2019

Movie’s “What We Have Here Is Failure To Communicate” Message Now A Social Issue

Movie’s “What We Have Here Is Failure To Communicate” Message Now A Social Issue

After clubbing prisoner Paul Newman, sadistic Florida prison Warden Strother Martin utters the iconic line "What we have here is failure to...

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After A Tumultuous Commission Meeting Will We Have Litigation Or An Agreement?

After A Tumultuous Commission Meeting Will We Have Litigation Or An Agreement?

Long-time Amelia Island residents Pat Keogh and Phil Griffin are successful businessmen, entrepreneurs, and two very savvy, well-respected citizens...

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Major League Baseball, Canadian Blue Hairs, And Mean Biker Gal All Part Of Guy’s Day Out

Major League Baseball, Canadian Blue Hairs, And Mean Biker Gal All Part Of Guy’s Day Out

This past Monday I accompanied three local pals -- Billy Cimino, Cameron Hansen, and Hupp Huppman -- to a Spring Training baseball game between the...

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Anti-Development, Lawsuits, Chicken Poop; All Business As Usual For City Commission

Anti-Development, Lawsuits, Chicken Poop; All Business As Usual For City Commission

A typical Fernandina Beach City Commission session. A number of years ago while preparing a response to a media inquiry about the sale of a...

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Who To Tip, Who Not To Tip, What To Tip, And Where To Tip Have Me At The Tipping Point

Who To Tip, Who Not To Tip, What To Tip, And Where To Tip Have Me At The Tipping Point

Do you dare not tip the chef? A few days following my 16th birthday I landed a part-time at a Kwik Chek grocery store on Tampa's Bay-to-Bay...

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