Political Campaign
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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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Well, that was just plain rude
On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, Commissioner Joseph laughed out loud at Commissioner Dean during a Commissioners meeting. It was a derisive laugh, not a friendly one. After Commissioner Dean made a thoughtful comment about at charter school proposal and the history of growth in the County, Commissioner Joseph claimed she was shocked about Dean’s comment Continue reading
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Is This the Future St Johns County Needs?
It was interesting to see two candidates for St Johns County Commissioner publish their three-point platform on their own. They indicate that they, “with the support of Commissioner Krista Joseph, propose a three-point initiative called Save and Protect St. Johns County.” It was refreshing to see this come from the candidates, and not their “campaign Continue reading
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Should political candidates stand on their own?
Political candidates often have campaign managers whose responsibility is to find the right media to share their candidates’ words. They don’t typically write the candidates’ words or fashion their political stance. And then, there are some who do just that. The campaign manager There are two candidates running for County Commissioner who are working hard Continue reading
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When, and why, did the St Johns County Commissioner Election turn so negative?
Between the memes and the statistics, one might think that St Johns County is such a mess, with such overwhelming development that the entire county is now asphalt. I get hyperbole – using more colorful words to make a situation seem far worse (or better) than it is. I remember the first email I received Continue reading
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Blocked on Facebook
Apparently, I made one post too many for the admin of Fight for St Johns County. She blocked me. Okay, that’s understandable. She’s not running for public office. However, she must have predicted that I might try to comment on her candidates for County Commissioner pages, because the posts that they have copied and posted Continue reading
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Is the world wide enough for all of us?
In the show Hamilton, Aaron Burr makes an observation after he shoots Hamilton in the infamous duel. He says, “I should have known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me.” Both men – Burr and Hamilton – were reportedly so grounded in their own narrative and angry at the other for disagreeing Continue reading
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What are you going to do differently?
St Johns County has three Commissioner seats up for reelection, and the campaigning is already lively. It appears that there is a particular campaign focus – overdevelopment. The current Commissioners are being blamed for too much development which has put stress on our schools, our roads and our infrastructure. As I read statements from the Continue reading
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What IS the agenda?
Yesterday, I posed a question about Commissioner Joseph’s comments related to the County Administrator contract. I asked, “What could possibly be so pressing to need to discuss how to oust an Administrator at the same time the contract is being approved?” That question continues to puzzle me. Everything about the discussion during that agenda item Continue reading
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Blame
We seem to be very angry these days. Among other things, we are angry at the government because things aren’t going the way we want them to. It is a scary time right now because we are being pounded with messages about how bad “the other side” of the government is. “They” are making bad Continue reading
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