HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2013

Record publisher announces retirement

According to an announcement that appeared in The St Augustine Record today, the newspaper’s publisher, Ron Davidson, says that he will retire later this year; neither the exact date nor a successor was named in the article.

Business

House committee approves election law changes

St Johns County Supervisor of Election, Vicky Oakes, enjoyed a smooth Primary and General election last year and introduced an Internet service that updates voters on wait times at every precinct but some urban areas of the state were not so fortunate.

Government

Letter: HoJo canceled reservations to profit from Mumford concert

Letter: HoJo canceled reservations to profit from Mumford concert Lisa Dolyak Ypsilanti, Michigan Dear Editor: My fiancé and I will marry in St Augustine on September 13, 2013 and I began making the arrangements from Michigan in early December, 2012.

Editorials

Census Bureau hiring local field representatives

Monica K Dukes informed local Historic City News reporters that the US Census Bureau has jobs coming to St Johns County for field representatives and our readers are being invited to apply now.

Community

Legislature in session: Law and order issues

Historic City News is watching the issues in front of Florida’s House and Senate that may affect us here at home, and the topics on the Legislature’s law enforcement and justice agenda include whether or not local police should be allowed to use drone aircraft for surveillance, implementing a possible concealed weapon ban at public…

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Government

St Johns County needs entrepreneurial spirit

The presidential State of the Union address is traditionally used as a “cheerleading assembly” to motivate and inspire the populace to keep paying their taxes for another year and hope for the oft misquoted and misattributed “chicken in every pot”.

Editorials

Terms of county attorney contract up for negotiation

Historic City News local reporters have learned that the current contract between St Johns County and County Attorney Patrick F McCormack expires on April 15, 2013; and, when the county commission meets on next Tuesday, the item will be taken up for discussion.

Government

And the winner is Donald Crichlow

There was little doubt by Historic City News reporters that former St Augustine city commissioner Donald A Crichlow had the advantage over the dozen or so other applicants who expressed interest in being considered to fill the remaining two years of resigned commissioner Bill Leary — and, last night, it was only a matter of…

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