Lydia Cladek signature worth $5 million

At the Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville yesterday, Historic City News reporter Kerry McGuire watched as U.S. Magistrate Thomas E. Morris decided to release St. Augustine Beach businesswoman Lydia Cladek — to the surprise and chagrin of many of her more than 1,000 investors who say they were bilked out of $113 million.

Great Expectations

Around this time last year I was looking for a pair of new Converse, Chuck Taylors to be exact. I had developed a bit of a reputation for wearing plain black Chucks with writing on the white toe area.