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St. Johns County: A Pivotal Moment for Community Unity
A pivotal moment can change everything. I hope the June 3 Commissioners meeting is such a moment. It was a pleasure to watch the meeting on June 3. It was uplifting. It was positive. It was hopeful. There was no tension. There was minimal name calling, and that was drowned out by positive comments. Testimonials Continue reading
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All You Had To Do Is Call Me and Talk About It
The changes introduced by Commissioner Krista Joseph in the St Johns County Board of County Commissioners meetings, including assigning the Pledge of Allegiance to County staff rather than volunteer veterans, have sparked controversy. This shift highlights the tension between disruptive and destructive change, emphasizing the importance of communication and respect in leadership. Continue reading
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A Huge Win for St Johns County
St Johns County has won a significant legal battle against a developer who defaulted on their agreement. After a year of brutality where the St Johns County Commissioners were trashed, beat up on and called corrupt for being in the pocket of developers, we need to move forward. Yet the misleading information about the current Continue reading
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Shame
So, I wonder if this is how our County is going to work next year. No collaboration. No listening (to anyone who disagrees). Decisions made on a personal agenda without regard for facts, the law, respect for fellow commissioners or respect for the County, as a whole. I had (naively?) hoped that after the primaries, Continue reading
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Methinks thou doth protest too much
The candidates challenging the incumbents for County commissioner are finding themselves the targets of the same vitriol to which the incumbent Commissioners have been subjected for almost a year. They are using every public platform available to them to protest what is being said about them. They can do that. They can lie, they can Continue reading
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Important Information for Anyone Voting in the August 20 Primary
This probably is not the right year to “wing it” when casting your vote for local government officials. This is a year for digging a bit deeper than what you see on social media and in your mailbox. This is a year to think hard about the future of the County. Background Commissioner Krista Keating-Joseph 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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I am seriously concerned about what is happening in our county
If you haven’t been following, here it is in a nutshell. November 21, 2023. Commissioner Krista Joseph used her Commissioner Comments at the Board meeting to endorse candidates running for three open Commissioner seats and inferred that the woes of the County were the responsibility of three sitting commissioners who are up for reelection and Continue reading
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