HISTORIC CITY NEWS April 2013

Arcade industry: be careful what you ask for

No longer with Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll at his side, yesterday afternoon, Governor Rick Scott signed into law House Bill 155; the legislative response to a three-year federal and state investigation into illegal gambling at Internet cafes affiliated with St Augustine-based Allied Veterans of the World.

Government

Second Annual Velo Fest Festival this weekend

Velo Fest Community Initiative has invited all Historic City News readers to attend the Second Annual Velo Fest Festival this weekend; beginning Friday evening at 5:30 p.m. with a “Community of Bikes” parade that kicks off at the Historic Downtown Parking Facility in St Augustine.

Community

Pape resigns as FDLE Special Agent in Charge

Spokesperson, Gretl Plessinger, informed Historic City News this afternoon that Florida Department of Law Enforcement Jacksonville Regional Operations Center Special Agent in Charge Dominick Pape has resigned his position effective next month.

Public Safety

Breaking News: FDLE Special Agent Pape resigns

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Public Safety

Hours spent attempting to clean hazardous spill

Historic City News has learned that St Johns County emergency services personnel were on the scene of a chemical spill for approximately 6 hours today; attempting to mitigate the leak from a tractor-trailer that crashed while traveling south along I-95.

Public Safety

Fugitive captured after fleeing police in a stolen vehicle

A New Jersey fugitive and a Pennsylvania man police say carjacked a victim in Jacksonville, were taken into custody this morning after being spotted driving the stolen vehicle on I-95 in St Johns County, according to a report received by Historic City News.

Public Safety

Let CRA Agency and citizen advisory committee do their job

A move that stymied a former St Augustine City Commission, under Mayor Joe Boles, and led to more than $100,000 in fraud and waste during the creation of the “First America Foundation, Inc.”, was nipped in the bud by Assistant City Attorney Isabelle Lopez Monday night when she instructed commissioners not to exert their own…

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Community

Still no action on PUD revisions

It’s back to the typewriter for Assistant City Attorney Isabelle Lopez, after Historic City News reporters learned at the regular business meeting of the St Augustine City Commission Monday night; commissioners are still debating numbers on a plan to revise the Planned Unit Development ordinance.

Government