Category: Editorials

Letter: Imagine life without the IRS Derek Hankerson Chairman, Putnam Tea Party Patriots Dear Editor: Imagine life without the Internal Revenue Service. Abuse by the IRS has been going on for almost 80 years; but, if the IRS were to be abolished, there would be no more targeting of conservative groups, individuals or businesses. No…

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Letter: We Must Overhaul the Role of the TSA Glenn Mollette Newburgh, Indiana Dear Editor: You probably think this doesn’t apply to you. Wrong. Even if you never enter an airport your hard earned dollars are paying big salaries and big benefits to thousands of federal TSA workers right now.

Letter: Shuttle system planned for Mumford concert John Regan City of St Augustine Dear Editor: On September 13 and 14, 2013, the City of St. Augustine will become one of only five cities worldwide to host the “Gentlemen of the Road Stopover Tour” featuring Grammy Award winning United Kingdom band, Mumford & Sons.

Over the past 30-days, we’ve observed three residents obsess and conspire, provoke hard feelings, engage in juvenile name calling, cajole others to disrupt the legitimate operation of businesses unrelated to their complaint, and generally demoralize a community of otherwise law-abiding citizens to sink to their level of malicious, poor judgment.

Letter: Don’t let Capitol Hill decide fate of beach driving Karen Miles Crescent Beach, FL Dear Editor: I’m writing due to my concern with the stance that St Johns County is taking concerning amending the beach driving ordinance to return vehicular access to Matanzas Inlet.

Guest Column: Dedication of Criminal Justice Complex David B. Shoar, Sheriff St Johns County, FL For this month’s column I would like to reflect on a very important ceremony that occurred last month during national Law Enforcement Memorial Week. Last month the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Justice Complex was renamed and dedicated in…

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Letter: Furloughing the Military Major General Emmett R. Titshaw, Jr. St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: Disasters in our homeland can occur at any time. Should we continue to pretend that they will not occur between July 8th and September 30th while we furlough military personnel that enable the military response force in each of our…

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Twenty-three years of feeding, housing, providing medical care, recreation, and care to Elmer Leon Carroll ended less than an hour ago when he was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the 1990 rape and strangulation murder of 10-year-old Christine McGowan in Apopka.