Category: Editorials

In our government, the voice of the American citizen is heard through the ballot box.

Leisa Wiseman, Internal and External Affairs Director for Florida Coalition against Domestic Violence, wrote a response for Historic City News in reply to the 2009 Annual Uniform Crime Report.

Dear Friends and Neighbors-if you have completed your census form-many thanks-and please pass this message on. If you have not, there is information in this email that may be helpful to you. We need your help to ensure a complete county.

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE TEACHERS!

Dear Residents of St. Johns County, As I reflect on the past year, I am proud to have the honor of serving as a Commissioner for the people of St. Johns County.

We’ve waited a long time to get the Bridge of Lions back online, but, now that it is, I am reminded that everything about the bridge is not to be celebrated.

In Spanish Florida, mental rebellion could get a man shipped to Cuba and hanged. The thought police in those days were religious in nature and Fernando Arredondo was a rebel of that kind.

One-quarter of the space on this year’s census form is taken up with questions related to race and ethnicity.