HISTORIC CITY NEWS April 2018

Letter: Too many two and three-wheeled scooters

Letter: Too many two and three-wheeled scooters Brendan Freeman St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I grew up here and appreciate the Disney World feel of our city, but I think there may be too many people renting scooters and three-wheeled scooters.

Editorials

Compliance with asbestos removal notice at Echo House

Historic City News received word Wednesday that activist Ed Slavin has asked St Augustine city officials to delay approval of the permit to demolish the last remaining portion of the 1920’s era Echo House building until Ron Rawls and St Pauls AME Church can show that they have filed an advanced notice required by federal…

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Public Safety

Letter: Behavior by black church leader must stop

Letter: Behavior by black church leader must stop Shane Boen St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I would like to know what the City will be doing to address these ongoing and now personal threats to a majority of our population?

Editorials

Letter: Restrictions on downtown Easter parking

Letter: Restrictions on downtown Easter parking John Mountcastle St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: When the diamond-shaped “no parking” signs were placed on portable saw horses in the parking lanes of Cathedral Place and King Street on Easter Sunday, the number of available parking spaces were significantly diminished. City of St. Augustine Ordinance…

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Editorials

Horvath switches decision on Echo House in less than 5-minutes

St Augustine City Commissioner Roxanne Horvath admitted to the audience during the Monday night commission meeting that she did not know what took place in the negotiations that allowed St Paul AME Church to take possession of the estate of Dr. Andrew Anderson II, but two fellow commissioners were on the board in February 2010…

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Government

Rawls AME Church rejects City offer for Echo House

Deemed one of the “top ten” most threatened places in St Augustine last year by the citizens’ action group, “Citizens for the Preservation of St. Augustine, Inc.”, Ronald Rawls Jr has come to the City looking for a permit to demolish the final building of the historic 1920’s complex that at one time provided indigent…

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Government

Buzz: DeSantis running “most cynical and lily-livered campaign”

Historic City News readers following the Florida politics blog “The Buzz”, are familiar with Tampa Bay Times political editor Adam C. Smith; who created the award-winning news source and has been with the Times since 1992.

Editorials

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica R. Reifeiss, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted. Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and…

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