters intended in amending our Florida State Constitution.
"It is only through politics that miracles occur.' Near the end of at two-part, six hour play and movie, "Angels in America," that's what one of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner's characters says, "It is only through politics that miracles occur.'
Yes, America at 250 -- We SHALL overcome!
Wake up, my friends. It's 2026. Time to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Let freedom ring.
I learned about no-bid contracts and corruption from my Mother and my Father, who taught me to fight corruption. My Father taught me, as JFK's father taught him, that "you have to stand up to people with power, or else they walk all over you."
The New York Times reported on June 19, 2026 about the Department of the Interior's botched no-bid contract for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: "On Friday night, Mr. Trump blamed at least some of the problems on 'vandalism” by people who he said were out 'to destroy and demean our beautiful work.'"
What a magnificent metaphor for the vandalism of Donald Trump and other developers.
Our Founders pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to establishing a democracy on our shores. They pledged to create the world's first democracy, "E Pluribus Unum," out of many, one."
Trump claimed recently there are no limits on his power. Dangerous. Wrong. Undemocratic. Constitutionalism means limited government. Anything less is unAmerican. It is authoritarian, and beneath the dignity of a free people. No kings here.
We, the People, defeated the Confederacy and its laws allowing ownership of human beings.
We, the People, defeated fascism. My father and the 82nd ABN DIVN helped liberate the first French town from the Nazis on D-Day, June 6, 1944 before the sun even rose that day.
"We SHALL overcome," as President Lyndon Baines Johnson said to Congress after Selma.
The late "voice of Lincolnville," Ms. Carrie Johnson led some 300 residents in singing "We shall overcome" on January 10, 2008 at St. Paul A.M.E. Church on the occasion when We, the People exposed and defeated the Jim Crow City of St. Augustine City Manager, William Barry Harriss, who dumped a contaminated landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir, 40,000 cubic yards in West Augustine).
Today, fascism is back, attacking democracy, with more than 1400 police-bashing January 6, 2021 insurrectionists now pardoned by President Donald John Trump. Americans see right through them, at last.
As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Don't give up. Don't despair."
Let freedom ring. "Be not afraid." (It's in the Bible some 106 times).
"Be not afraid" of juvenile GQP gerrymandering, lying, cheating billionaires and trillionaires.
America at 250 -- We SHALL overcome!
Wake up, my friends. It's 2026. Time to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Let freedom ring.
I learned about no-bid contracts and corruption from my Mother and my Father, who taught me to fight corruption. My Father taught me, as JFK's father taught him, that "you have to stand up to people with power, or else they walk all over you."
The New York Times reported on June 19, 2026 about the Department of the Interior's botched no-bid contract for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: "On Friday night, Mr. Trump blamed at least some of the problems on 'vandalism” by people who he said were out 'to destroy and demean our beautiful work.'"
What a magnificent metaphor for the vandalism of Donald Trump and other developers.
Our Founders pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to establishing a democracy on our shores. They pledged to create the world's first democracy, "E Pluribus Unum," out of many, one."
Trump claimed recently there are no limits on his power. Dangerous. Wrong. Undemocratic. Constitutionalism means limited government. Anything less is unAmerican. It is authoritarian, and beneath the dignity of a free people. No kings here.
We, the People, defeated the Confederacy and its laws allowing ownership of human beings.
We, the People, defeated fascism. My father and the 82nd ABN DIVN helped liberate the first French town from the Nazis on D-Day, June 6, 1944 before the sun even rose that day.
"We SHALL overcome," as President Lyndon Baines Johnson said to Congress after Selma.
The late "voice of Lincolnville," Ms. Carrie Johnson led some 300 residents in singing "We shall overcome" on January 10, 2008 at St. Paul A.M.E. Church on the occasion when We, the People exposed and defeated the Jim Crow City of St. Augustine City Manager, William Barry Harriss, who dumped a contaminated landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir, 40,000 cubic yards in West Augustine).
Today, fascism is back, attacking democracy, with more than 1400 police-bashing January 6, 2021 insurrectionists now pardoned by President Donald John Trump. Americans see right through them, at last.
As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Don't give up. Don't despair."
Let freedom ring. "Be not afraid." (It's in the Bible some 106 times).
"Be not afraid" of juvenile gerrymandering, lying, cheating billionaires and trillionaires.
This is our county, our country, our time and our place.
Dr. King once said St. Johns County was "the most lawless" place in America. Saint Augustine, our City's patron Saint, was an African Bishop who wrote, "An unjust law is no law at all."
Today, developers dictate unequal and unfair treatment. Their cat's paws treat the citizens as their doormats.
These Vandals and Visigoths buy elections and write laws with campaign contributions and dirty tricks, carving their initials in Mother Nature's back. .
