Nassau County politicians are waffling on pornography in schools
A watchdog group is protesting actions taken by the Nassau County School Board that appear to be directed toward returning pornography to the government schools, in violation of Florida law. Citizens Defending Freedom has written to the board asking that it review a decision to negotiate a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the author […]
Social and political issues confuse City Council members
Two votes by the City Council show the struggle going on between politicians seeking to divide the community and those seeking to unite it. The council shot down an attempt to create another batch of thought crimes – or hate crimes as they call them. Liberals voted for the measure but conservative members of the […]
There is plenty of room to cut spending
Republicans on the City Council seem to be in a mood to cut spending, which is always a good idea. Fortunately, there is plenty to cut. Council members already have identified about $20 million in potential cuts, and some hope to get at least $47 million trimmed from what the mayor wants to spend. There […]
Finally, a little less unity in local government
There are some Republicans on the City Council who seem wedded to the idea of getting along with the Democrat mayor, no matter what she does. Council Member Rory Diamond is not one of them. Diamond does not like budget games Mayor Donna Deegan has been playing and he is using his position on the […]
Mayor promotes unity by procuring pride panel
Making good on Mayor Donna Deegan’s campaign promise of spreading unity, her administration will soon close the application process for a new governmental gay advisory board. You’ll recall, back in June on the last day of the federal government’s nationwide Holy Month of Pride celebration, Deegan proclaimed she was forming, via executive order, another totally […]
DCPS’ $70 million transportation budget leaves kids stranded
A $70 million dollar transportation budget and Duval County Public Schools cannot afford to bus kids living less than a mile and a half away to and from school. Apparently leaving 1,100 middle and high school kids stranded is the best way for the district to allegedly save between $250,000 and $500,000. So, which is […]
Another bungled social program further damages confidence
Reasons why people are skeptical of government efforts to provide “affordable housing” are evidenced in a new report on a local program. The city’s Office of Inspector General said the city spent thousands of dollars and can’t show much in return. Overall, in 95 percent of the cases no affordable housing was provided. The office […]
City Council needs to do some work on mayor’s proposed budget
Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed $3.9 billion budget should get close scrutiny from the City Council. It would continue to spend excessive amounts of other people’s money on social programs and fanciful but unnecessary infrastructure. Councilman Rory Diamond, who is a member of the Finance Committee, called the budget “wildly irresponsible.” “Money is just thrown everywhere, […]
GOP factions battle over naming rights
A dispute over the seemingly absurd claim that the Republican Party owns the word “Republican” is growing into a major rift. That is something the party does not need with a critical election on the horizon. Local Republicans who had relatively minor disagreements with some of the procedures of the state’s GOP leaders formed the […]
MAGA Play: Trump picks Vance
As you almost certainly already know, in another flash of political genius, President Trump accelerated his plans to announce his Vice President and yesterday named freshman Ohio Senator J.D. Vance. The Associated Press ran the widely-covered story under the headline, “Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, a once-fierce critic turned loyal ally, as his […]