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The Tactic of Fueling Hatred
The American public increasingly accepts unverified social media claims, often driven by personal agendas or ignorance. In St. Johns County, developers are unfairly demonized, creating division among residents amidst growth frustrations. The new county commission may amplify this division while potentially jeopardizing legal standing with developers, raising concerns about long-term consequences for the community. Continue reading
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The Commissioners Did Not Raise Property Taxes. That Is A Lie
With five days to go until the primary election for St Johns County Commissioners District 1, 3 and 5, I’m just going to be blunt here. I received an email from “SJCountyNeighbors” accusing Commissioners Dean and Whitehurst of raising our “property taxes in each of the last four years by about 10% on average.” That Continue reading
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SJC Firefighters Endorse the Incumbents
In this election season, there is a LOT of talk about what candidates want to do. “Want to” is admirable. Each of us, with our own paradigms, has opinions about what “should” happen. Those paradigms are informed by experience, life events, as well as personal values. The candidates challenging the incumbent commissioners have been sharing Continue reading
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The Scope of a Commissioner’s Role
In an earlier post, I shared two things that Commissioner Whitehurst said at the July 9 Candidate Forum, and I expanded on his perspective on development after a brief follow up conversation with him. As we also talked about his work on the Northeast Florida Regional Council, I came away with new respect for the Continue reading
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Commissioner Candidate Forum
This 2024 Commissioner election is important. Not to sound overly dramatic, but the viability of the county’s future is at stake. If you have not been following this election season, the Ponte Vedra Community Association and Palm Valley Community Associations hosted a candidate forum for the eight candidates. This was a forum, not a debate. Continue reading
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Say it with music 🎶
There are two musical lyrics that capture the essence of the St Johns County Candidate Forum on July 9, 2024. Promises, Promises The first is the song “Promises, Promises” from the Broadway musical of the same name. The lyrics go something like this: “Promises, promisesI’m all through with promises, promises now” It’s an anti-love song, Continue reading
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Are you prepared to vote?
At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, the coming primary election on August 20 is crucially important to the healthy future of St Johns County. And now that all the primaries are closed, registered Republicans will most likely select our elected officials. It would be easy to just ignore it and either not vote or Continue reading
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You’ve got yourself in a bit of a pickle, don’t you?
Three different people sent me a link to a court filing. Apparently, Mr. James Higbee is suing Ms. Nicole Crosby for slander/ libel/defamation. You can read the filing and track the docket here: https://trellis.law/case/12109/ca24-0665/higbee-james-david-vs-crosby-nicole-cranberg What is even more worrisome is that, according to the docket, this lawsuit was served to Ms. Crosby on May 24, Continue reading
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Support for the Black History Museum
On May 21, 2024, Michael McDonald, a candidate for District 3 Commissioner told the Board of Commissioners and those in the meeting that there was no support for the Black History Museum in the St Johns County black community. You can watch the statement here: https://stjohnscountyfl.new.swagit.com/videos/305860?ts=9694 So apparently the candidate who made the statement missed Continue reading
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The Black History Museum in St Augustine?
We sure hope so! Serendipity. You know that special time when unexpected things just fall into place. That is the story of how St Johns County came to learn about and propose St Johns County as the home of the State of Florida Black History Museum. Sarah Arnold was appointed to the vacant Commissioner seat Continue reading
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