Freeman yearns for return to taxpayer-financed aristocracy
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Freeman yearns for return to taxpayer-financed aristocracy

275-NOCHE-HORVATH-FREEMANWhen Historic City News readers think of “perks”, they think of rewards paid in private businesses to executives who have earned them by exceeding profits or some other measurable goal. In government, taxpayers expect that if perks for staff and elected officials exist at all, they are limited to de minimis conveniences like a parking space closer to the building, or a key to an executive restroom.

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report
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FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

275-FDOT-LOGODebbie Delgado reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.

Pony-Up for Van Baker
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Pony-Up for Van Baker

VAN BAKER
VAN BAKER
The tourism community will hold a fund raiser to benefit Vanessa “Van” Baker, a long-time member of the tour guide family in downtown St Augustine. Historic City News readers are being invited to participate in the “Pony-Up” event, which promises to be a night of food, drink, fun and entertainment in the Colonial Quarter.

Sikes-Kline resigns to avoid dual-office conflict
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Sikes-Kline resigns to avoid dual-office conflict

275-NSK-RESIGNATIONIt only took St Augustine City Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline 30-minutes to bang out her e-mail of resignation Wednesday morning when Assistant County Attorney Rebecca C. Lavie “refreshed her recollection” that she was in fact serving her second 4-year term on St Johns County’s Cultural Resources Review Board in contradiction to state law that prohibits individuals from holding seats on multiple decision making boards.

Ray of sunshine in fight for access to public information
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Ray of sunshine in fight for access to public information

BARBARA PETERSEN
BARBARA PETERSEN
Yesterday, Historic City News reporters learned that a move, credited to the efforts of the Florida First Amendment Foundation, the Florida Press Association, and other free-speech groups, brought some measure of success by removing language from a bill that would give judges unlimited discretion in awarding attorney fees in successful lawsuits against government agencies who deny the public constitutionally protected access to open records.