Category: Editorials

Guest Column: Comprehensive energy policy needed Kevin Doyle, Executive Director Consumer Energy Alliance-Florida Dear Editor: An important gathering in Jacksonville last month underscored how urgent it is for Florida and the nation to insist that our leaders formulate a coherent, comprehensive policy for America’s energy future.

Over the past 50 years that I recall in St Augustine, I can’t remember a time when there have been so many businesses close — many have been in business for years, some for decades, and even some that have been owned by the same family for generations.

Guest Column: Citizen self defense David B. Shoar, Sheriff St Johns County, FL This month I would like to address a sensitive issue and offer some answers to important questions that have been in the national spotlight — a citizen’s right to self-defense.

Jay Bliss, Port and Waterway Commissioner, Seat 5, reported his executive summary of yesterday’s regular public meeting; noting that the official minutes of that meeting will eventually posted to the commission website http://staugustineport.com/

Letter: Textbooks inaccurately depict Islam Angela Casey St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: Parents should be aware of a growing problem in the social studies and history textbooks currently used in St Johns County high schools and throughout the United States; one of the worst being “Pearson’s World History”.