Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida

In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

We're Not Laughing, Commissioner RONALD SANCHEZ

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At yesterday's St. Johns County Board of County COmmissioners meeting, controversial St. Johns County Commissioner RONALD SANCHEZ chuckl...
Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Parking Garage for Anastasia State Park?

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Controversial County Commissioner RONALD SANCHEZ wants to erect a parking garage adjacent to the St. Augustine Amphitheater. He said so at ...

St. Johns Visitor and Convention Bureau, Inc. Contract Expired

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at 11:59 PM last night, September 30, 2013. That's a good thing. Now we can ask our Tourist Development Council and St. Johns County C...

Why do the heathen rage against diversity in St. Augustine?

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Failed 2012 City Commission candidate candidate Michael Gold (f/k/a "Michael Tobin") has written another errant "editorial...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Restoring Trust in Government, Restoring Winter Wonderland

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County Administrator Michael Wanchick has a lot of explaining to do. Having just won a $21,000 raise to which he was contractually entitle...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Playing Scrooge, St. Johns County Amphitheater Abruptly Ends Six-Year Run of "Winter Wonterland," Free Family Friendly Entertainment Including Ice Skating, Ice Slide and Artificial Snow

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Were St. Johns County Commmissioners even asked to approve this debacle? I have requested documentation. Our County and its Amphitheater m...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Prejudiced City of Jacksonville, Florida Advertises It's "On Fire"

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An Google (R) banner ad on the New York Times website caugh my eye yesterday: t was for the dull city of Jacksonville, Florida's downtow...

Ambassador Andrew Young Speaks at Flagler College

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Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young was in St. Augustine again. Ambassador Young spoke to public fora twuce at Flagler College th...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Check out Flagler College's brand new online St. Augustine Civil Rights Library

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www.civilrightslibrary.com Let the healing continue! Great job by Flagler College, President Bill Abare, Professors Michael Butler, Casey...
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GOVERNOR RICHARD SCOTT GOOFS, Gives "Citizen" Rep. on Florida Criminal Justice Standards Commission to Former City Manager WILLIAM BARRY HARRISS

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Messrs. Charles Jones, David Frisby, Howard Elliott, J. Scott Purdy, Patrick Halperin and Ms. Pauline Robinson all in good faith applied fo...

St. Johns County Commission Violates Sunshine Laws Without Adequate Public Notice

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St. Johns County Commission Chairman Jay Morris and Commissioners Cindi Stevenson, Ronad Sanchez and Priscilla (Rachael) Bennett showed cont...

Successful Mumford & Sons Festival Weekend Shows the Way to Our Future

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The happiest crowd I've ever seen. Well managed public transportation. Bicycle-and pedestrian-friendly streets. P eople flying in fro...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Welcome Mumford & Sons, Thank City Leaders, Forgive the Few Misguided Philistines

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The day has arrived -- the two day Mumford & Sons music festival begins today. Welcome, folk musicians and fans! Thank our City Manag...

IN HAEC VERBA: Letter to St. Augustine Record Publisher DELINDA FOGEL re: Re: Anonymous Death Threat and Incitement to Violence Against St. Augustine City Officials in 7/24 post on staugustine.com

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Dear Ms. Fogel: 1. Please identify the anonymous one-time poster (MSM2147), who at 6 AM on July 24, 2013 posted the following unprotected d...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

IN HAEC VERBA: ST. JOHNS VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU, INC. HAS ADMITTED ITS ACTIONS BY SILENCE -- September 16, 2013 St. Johns County Tourist Development Council Meeting Will Discuss Rebidding of Contract, Civil Rights, Diversity and Antitrust Concerns -- IT'S OUR MONEY!

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Dear Messrs. Hastings, McCormack and Wanchick: 1. Please supply tomorrow morning a PDF of a single security camera photo of the nongovernm...

AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM: Putin's Wrong

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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, formerly a KGB agent, eschews American exceptionalsim, writing in yesterday's New York Times Op-Ed page...

ST. AUGUSTINE EXCEPTIONALISM -- Another Beautiful Day in A Beautiful Place, And We Are Winning

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It's another day in a beatiful place. The frogs, lightning bugs, butterflies and wildlife are coming back, after years of being dosed w...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Governor Appoints Harriss; Is Appointment Illegal?

