County Commissioners
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A Cheerleader?
I have been represented on social media as a cheerleader for four County Commissioners. That may be an accurate characterization. According to Merriam Webster, a “cheerleader is one that calls for and directs organized cheering (as at a football game).” This isn’t a football game, but it is, in some respects, a game. And a 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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Hidden Agenda?
I am very curious about why Commissioner Joseph raised the issue of how many votes it takes to oust a County Administrator at the same time the Commissioners were voting on the current Administrator contract. That seems like an odd topic to raise then. If you didn’t have a chance to hear the BoCC agenda Continue reading
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Clarification
In the past several weeks, I have been the target of a campaign that I believe is focused on trying to get me to stop writing about my concerns with the tactics being used in St Johns County related to the upcoming election. Perhaps they think my writing resonates, and that is concerning to them? Continue reading
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Can we really stop development?
Let’s use an analogy to talk realistically about development. Imagine, if you will, a freight train pulling a few cars and a caboose down a track. Now disconnect the rail cars and caboose from the engine while underway. What happens? The rail cars’ momentum slows to a stop. The engine moves forward. Alone. The economic Continue reading
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Commissioners’ Voting Records
At the February 6, 2024 Board of Commissioners meeting, Ann Taylor made a public comment, suggesting that the minutes of Board Meetings should include pertinent information about each agenda item that is voted on. Ms. Taylor described the difficulty in conducting an analysis of Commissioner voting records. I suspect she was recounting the challenge of 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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Should we not believe a law firm’s webpage?
On January 16, 2024 during public comment at the Board of Commissioners meeting, Nicole Crosby made a point that at least the Commissioners should have hired an election attorney and went on to say that Commissioner Joseph did hire an election attorney. Ms. Ann Marie Evans also made a point to say that the Commissioners Continue reading
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It Could Happen Here
Earlier this year, Nassau County settled a lawsuit with Riverstone Properties, Inc. What happened there is a good lesson for those of us in St Johns County who want our Commissioners to reject or slow development. It is important to know about a Florida Statute called the “Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection 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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