Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding
Kathy Fleming, Executive Director
St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum
There may be a trend developing in the State of Florida toward reducing funding for museums and cultural institutions. If that occurs, Historic City News readers on the First Coast will be hard hit.
Reporting in Historic City News was mentioned by several speakers during yesterday morning’s meeting of the St Johns County Commission. Our article preceding the meeting, and individual e-mail copies sent to the chairman and commissioners, resulted in the $10,000 funding request, by Sheriff David Shoar, being taken off the “fast track” consent agenda and modified to bring the requested action into compliance with state law.
A fugitive, wanted in connection with charges of aggravated sexual battery against a child under the age of 15, has been shot and killed at the door to his motel room on SR-16 at I-95 by members of a joint local-federal law enforcement task force attempting to execute an arrest warrant.
When one observant Historic City News reader was waiting downtown to pick his teenage son up from work, the driver of a burgundy red Ford Mustang coupe sped up to a Flagler-College-aged female on the east-sidewalk of Cordova Street, threw open the passenger door, and began yelling for her to get into the car.
The Confederate Memorial Contextualization Advisory Committee will hold its inaugural meeting on Wednesday, February 7th. Historic City News readers and the public are invited to attend in The Alcazar Room of the St Augustine City Hall, located at 75 King Street.
Midday Friday, local Historic City News reporters learned of the death of St Augustine Beach activist, 89-year-old Robert R Kahler at Community Hospice Bailey Family Center for Caring at Flagler Hospital.
Historic City News learned Friday that St Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar has apparently attempted to misappropriate $10,000.00 in public funds making a material misstatement that the use of those funds by a third-party organization complies with the requirements of state law. To further conceal the misappropriation sought by the sheriff, the request appears only on the “consent agenda”; recommended by administrative staff for approval without public comment or board discussion.
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 contractors will be working on the roadways and need your full attention.
