Posted inGovernment
Comey out as Director of the FBI
The president has fired FBI Director James Comey, who was overseeing an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and possible ties to the Trump campaign and top aides.
Posted inBusiness
Flagler College welcomes new security director
Veteran police chief Creig Doyle was recently named Flagler College’s director of Safety & Security, after serving in an interim director capacity at the college since January.
Posted inGovernment
Regan’s memo to department heads about City Reorganization
CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE
MEMORANDUM
TO: All Department Heads
DATE: May 3, 2017
RE: City Reorganization
Effective immediately the Human Resources Division will report to the City Manager’s Office and the IT Division will report to the General Services Department. Additionally, in relation to daily operations all Departments will report to the Assistant City Manager.
Posted inCommunity
Fair Tax Plan will disband the Internal Revenue Service
The elimination of income tax and the Internal Revenue Service starts off the conversation during the next regular business meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Posted inEditorials
Guest: The future of Northeast Florida Regional Airport
Robert Olsen
Vilano Beach
Special to Historic City News
Looking back at the St Augustine Airport, it’s hard to imagine that the airport was closed for several years after serving a military function during World War II. It was reopened in 1955 and has grown to become a hugely important regional asset — much more than a place to land an airplane. Few other 668-acres in Florida have as intense a concentration of high-paying jobs and economic activity.
Posted inGovernment
Is city manager preparing for his inevitable resignation?
Historic City News has observed one of the most dysfunctional city boards, overpaid middle-managers, and poor community consultants administered by arguably one of the least qualified, slap-on-the-back, city managers in recent history. But according to an announcement brought with little public fanfare before Monday night’s regular meeting of the St Augustine City Commission, John P Regan, a public engineer, is using his fair share of convoluted double-speak, to propose major swaths of reduction to his responsibilities going forward.
Posted inPublic Safety
Passenger in single-vehicle collision dies at crash scene
Sergeant Kenneth Mark Boatright Jr. of the Florida Highway Patrol informed local Historic City News reporters that for more than 4-hours this afternoon, troopers had traffic re-routed between SR-16/16A and SR-13/SR-16 while the road was closed to investigate a single-vehicle traffic homicide.
Posted inPublic Safety
Beach police create safe zone for e-commerce exchange
The St. Augustine Beach Police Department announced to local Historic City News reporters this week that a new safe zone has been established in their parking lot for the exchange of merchandise purchased or traded online.