Category : Island Issues

Island Adds Former Carson, SNL TV Producer To Growing List of Fascinating Residents

Island Adds Former Carson, SNL TV Producer To Growing List of Fascinating Residents

Our small Amelia Island community is home to a variety of intriguing people who hail from all parts of the world and whose backgrounds include...

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County And City Officials Come Under Fire By Media & Local Loons For Good & Bad Behavior

County And City Officials Come Under Fire By Media & Local Loons For Good & Bad Behavior

I had the very pleasant experience last week of being introduced to Ms. Laura DiBella, the newly appointed executive director of the Nassau County...

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We Can Call Them “Pay-to-Play” Fees? But No Matter What The Name They’re Still Illegal

We Can Call Them “Pay-to-Play” Fees? But No Matter What The Name They’re Still Illegal

In 2010 Public Utilities Director John Mandrick wrote an opinion editorial in the local News-Leader (City Utilities Department pushes forward,...

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City Commission Says “Yes” To Illegal Impact Fees & “Not Now” To Firehouse Investigation

City Commission Says “Yes” To Illegal Impact Fees & “Not Now” To Firehouse Investigation

  They're baaaaaaack! If the little girl in the 1986 film "Poltergeist II" had attended the February 17 Fernandina Beach City Commission...

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Hide Junior’s Gizmos, Toss Him Outside And Tell the Little Fatty to Entertain Himself

Hide Junior’s Gizmos, Toss Him Outside And Tell the Little Fatty to Entertain Himself

Every once in a while an item pops up on one of the local community Facebook sites where a few parents whine that there is nothing for their kids to...

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