Mark Twain said, "I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat." Do read this article, from The Bulwark: Wiser than a tree full of owls, as pratical as a pair of pliers thanks and praise to Mr. Steven Schal for speaking out about Florida Democrats' dilemmas, or trilemmas.   Thank you! Mr. Steven Schale's first political job was working for our former St. Augustine State Representative Doug wiles, his relative, whom he helped win victories resulting in Mr. Wiles being our Florida House Democratic Leader.  Mr. Schale's next big political job was helping Barack Hu ..read more

Thanks to WJCT "First Coast Connect" andf Melissa Ross for covering this issue this morning (June 2, 2023) in journalist roundtable.  There is a long history of activist activity exposing the incredible shrinking local news market in St. Augustine, especially "this blogger," as one Republican condescendingly called me recently on social media.   In fact, "this blogger" filed an opposition to MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS' banrkrupcy filing for not planning how to preserve local and investigative reporting at the St. Augustine Record.  Those concerns fell on uncaring ears, with much ..read more

Compared to all of the many well-drawn Disney villains, I think that Flori-DUH's bumptious bully Boy Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS reminds me the most of CRUELLA DE VIL from 101 Dalmatians.   Because with Cruella Republicans like DeSANTIS and TRUMP, it's all about the cruelty, possums. What do y'all reckon?   Cool cartoon from cartoonist Drew Sheneman of the Newark Star-Ledger:  (Drew Sheneman/ Tribune Content Agency ..read more

 His law license suspended the Florida Bar, disgraced ex-Mayor of St, Augustine JOSEPH LESTER BOLES, JR. (2006-2014), recentlhy resigned longtime St. Johns County Council on Aging President, had no defenders on the Council on Aging Hour this morning.  Formerly known as the "Council on Aging Hour with Joe Boles and Willie Masson" (his stepson and law partner), the weekly WFOY radio program today featured COA Executive Director Becky Yanni and Mr. Masson, but no BOLES.  No mention of BOLES.  No thanks to BOLES for his years of service at COA, as a public serpen ..read more

As Elvis Presley sang, RON DeSANCTIMONIOUS "ain't nothin' but a hound dog! Cryin' all the time!" Does our floundering Flori-DUH Boy Governor sounds like a cranky old resident of The Villages, yelling at people to say off his lawn?   Is our Florida Governor baying at the moon out of deep-seated insecurity with a world that rejects his unctuous ukases?   You tell me.   Our paranoid TRUMP Mini-Me whines like a loser.  How many Iowa farmers will fancy a voice that could curdle an entire dairy farm full of milk?  How many Iowa workers fancy a fascist dressed in ..read more

 From the website of SJCSB: Retained The Carnival at Bray Jessie Ann Foley Pending The Freedom Writers Diary Erin Gruwell Referred to committee The Haters Jesse Andrews Removed The Infinite Moments of Us Lauren Myracle Quarantined The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini Removed The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Referred to committee The Nerdy and the dirty Bt Gottfred Pending The Nowhere Girls Amy Reed Removed The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chb ..read more

Coverup of historic preservation racism continues. The facts are irrefragable.  Let justice be done.     No response or acknowledgement from St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners as of 5:05 PM today.   On Sunday, May 28, 2023, 01:19:10 PM EDT, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote: Dear Chairman Whitehurst, Vice Chair Arnold, and Commissioners Dean, Joseph and Alaimo:  I have today filed St. Johns County PRIDE Complaint No. 2304407, stating:  1. Our St. Johns County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller Brandon J. Patty fired SJC Inspector ..read more

The soft bigotry of low expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies about politics have led to one-party rule by corporate oligarchs in St. Johns County, Florida, resulting in corruption, overdevelopment, clearcutting destruction of entire ecosystems, destruction of wetlands, tens of thousands of deaths of wildlife, badly overcrowded schools with hundreds of insecure portable classrooms, clogged roads, and a dysfunctional system of zoning planning that fails to preserve and protect our nature and history here in the place we love. Don't Be Discouraged by Yul Nivver, Spouting "You'll Never ..read more

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Once again, an example of a bantam rooster claiming credit for the sun rising.   Our bragging bully Boy Governor in elevator cowboy boots, whiny RONALD DION DeSANTIS: o Annoying cloying Governor opposed federal ARPA funds.   o Took ARPA funds. o Gave legislature kudos for financial wizardry in balancing the budget during COVID.   o Ignores the facts that federal funds made it possible and Florida state budgets must be balanced under Florida's law and Constitution. o That's been mandatory long before deeply deceptive RON DeSANTIS was born, or hatched.   There are sucker ..read more