Angel’s Diner in Palatka: Radiant Relay
Angel's Diner in Palatka is reported to be the oldest diner in Florida, across the street from the stately Larimer Arts Center and a toast's throw from the St. Johns River. It's also proving to be the...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Reubin Askew, Towering Force Behind Modern Florida, Is Dead at 85
Reubin Askew, who died on March 13, led efforts to institute a corporate income tax, while reducing consumer taxes. He also spearheaded approval of what became known as the "Sunshine Amendment," which...
View ArticleFlagler Beach’s Dishonorable Ploy: Don’t Remove Gamble Rogers’ Name From Rec...
Flagler Beach is terribly misguided and short-sighted in its attempt to remove Gamble Rogers from the state recreation area's name, a reflection of the tourism industry's faddish obsession with...
View ArticleWill Florida Senate Recognize That Every Child Has the Right To Be Loved?
The choice is not whether church-sponsored agencies have a right to practice their religion. Of course they do. The issue is whether they have a right to enforce their beliefs against others when...
View ArticleLast Patrol: Undersheriff Rick Staly Looks Back On 40 Years as a “Cop’s Cop,”...
Undersheriff Rick Staly, who retires this week, took his last road patrol last Friday, an unusually quiet evening he spent driving and reflecting on his career and how law enforcement has changed since...
View ArticleDonald Trump Isn’t the Exception. He’s the Republican Prototype.
Donald Trump isn't an exception or an offense to the GOP brand. He's he’s almost indistinguishable from the other 14 Republican crackpots running for president, starting with Jeb Bush, the alleged...
View ArticleIn Walton, One Confederate Flag Replaces Another as “Compromise” Is Termed a...
The Panhandle's Walton County Commission today voted 4-0 to replace the Confederate battle flag with the first flag of the Confederacy, the Stars and Bars, on government grounds, eliciting applause...
View ArticleBill Would Ban All Confederate Flags on Public Grounds as Question of...
Bill McGuire, a tourist council and Palm Coast City Council member, is concerned about the Confederate flag display at an upcoming Civil War reenactment at the Agricultural Museum. He spoke as a bill...
View ArticleConfederate General Is Out, Henry Flagler May Be In as Florida Lawmaker Seeks...
The bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith has stood in the U.S. Capitol since 1922. It would be replaced by the likes of Henry Flagler or Walt Disney under a bill filed Tuesday by Rep....
View ArticleFlorida Senate Will Consider Removing Confederate Flag From Its Seal
It is the latest reflection of the persisting backlash against the presence of the Confederate flag in public spaces. Senate President Andy Gardiner and Minority Leader Arthenia Joyner pushed for the...
View ArticleLong Creek Preserve: For Palm Coast, a Chance to Restore a Vast, Lucrative...
Beyond the Long Creek Nature Preserve, Palm Coast has an opportunity to revive the state and national importance the area of the preserve played in the plantation system of the 18th and 19th centuries,...
View ArticleLeander Shaw, Florida’s First Black Chief Justice, Is Dead at 85
Bob Graham appointed Shaw to the Supreme Court in 1983. He was a staunch opponent of the electric chair and authored a 1989 decision striking down minors' permission from parents before getting an...
View ArticleLast Patrol: Undersheriff Rick Staly Looks Back On 40 Years as a “Cop’s Cop,”...
Undersheriff Rick Staly, who retires this week, took his last road patrol last Friday, an unusually quiet evening he spent driving and reflecting on his career and how law enforcement has changed since...
View ArticleDonald Trump Isn’t the Exception. He’s the Republican Prototype.
Donald Trump isn't an exception or an offense to the GOP brand. He's he’s almost indistinguishable from the other 14 Republican crackpots running for president, starting with Jeb Bush, the alleged...
View ArticleIn Walton, One Confederate Flag Replaces Another as “Compromise” Is Termed a...
The Panhandle's Walton County Commission today voted 4-0 to replace the Confederate battle flag with the first flag of the Confederacy, the Stars and Bars, on government grounds, eliciting applause...
View ArticleBill Would Ban All Confederate Flags on Public Grounds as Question of...
Bill McGuire, a tourist council and Palm Coast City Council member, is concerned about the Confederate flag display at an upcoming Civil War reenactment at the Agricultural Museum. He spoke as a bill...
View ArticleConfederate General Is Out, Henry Flagler May Be In as Florida Lawmaker Seeks...
The bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith has stood in the U.S. Capitol since 1922. It would be replaced by the likes of Henry Flagler or Walt Disney under a bill filed Tuesday by Rep....
View ArticleFlorida Senate Will Consider Removing Confederate Flag From Its Seal
It is the latest reflection of the persisting backlash against the presence of the Confederate flag in public spaces. Senate President Andy Gardiner and Minority Leader Arthenia Joyner pushed for the...
View ArticleLong Creek Preserve: For Palm Coast, a Chance to Restore a Vast, Lucrative...
Beyond the Long Creek Nature Preserve, Palm Coast has an opportunity to revive the state and national importance the area of the preserve played in the plantation system of the 18th and 19th centuries,...
View ArticleLeander Shaw, Florida’s First Black Chief Justice, Is Dead at 85
Bob Graham appointed Shaw to the Supreme Court in 1983. He was a staunch opponent of the electric chair and authored a 1989 decision striking down minors' permission from parents before getting an...
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