Don Poynter: One Of The Most Interesting Characters I’ve Ever Met!
Over the years I’ve met and interviewed an interesting mix of folks ranging from pool hustler Minnesota Fats and Dallas Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach to World War II Hiroshima bomber pilot Paul Tibbets and Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Florida: Best State Ever Or The Funniest?
(The blog will take a two-week spring break beginning next week to enjoy a visit with our visiting son, daughter-in-law and grandson and work on the upcoming issue of the Amelia island News-Wrecker to be distributed Thursday, May 4. We’ll be back April 27.) Sitting on the back porch in a pair of shorts, drinking […]
Does This $400,000 Wall Street Journal Ad Make You Want To Buy Perfume?
A full page ad in the Saturday/Sunday, March 25-26 edition of the Wall Street Journal caught my eye, not because I was interested in the product or that it was so clever it made me pause to read it. Nope, there was nothing to read.
Local Light Brigade’s “Charge” Will Keep Turtles In The Dark And Lighten Up Wallets
OK folks it’s time for Jeopardy. The category is Fernandina Beach City Commissioners Gone Wild.
In A Fight The Irish Will Have Your Back
Guest Commentary (Patrick Keogh, a friend, long-time Fernandina Beach resident, entrepreneur, attorney, out-spoken city critic and business owner who took his capital and fled Amelia Island for Austin, Texas because of the city’s unfair and extortionist impact fees, offered this fascinating commentary as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today, March 17.)
