Letter: Morris and commissioners afraid of public scrutiny
Randy Covington
St Augustine, FL
Like thieves and cowards, Jay Morris, Ron Sanchez, Cindy Stevenson and Rachael Bennett, just voted, to give Michael Wanchick a $ 25,000 annual raise (15%).
Letter: Streetcar advocacy group forming
Robert W. Mann
bo*@***************le.com
Dear Editor:
I am one of the co-publishers of metrojacksonville.com, a semi-retired transportation planner, and full-time author in the field of transit and local histories.
St Johns County has made a very substantial investment in its County Administrator, 63-year-old Michael Wanchick, who relocated with his family to St Johns County for the job in 2007. With no advance notice to the public or media, Commission Chairman John “Jay” Morris added an agenda item during the Tuesday September 17th meeting of the Board of County Commissioners to review the County Administrator’s performance and award him with a $21,000 pay raise.
Donald Forgione, Director of the Florida Park Service, invited all Historic City News readers to join in the celebration of Florida’s Hispanic Heritage Month; September 15th through October 15th. Nowhere in the state is the significance and appreciation of Hispanic culture more central to our history than in St Augustine and St Johns County.
Before any business was conducted by the St Johns County Board of Commissioners this morning, aside from the opening ceremonial proclamations, something new happened — in furtherance of the goal to achieve government in the sunshine, public comments were heard first on the agenda; before any elected official or appointed government official was heard to speak.
Robbery detectives at the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office have informed local Historic City News reporters that they are searching for a man who is believed to be white, approximately 5’11″ to 6’2″ tall, light brown hair, possibly in his late teens to mid-twenties, with a lean build. They say the man burglarized one convenience store and robbed another in the Ponte Vedra Beach area this weekend.
Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, informed local Historic City News reporters about the following entertaining events for our St Johns County readers.
Environmental Compliance Manager Tony Cubbedge alerted Historic City News readers in Ponte Vedra Beach that the St Johns County Utility Department continues emergency repairs this morning to an overnight water main break that occurred in the area.
