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J. E. Simmons is an AP award winning journalist with both print and television in his background.

Governor Charlie Crist (R-Fl) attended a meeting of community leaders in Jacksonville Monday (October 27), then met with Mayor John Peyton.  Afterward, the governor issued this new release;
JACKSONVILLE - Today Florida Governor Charlie Crist joined Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Mike Sole, City of Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton, St. Johns River Water Management [...]

The City of Atlantic Beach now posts crime information on line for you to see.  You can take a look at crimereports.com. Just put in the city and state or the zip code, and the site gives you all the recent crimes within a few block area.
The site is currently reporting both a larceny and [...]

A Ponte Vedra Beach company says it has come up with an innovative way to revalue your home, and your mortage, so that you can afford to stay in your home and avoid foreclosure.
Hogan Copeland of  Smithfield and Wainwright says he reassesses the value of your home to what it’s actually worth, not the market [...]

Governor Charlie Crist reappointed Veronica Valentine to the Child Care Executive Partnership.  Valentine lives in Ponte Vedra Beach and is Chief Executive Officer of Child Guidance Center, Inc.
Also reappointed were Andrew Daire of Orlando, Linda Carmona-Sanchez of Miami, and Barbara Foster of Tallahassee.

The Child Care Executive Partnership is a public/private partnership program that was created [...]

A Jacksonville Beach woman attacked in her home, saw the man convicted and given a life sentence.
As our friends at CBS47 report, the homeless man was a previously convicted sexual predator who had not registered with police.

Early voters turned out in good number at the public library in Neptune Beach.  Poll workers said voting both Monday and Tuesday was taking about 20-minutes.
At 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon there were 23-people standing in line and 24 voting booths filled with people.
The early voting site is open Monday through Friday from 10AM until 6PM [...]

The wife of presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) appeared in Jacksonville today.  Our friends at CBS47 have the story of Michelle Obama’s event.

Cox radio’s Neal Boortz read his letter to an undecided voter on the air (WOKV-AM/FM in Jacksonville) and gave permission to republish it.
This is long; very long. Hey, I’m a pretty entertaining writer … so give it a go. If you’re an undecided voter in this presidential election the least you owe your [...]

Dr. Carol Weissert, Director of the LeRoy Collins Institute, and Dominic Calabro, President of Florida TaxWatch have been touring the state, holding public forums in a series titled “”Florida’s Fiscal Storm Tour.”
Dr. Weissert says Florida will be OK, it just may take a couple of year.  Calabro says the current crisis may be worse than [...]

In every state where I have lived, folks have told the same story. Either during or immediately after the Civil War, two old ladies were visiting a cemetery in that state, and one said to the other, “Wouldn’t it be nice to have a day to remember the men who gave their lives?”
Who knows how [...]