We, the People, still seek to protect "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Misguided misanthropes once closed our elections, creating one-party rule by developer cat's paws. For years, We the People were tediously told that "you have to" register Republican to count in local government.
But on August 20, 2026, everyone can vote in the Universal Primary for St. Johns County Commissioners from Districts 2 and 4.
We SHALL overcome. Yes we can!
The times they are a-changing in 2026. There's a Universal Primary on August 20, 2026, when everyone can vote for County Commissioners from Districts 2 and 4.
Democrats, Independents (No Party Affiliations), Vegetarians -- ALL can vote this time.
Please do so.
Vote like our lives depended on it, because they do.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
Guest column: Robin Nadeau worked for a more sustainable world. (Ed Slavin, St. Augustine Record, February 5, 2012)
Guest column: Robin Nadeau worked for a more sustainable world
We moved to St. Augustine in 1999. I was first contacted, encouraged and empowered by Robin Nadeau in 2000, after Robin read my December 3, 2000 St. Augustine Record column, “Democracy under pressure,” about the strange case of Bush v. Gore (Florida election recount lawsuit). Below is my 600 word guest column about Robin Nadeau, from February 5, 2012 St. Augustine Record (coincidentally, I saw my first butterfly of 2012 while walking that morning):
Guest column: Robin Nadeau worked for a more sustainable world
Posted: February 5, 2012 - 12:32am
By ED SLAVIN
St. Augustine
Hundreds of Robin Nadeau’s friends joined her family, celebrating her life on Jan. 23.
“Thinking globally, acting locally,” always young at heart, Robin knew “freedom is never free.” “Speaking truth to power,” she worked for positive change and a more sustainable world.
Citizen Robin Nadeau (1926-2012) was a zealous environmentalist, peace activist, government reformer and free speech defender. Robin won the Daughters of the American Revolution National Conservation Award for work planting/saving thousands of trees (where greed once endangered them all).
Robin supported “Medicare for All,” Solar/Wind energy, Progressive Taxation and Environmental Justice. She opposed polluters’ promiscuously weakening our environmental laws. She exposed the horrors of nuclear power plants, offshore oil, and dirty money in politics.
She succeeded in convincing governments to buy park land, including a now-threatened 6.1 acres at St. Augustine Beach.
Robin was kind, logical, thoughtful, winning progressive victories with information, research, diplomacy and tact. Robin had what Ambassador Andrew Young calls “soul force.”
Few said “no” to Robin Nadeau.
A faithful convert to Roman Catholicism, she supported Occupy St. Augustine, Grandmothers for Peace, NAACP, League of Women Voters and Sierra Club. She championed equality for gays and lesbians.
Robin encouraged and nurtured so many people.
Robin knew that “decisions are made by those who show up,” showing up for decades. Her work was a tale of two cities (St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach) and St. Johns County, persuading all to adopt tree protections, serving for decades on city and county boards and as TREES VP for 13 years.
In December 2006, Robin persuaded me to help investigate our Mosquito Control District’s luxury jet helicopter purchase and organophosphate spraying. Together, we helped kill the $1.8 million, no-bid helicopter, winning a refund. It took us nine months, enduring AMCD’s then-chair’s insults and arrest threats. The people won. Robin wrote in her autobiographical note, “I contributed to an ultimately successful effort to replace use of organophosphates to control mosquitoes in St. Johns County with environmentally friendly techniques.”
In 2007-08, Robin and I sought ballot-petition signatures for Democratic Congressional candidate Faye Armitage in local parks. Someone threatened to have us arrested, exclaiming, “I know the law!” Gently, Robin and I stood our ground. First Amendment rights prevailed.
Robin believed in hope, forgiveness, democracy and Democrats: as precinct committeeperson, Robin worked hardest of all.
Robin Nadeau lived with joy, wit and style, getting things done (often working until 3 a.m.). Like Thomas Jefferson, she loved beauty and she designed her own home. She had an infectious laugh, threw wonderful Twelfth Night parties, and made the best orange marmalade.
The Record printed a cognitive miser’s 2004 letter, attacking “the Robin Nadeaus of the world.” I responded, “thanking the Robin Nadeaus of this world,” who bring us moral strength.
“Robin Nadeau family values” are based on love, reality and kindness — the opposite of “faux FOX-TV family values,” based on prejudice, ignorance and hatred.
With all of her beautiful heart, soul and “PBS mind,” Robin Nadeau avidly supported the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore since 2006. St. Augustine Beach Mayor Gary Snodgrass remembers Robin telephoning him about the proposal two months ago — he was in the shower, but took her call.
Robin’s inner strength showed on Nov. 1, as park supporters were called “Nazis” and “Communists” by angry, misguided “Tea Partiers,” who momentarily scared off our County Commissioners from supporting the Historical Park and Seashore. Enough. errant nonsense!
