John Crawford’s Message of Austerity, Nassau County

“We’re fixing to get inundated (with foreclosures),” Crawford says. “We’ve always felt immune in Nassau County.” Government — at all levels — will experience “shrinking tax revenues for some time to come,” he says.

Fernandina Full Throttle With Tax-and-Spend Mode

Fernandina Beach city officials want to borrow nearly $10 million to undertake several pet projects that are hardly “urgent.” They continue full throttle with a tax-and-spend mode, this time with non-voter debt.