Cost of financing a city campaign
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Cost of financing a city campaign

300-BANKHistoric City News always checks the financial reports filed by political candidates, at least the ones who successfully make it to the General Elections. A standard metric for campaign managers is their budget for each vote. We took a look at the preliminary numbers which will adjust slightly when the campaigns file their final report.

Free exhibit coming to Visitor Information Center
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Free exhibit coming to Visitor Information Center

300-VIC-AVE-HCNHistoric City News readers will enjoy a free exhibit at the Visitor Information Center located at 10 West Castillo Drive in St Augustine from November 15, 2014, to January 12, 2015. The St. Augustine 450th Commemoration exhibition, which kicks off the anniversary year, focuses on comparing St. Augustine from then and now; a quest that has always intrigued visitors and residents.

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Mayor-Elect Nancy Shaver scores for the “outsiders”

NANCY SHAVER
NANCY SHAVER
In a hotly contested mayoral race, the likes of which St Augustine has not seen in the past eight years, the “silent majority” went to the polls and cast their votes for mayor-elect Nancy Shaver; ordinary citizens, many of whom feel they have been treated as “outsiders”, while political cronies sipped champagne and jetted off to Spain on taxpayer-financed junkets.

Castillo by Candlelight
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Castillo by Candlelight

400-FORT-CASTILLOThe Castillo de San Marcos National Monument has informed local Historic City News reporters that they will host special evening tours on Saturday, November 22, and readers are invited to enjoy a candlelit timeline tour exploring the many flags that have flown over its ancient coquina walls.