By: Susan Clark Armstrong Singer songwriter Willie Nelson has a way with ballads. Besides counseling momma’s not to let their babies grow up to be cowboys, there’s other wisdom in his refrains. After writing...
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Who Ya Gonna Call?
By: Susan Clark Armstrong Online, bi-textual and awaiting trial—Clay County’s wayward former Sheriff Darryl Daniels continues to evade the truth and his day in court. Most of the folks in Clay County had never...
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Hall?
By: Susan Clark Armstrong If you live in the Town of Orange Park (TOP) and like its’ mostly quiet and safe environment— despite the outrageously high taxes—you might have a few reasons to count yourself...
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Jesus and Whiskey
By: Susan Clark Armstrong My Daddy always said that a person’s private life was between them and Jesus. PJ O’Rourke said giving money and power to people in government is like giving whiskey and car...
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Something to Talk About
By: Susan Clark Armstrong Unless you regularly detour around the Town of Orange Park (TOP) to avoid the red-light cameras, you know it’s the same tranquil picture-postcard town it has been for ump-teen years. It has beautiful...
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The Joke’s on Us
By: Susan Clark Armstrong Henry Cates said, “The problem with political jokes is they get elected.” That happens too often in our county and in lots of others. As a result, we are then presented...
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From Polling to Peeing
By: Susan Clark Armstrong 2016 taught me that polls can be wrong. However, since we have had numerous polls in the Clay County race for sheriff that showed about the same results, I’m going with...
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Standing the Watch
By: Susan Clark Armstrong Although I rarely agree with columnist Hal Crowther, his reasons for voter apathy ring true. He wrote… “Who can fault Americans for apathy, when all our leading roles are played by...
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