City staff and officials will be royalty for an evening

The City of St Augustine released to Historic City News today the list of attendees at Saturday evening’s Menendez Noche de Gala produced by the Casa Monica Hotel.

Taxpayers will be compensating the Casa Monica for the cost of the following ticket at $195.00 each:

• City Manager John Regan and wife

• Vice mayor Roxanne Horvath and husband

• Commissioner Leanna Freeman and husband

• Mark Litzinger, city comptroller, and his wife

• Dana Ste. Claire, director of the 450th Commemoration Department

• Alison Ratkovic, city clerk, and husband

• Pilar Varela Diaz, mayor of Aviles

• Javier Pagalday, deputy consul general of Spain in Miami

• Roman Antonio Alvarez Gonzalez, city council member for culture in Aviles

• Maria Del Carmen Vega Fernandez, city council member in Aviles

• Santos Yague Zapico, San Pelayo ship researcher

• Francisco Javier Garcia-Pumarino Cespedes, naval engineer and designer

Cost per ticket: $195

Total amount of check written for people planning on attending: $3,315