Give Robin Nadeau the last word. She wrote, “I think my greatest achievement lay in my contribution to enactment of the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore Act of 2012.” Let’s do it for Robin! www.staugustgreen.com
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Ed Slavin has a bachelor of science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor from Memphis State University (now University of Memphis).
Guest column: Robin Nadeau worked for a more sustainable world
Posted: February 5, 2012 - 12:32am
By ED SLAVIN
St. Augustine
Hundreds of Robin Nadeau’s friends joined her family, celebrating her life on Jan. 23.
“Thinking globally, acting locally,” always young at heart, Robin knew “freedom is never free.” “Speaking truth to power,” she worked for positive change and a more sustainable world.
Citizen Robin Nadeau (1926-2012) was a zealous environmentalist, peace activist, government reformer and free speech defender. Robin won the Daughters of the American Revolution National Conservation Award for work planting/saving thousands of trees (where greed once endangered them all).
Robin supported “Medicare for All,” Solar/Wind energy, Progressive Taxation and Environmental Justice. She opposed polluters’ promiscuously weakening our environmental laws. She exposed the horrors of nuclear power plants, offshore oil, and dirty money in politics.
She succeeded in convincing governments to buy park land, including a now-threatened 6.1 acres at St. Augustine Beach.
Robin was kind, logical, thoughtful, winning progressive victories with information, research, diplomacy and tact. Robin had what Ambassador Andrew Young calls “soul force.”
Few said “no” to Robin Nadeau.
A faithful convert to Roman Catholicism, she supported Occupy St. Augustine, Grandmothers for Peace, NAACP, League of Women Voters and Sierra Club. She championed equality for gays and lesbians.
Robin encouraged and nurtured so many people.
Robin knew that “decisions are made by those who show up,” showing up for decades. Her work was a tale of two cities (St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach) and St. Johns County, persuading all to adopt tree protections, serving for decades on city and county boards and as TREES VP for 13 years.
In December 2006, Robin persuaded me to help investigate our Mosquito Control District’s luxury jet helicopter purchase and organophosphate spraying. Together, we helped kill the $1.8 million, no-bid helicopter, winning a refund. It took us nine months, enduring AMCD’s then-chair’s insults and arrest threats. The people won. Robin wrote in her autobiographical note, “I contributed to an ultimately successful effort to replace use of organophosphates to control mosquitoes in St. Johns County with environmentally friendly techniques.”
In 2007-08, Robin and I sought ballot-petition signatures for Democratic Congressional candidate Faye Armitage in local parks. Someone threatened to have us arrested, exclaiming, “I know the law!” Gently, Robin and I stood our ground. First Amendment rights prevailed.
Robin believed in hope, forgiveness, democracy and Democrats: as precinct committeeperson, Robin worked hardest of all.
Robin Nadeau lived with joy, wit and style, getting things done (often working until 3 a.m.). Like Thomas Jefferson, she loved beauty and she designed her own home. She had an infectious laugh, threw wonderful Twelfth Night parties, and made the best orange marmalade.
The Record printed a cognitive miser’s 2004 letter, attacking “the Robin Nadeaus of the world.” I responded, “thanking the Robin Nadeaus of this world,” who bring us moral strength.
“Robin Nadeau family values” are based on love, reality and kindness — the opposite of “faux FOX-TV family values,” based on prejudice, ignorance and hatred.
With all of her beautiful heart, soul and “PBS mind,” Robin Nadeau avidly supported the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore since 2006. St. Augustine Beach Mayor Gary Snodgrass remembers Robin telephoning him about the proposal two months ago — he was in the shower, but took her call.
Robin’s inner strength showed on Nov. 1, as park supporters were called “Nazis” and “Communists” by angry, misguided “Tea Partiers,” who momentarily scared off our County Commissioners from supporting the Historical Park and Seashore. Enough. errant nonsense!
Give Robin Nadeau the last word. She wrote, “I think my greatest achievement lay in my contribution to enactment of the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore Act of 2012.” Let’s do it for Robin! www.staugustgreen.com
■
Ed Slavin has a bachelor of science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor from Memphis State University (now University of Memphis).
ANNALS OF TRUMPI$TAN: Trump Targets Not Just Georgia’s Vote, but Also Trust in Elections (Zolan Kanno-Youngs, News Analysis, July 3, 2026)
From The New York Times:
NEWS ANALYSIS
Trump Targets Not Just Georgia’s Vote, but Also Trust in Elections
The president has sent 260 F.B.I. analysts to Georgia, repeating his baseless claims of fraud in 2020. But critics say the intention is to undermine overall confidence in the electoral process.
Listen · 6:15 min
Reporting from Washington
Zolan Kanno-Youngs is a White House correspondent for The Times, covering President Trump and his administration.
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