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Effective August 2, 2013, for four years, controversial former St Augustine City Manager William B. Harriss became the only citizen appointe...
Saturday, September 07, 2013

The Long Arm of The Law Reaches Out From Chile to NYC to Deltona, Florida

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In Jacksonville on Wednesday, a lawsuit was filed against the alleged murderer of a Chilean folk singer. The suit is brought on behalf of a...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

Welcoming Mumford & Sons (and Diversity)

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Exciting times. Mumford & Sons is coming September 13-14, with a concert downtown at Francis Field. St. Augustine has made a lot of pr...
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September 5, 2003

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Ten years ago today, George Bush was President. Jeb Bush was Governor of Florida. George Gardner was Mayor of St. Augustine. We were in a...
Sunday, September 01, 2013

Spanish Bakery Returns, But UF Needs Lessons in Competitive Bidding, Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance, Teamwork, Fiduciary Duty and Friend-raising -- Five Year Sweetheart Lease Agreement With Virginia Whetstone's New "Spanish Bakery LLC," With No Security Deposit!

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The University of FLorida inked a five year no-bid lease with Virginia Whetsone to take over the Spanish Bakery, 42 1/2 St. George Street, w...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Mossbacks and Their Bizarre Beliefs

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As quoted in my unrebutted August 28, 2013 letter (below), controversial St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar's website reports that Rev...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID B. SHOAR ASKED TO RESPOND to False Information on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Praise for Sheriff L.O. Davis, On St. Johns County Sheriff's Website, on 50th Anniversary of Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" Speech

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Dear Sheriff Shoar: We both love our Nation's Oldest City, St. Augustine, which stands between "hope and history." There are ...

Honoring Civil RIghts Victories and Remembering Civil Rights Violators -- Kudos to Peter Guinta and Marcia Lane -- Two Excellent St. Augustine Record Articles on Civil Rights Today

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Harry Truman said, "The only thing new under the sun is the history you don't know." When we moved to St. Augustine in 1999 (a...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

About Last Night: In West Augustine Sewer Vote, "Here We Right a Wrong" -- Yes We Can!

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More evidence of healing: thanks to the persistence of St. Augustine's African-American community leaders, including Greg White and Ken ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

First Amendment Update

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Delighted that proposed Rule 4.705 and other SJCBCC public comment rules discussion is postponed until 9/3 meeting. More later. Our right t...
Monday, August 19, 2013

First Amendment Violation -- St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners Considers Ban on Citizens Asking Qustions -- Proposed Board Rule 4.705 is Unconstitutional

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St. Johns County's Board of County Commissioners (BCC) tomorrow (August 20) will be asked by the County Attorney, PATRICK McCORMACK, to ...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Rude, crude, insulting comments on St. Augustine Record's hate website

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The St. Augustine Record did an excellent public service by today's lead story, about the Florida National Guard's animal torture in...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

IN HAEC VERBA: Ed Slavin Letter to Senator Bill Nelson, Calling For Senator Nelson to Help Halt to Florida National Guard Animal Cruelty and for Senate Armed Services Committee Field Investigation of Florida National Guard Misfeasance, Malfeasance, Nonfeasance, Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Discrimination

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http://m.staugustine.com/news/local-news/2013-08-15 Dear Senator Nelson: 1. Please see Peter Guinta's story in the August 16, 2013 St...

IN HAEC VERBA: Ed Slavin Letter Requesting City of St. Augustine, SAPD, Take Action on Florida National Guard Animal Torture, Reported in Friday's St. Augustine Record, thanks to Whistleblower, PETA and Peter Guinta's article -- Let's Halt These UnAmerican Activities, Todayhttp://m.staugustine.com/news/local-news/2013-08-15

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http://m.staugustine.com/news/local-news/2013-08-15 Dear Mr. Regan and Chief Lueders: 1. Please see Peter Guinta's story in today...

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD -- Ask Them to Stop Animal Cruelty Today

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Major General Emmett Titshaw The Adjutant General St. Francis Barracks 82 Marine Street St. Augustine, Florida 32084 Department of Mili...

Kudos to National Guard Whistleblower, PETA and Peter Guinta for Revealing Florida National Guard's Planned Cruelty to Animals!

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Friday, Aug 16, 2013 Guard plans to maim animals for medic training By PETER GUINTA peter.guinta@staugustine.com A Florida National Gua...
Monday, August 12, 2013

No, Ms. Fogel, I don't have a degree in journalism

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When I questioned her about publishing anonymous death threats last week, St. Augustine Record newspaper Publisher Delinda Fogel asked if I ...

IN HAEC VERBA: COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT Speculator-Developer Demands to Be Relieved of Contractual Obligation to Pay $560,000 for Drainage Improvements -- City of St. Augustine Beach Never Had Copy of Any Franchise Agreement and Speculator-Developer Refuses to Provide It (If One Exists)--

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Alas, dear readers, the St. Augustine Record has not reported on this issue. Wonder why? ---------- Dear Mayor Snodgrass: 1. The City ...
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