Category: Editorials

Letter: Lets save ECHO House Ed Slavin St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: I am providing a copy of an open letter to Reverend Ron Rawls, Pastor at St Paul AME Church in St Augustine, concerning recently announced plans to demolish ECHO House.

Relegated to the very last item on the published agenda for the Monday night meeting of the City of St Augustine, is a $59,500 request presented by Roxanne Horvath to pay the balance now due on her $74,500 “visioning project”. I suppose they figured everyone would be worn out, bored to tears, and lulled to…

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Letter: First Coast News interview left wrong impression Andrea Anthony Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Dear Editor: I was recently interviewed by Jessica Clark, a television reporter for First Coast News, regarding the “interconnectivity” debate in St Johns County. I appeared on the 6:00 p.m. program.

Letter: Stop the ugly rumors Senator Thrasher Randy Covington Former St Johns County Republican State Committeeman Dear Editor: It is no secret that Senator John Thrasher is seeking to become the President of Florida State University, and I think it would be a well-deserved reward for a long career in public service. He is also…

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Letter: County considers development rules revision Cyndi Stevenson Board of County Commissioners, District 1 St. Johns County, Florida As your elected representative on the Board of County Commissioners of St. Johns County, I feel a personal and professional obligation to provide you with accurate information.

When the Dean of Liberty University School of Law speaks, at least since 2006, it is usually to aspiring attorneys eager to learn the law; but, in the case of Mathew Staver, JD, it could well be most of the United States Courts of Appeal, or even the Supreme Court of the United States, where…

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Letter: If you are finally ready, clarify this Randy Covington Pennsylvania resident who owns a condo in St. Augustine Dear Editor: Citizen taxpayers in St Johns County are fed up with the convenient forgetfulness and selective memory of sitting members of the Board of County Commissioners; and, as those taxpayers come forward to challenge incumbents,…

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