Year: 2015

Sheriff: Smoked marijuana is not medicine

St Johns County’s sheriff, David Shoar, is in Amelia Island attending this year’s winter conference of the Florida Sheriff’s Association, the organization representing Florida’s 66 elected sheriffs and Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department.

Public Safety

Lighthouse property reclassification hearing Monday

Historic City News readers who have been following the proposed land use changes relative to 81 Lighthouse Avenue, the matter will come before the St Augustine City Commission for a second reading and public hearing during their regular meeting Monday night. Action to adopt the proposed ordinances could happen at that meeting.

Government

Guest Commentary: Noche de Gala

Guest Commentary: Noche de Gala George Gardner, Former Mayor St Augustine, FL “There was a very distinctive social class system during the Middle Ages. Most Medieval people were peasants, over 90%, but the divide between peasants and nobility was very clear-cut. thefinertimes.com”

Editorials

Palm Coast still billing red light camera violations

As St Johns County commissioners, and city commissioners in St Augustine and St Augustine Beach, are looking for revenue sources other than property taxes to pay for the costs of operations, controversial “red-light cameras” have remained off the table — that is not the case throughout the 7th Judicial Circuit.

Government