Category: Editorials

Editorial: Is your vehicle safe from computer hackers?

Computer hacking exploded when the Internet evolved, making it easy to access computers via networks; and, now that wireless connections have become commonplace, formerly “closed networks” where you had to gain a physical connection to gain access, have become “open networks”.

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St Johns County needs entrepreneurial spirit

The presidential State of the Union address is traditionally used as a “cheerleading assembly” to motivate and inspire the populace to keep paying their taxes for another year and hope for the oft misquoted and misattributed “chicken in every pot”.

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Letter: Power outage at Flagler College

Letter: Power outage at Flagler College Owen Cumiskey St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: There was a power outage at the Flagler College library that led to a fire when the power came back on. The cause, a squirrel, fell to the ground outside.

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Letter: Town Criers are red-baiting

Letter: Town Criers are red-baiting Selma Noctis St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: In response to the Tea Party Town Crier’s attempts at discrediting my good friend and Fellow Worker, Terry Buckenmeyer, I feel the need to clear some things up.

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Mayor who signed 75′ resolution objects

Mayor who signed 75′ resolution objects Arthur H. Runk, Sr. St. Augustine, FL Dear Editor: In case some of the newer Commissioners are not familiar with the origin and intent of the La Florida award, I would like to tell what I remember.

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Guest column: Women in Combat Roles

Guest column: Women in Combat Roles By Michael Isam St Augustine, FL The Department of Defense and the Pentagon has announced that women will be allowed to serve in combat roles — not today, or tomorrow, but sometime between now and 2016.

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