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 honor of Sheriff Neil J Perry.
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 states?
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.
Can you identify the government leader attributed to each of these six quotes?
Be honest; it’s kind of fun and revealing. If you don’t know the answer, make your best guess.
Answer all the questions (no cheating) before looking at the answers.
While exploring old areas of storage, Jesse Olbrich reported to Historic City News that the Rangers of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument stumbled upon information relating to St Augustine’s ancient fort and the history of our ancestors who settled here.
By the time you reach your late 50’s, you are supposed to have learned most of life’s lessons and have probably taught a few of them to those coming up in your family; but, apparently, I am still learning.
Letter: Fiddlers Green is financial millstone
Randy Covington
St Johns, FL
Dear Editor:
The Fiddlers Green boondoggle is that special kind of pork barrel spending that just will not die. The county acquired the property in 2006 for the staggeringly out of bounds price of $5.5 million dollars.
Letter: Still waiting for final paycheck
Logan Guidry
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor,
I am a former employee of the downtown Dairy Queen on San Marco Avenue in St Augustine, and I am still waiting for my final paycheck.
