St. Johns County
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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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This bitterness and divisiveness isn’t new but somehow it feels more powerful
We have either forgotten or (like me) we went through life without realizing “stuff” that was going on all around us, thinking that our world was calm and relatively peaceful and, for the most part, people engaged in thoughtful and respectful dialogue. Vietnam and the era of protests came and went while I was in Continue reading
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A Great County is St. Johns!
St Johns County Board of Commissioners Chair Sarah Arnold spoke to John Bachman at Action News JAX this week to share how the Board is working to deal effectively with the significant growth of the County. She opened the interview by saying, “The secret is out,” meaning, they’ve found out how totally great it is Continue reading
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Property Rights
This post skims the surface of the issue of property rights but given that this topic is important when talking about development, it seemed appropriate to do some research. More to come…. When I first moved to Florida, I kept hearing people say, “Florida is a property-rights state.” Makes sense to me. Someone buys the Continue reading
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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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