St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar, who will be returned to office, without opposition for the second time in three elections, along with sixty-six other members of the Florida Sheriff’s Association, are under the microscope by Unified Sportsmen of Florida and one of the most powerful citizen lobbies in America — the National Rifle Association.
Beginning July 1, Historic City News readers who reside in St Augustine and St Johns County will be able to present their ID and take the Legacy Tour of Flagler College, without charge, as part of the upcoming 125th anniversary celebration of the Hotel Ponce de Leon.
Describing herself as sounding like a “harpy”, Historic City News reporters listened as St Augustine City Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline interjected her support for a Community Redevelopment Area as the way to fund future operation of the Willie Galimore Center in Lincolnville.
Historic City News was notified by the Florida Bar that 82-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach attorney and published author Homer H. Humphries Jr., will be honored at a ceremony recognizing him, and four other attorney’s in the 7th Judicial Circuit, for 50 years of dedication to the practice of law.
In one of the last items of business in a City Commission meeting that went on until 10:00 p.m. last night, St Augustine City Attorney Ron Brown addressed “concerns” that entrepreneurs offering small-scale tour services are intruding on the domains of larger regulated competitors.
Historic City News rarely reports on the City of St Augustine appealing the decision of the Planning and Zoning Board; however, tonight Mark Knight, Director of Planning and Building, rose to appeal a decision that would allow the partition of two homes built on one-half of a lot in Lincolnville.
