Historic City News was informed that Roxanne Horvath was elected to the St Augustine City Commission Tuesday; replacing 10-year incumbent Errol Jones, who lost his bid for reelection in the August primary.
In election results that started off strong and kept getting stronger, St Johns County Commissioner Cyndi Stevenson had lots to celebrate as returns were tabulated in her bid for a third term, and were announced to a crowd of about 100 guests of Florida Senator John Thrasher last night.
Historic City News editor Michael Gold spoke with St Augustine Beach consultant, Rachael Bennett, during an election-night returns event sponsored by Florida Senator John Thrasher and held at the Council on Aging River House yesterday evening.
A Republican poll observer in today’s election reported to local Historic City News editor Michael Gold that he was asked to stop recording the identities of voters as the showed up to cast their ballots at the Solomon Calhoun Community Center today.
Historic City News was called to several local precincts in St Augustine this morning as campaign workers began arriving to find political signs for their candidates on the ground instead of prominently posted as they had been the night before.
Today is the day that Americans peacefully overthrow the government as they make their way to their established polling precinct and enter the holy of holies, the sanctum sanctorum, where everyone in the country is on the level — the voting booth.
The parade associated with the St Augustine Pirate Gathering will necessitate a disruption of traffic in parts of downtown St Augustine on Saturday, November 10.
