By Jamie Pearce
Author & Paranormal Investigator
SPECIAL TO HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Antiques and Uniques Collectibles, located at 7 Aviles Street in St Augustine, was originally built between 1885 and 1888 by A.H. Cornish as the St. Augustine City Jail. It was built above the Los Remedios Catholic Cathedral Cemetery, which dates to the 1700s.
Letter: My message has not and will not change
Nancy Shaver
Linconville
Dear Editor and Historic City News readers:
As I’ve walked this City during my campaign and spoken to hundreds of you, I hear over and over again, how much you love St Augustine—and I’ve heard loud and clear what you expect from the City government and your Mayor.
Folio Weekly: Boles – The Forever King
Folio Weekly’s cover Wednesday features incumbent Mayor Joe Boles’ head atop Founder Pedro Menendez’ statue with the title The Forever King.
Charles Meyers
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor,
I think most of us today have had enough with empty campaign rhetoric, negative mudslinging attack ads, and self-serving hypocritical ‘scare crow’ positions. To this end, I am having some real trouble reconciling some things between St John’s County Commission Candidate Jeb Smith’s campaign statements and what he actually does.
James L Manfre, Sheriff
Flagler County, FL
As a young prosecutor, I was assigned to a newly formed “driving while intoxicated” task force that included highway patrol officers. The purpose of this task force was twofold—to focus on the rising tide of alcohol-related accidents and fatalities and to train prosecutors and police how to effectively build and present cases for trial.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Letter: Morris and Sanchez raised your taxes!
Harlan Mason
St. Augustine, Florida
Dear Editor,
St. Johns County politicians have mastered the art of raising taxes in non-election year budget cycles hoping voters will forget the pain in their wallets by the time the next election rolls around.
Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.
