Year: 2014

Jay Morris wastes 12 minutes 59 seconds to help Cultural Council

When the evaluations were released to Historic City News, scoring how well the St Johns County Visitors and Convention Bureau and St Johns Cultural Council performed against the mission of their individual contracts with St Johns County, a very disturbing outcome in the manner in which the current chairman of the St Johns County Board…

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Government

Performance evaluations catch up to Cultural Council

During the regular meeting of the Tourist Development Council, held Monday, January 27th, it was “report card” day for the Visitor and Convention Bureau and the St Johns Cultural Council as performance evaluations for the fall season, Fiscal Year 2013, were revealed. During Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, each agency was allowed…

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Government

Guest Column: Time for Municipal Pension Reform

Guest Column: Time for Municipal Pension Reform By Keep It Local, Florida Crack open a laptop, fire up your smartphone or flip on the TV—wherever you get your news, it won’t be hard to find polls expressing Americans’ deep dissatisfaction with Washington. It’s easy to figure out why.

Editorials

Exhibit celebrates centuries-old St Johns County agribusinesses

St Johns County farmers and ranchers were joined by staff from the Cooperative Extension Service this week to present exhibits celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the St Johns County Agricultural Center and the rich, centuries-old heritage of agribusiness that is second only to tourism in terms of economic impact.

Business

Crime lab of top Florida law enforcement agency under suspicion

The man who was employed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a chemist in their Pensacola crime lab, and was accused on Friday of swapping illegal drugs for over-the-counter medicines, has been arrested according to an announcement from the state’s top law enforcement agency received by Historic City News.

Public Safety

Guest Column: Community dialog and Sunshine Law

Guest Column: Community dialog and Sunshine Law George Gardner St Augustine, FL Adjustments on the Vision Committee to accommodate the Sunshine Law point up the futility of local government managing community endeavors – like Mayor Joe Boles decreeing the 450th would be managed by the City Commission while the framework for a community-based organization was…

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