Category: Editorials

THE ROUND TABLE When St. Augustine Ceased Being a Small Town Geoff Dobson

In an editorial that I read in the Gainesville Sun yesterday, the paper asked the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners some tough questions. Questions that – given our current budget situation – should be asked locally.

Sometimes I am reminded of the tendency of people to cling to ideas that are simply not true; like the idea that the “majority rules” when voting. This is one of those times.

In an effort to be politically correct, I’ll use the new terminology “Insurance Reform” instead of “The Healthcare Reform Debate”.

Saturday’s historic sign paint-over and recent building restorations on San Marco Avenue and Castillo Drive point up possible weaknesses in codes protecting our historic resources more than 50 years old.

The U.S. Senate is now considering the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390), an Act that we believe is good legislation.

Many Americans these days keep chanting that Healthcare is a “right”, but lets really look at that. Have these Americans considered what “rights” will be taken away with a Government controlled Healthcare plan?

Historic City News has just learned that Harry Reid is rushing the anti-faith so-called Hate Crimes bill to the floor of the Senate this week.