St. Johns County Commissioner Paul Waldron dies at 53
St. Johns County Commissioner Paul Waldron, 53, died early Tuesday morning at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine. Commission Chair Henry Dean announced his death at the beginning of Tuesday’s County Commission meeting. A cause of death was not specified.
For Dean, making the announcement was tough. Waldron and Dean were elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
“I had to take a few deep breaths,” Dean said afterward. “I really became attached to Paul during our six years on the Commission.”
“He was all about the people,” Dean said. “He was always accessible to the citizens who asked questions or had problems.
‘He was always very concerned about how an action (by the Commission) was going to aff...
