Posted inCommunity Government
Governor chose to make Clerk an unnecessary political appointment
Posted inCommunity Government
Slots in St Johns County dead on arrival
Since Historic City News first reported last week about the County Attorney’s office placing a slot machine ordinance on today’s agenda of the St Johns County Commission, the phones, e-mail, facebook, and twitter feed have been buzzing.
Posted inCommunity Public Safety
Historic City Undercover: July 8, 2016
Each weekday, Historic City News publishes a summary of calls handled by the St Augustine Police Department. The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
Posted inCommunity
Political campaign signs start popping up in the wrong places
Historic City News readers are well aware of the upcoming Primary Election in St Johns County on August 30, 2016; and if they aren’t, it’s not because the candidates whose races will be decided, for all intents and purposes, who are plastering the highways with billboards, mini-billboards, and oversized yard signs asking for their votes.
Posted inCommunity Government
Former clerks of St Johns County say office needs better qualified leader
Both former living Clerks of St Johns County, Carl “Bud” Markel and Cheryl Strickland, announced to Historic City News this week that they are supporting George Lareau for election on August 30th to the seat they once held.
Posted inBusiness
First hearing of proposed resolution for Slot Machines
JAMIE SHELTON
Going, going, gone! St George Street property sold at auction
The estate of the late Donna Lee Parks, a St George Street merchant who lived in her parent’s home and converted the remainder of the property to commercial use, was sold Thursday, July 14th at 11:00 a.m.
Posted inCommunity
Patrolman showed demonstrator that all lives do matter
Andrea Larese reported to Historic City News that the sight of Civil Rights activist James Jackson demonstrating against the recent shooting deaths of two black men at the hands of police in Louisiana and Minnesota, as well as the shooting deaths of five police officers at a rally in Dallas, moved her.