Editorial: Cost of political correctness – $17,130.89
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Editorial: Cost of political correctness – $17,130.89

Happy Mother’s Day to all of St Augustine and St Johns County’s mothers.  This is the day set aside to honor that one special lady who gave you life, or adopted you into her heart with the promise that she would be sure that you were prepared to make your way into the sometimes harsh big world where you would need patience, understanding, empathy, maturity, judgment, and a hundred other skills that come with being an adult.

St Johns County must provide Spanish-language ballots
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St Johns County must provide Spanish-language ballots

Historic City News received a copy of a 16-page ruling Friday from Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker placing a requirement on St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes, as well as state and county elections officials in thirty-one additional Florida counties, to furnish Spanish and English language ballots before the 2020 Presidential Primary Election.

Hankerson takes local Gullah Geechee history cycling in Ireland
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Hankerson takes local Gullah Geechee history cycling in Ireland

As most Historic City News readers know, I thoroughly enjoy sharing my Gullah Geechee history.  Our “Gullah Geechee Corridor and the East Coast Greenway” film, from Hankerson-Henry Productions, tells that story; connecting tourism, cultural heritage, and cycling back to travel and tourism in St. Johns County through Rails to Trails, the Sea Island Loop, and the East Coast Greenway.

Sheriff’s mishandling of O’Connell death makes pages of New York Times –again
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Sheriff’s mishandling of O’Connell death makes pages of New York Times –again

Sleuth, who was looking into a fatal shooting, is found dead from a gunshot

The shooting death of the girlfriend of a Florida deputy sheriff has haunted and divided the community of St. Augustine, for going on a decade. Shortly after the woman, 24-year-old Michelle O’Connell, was killed by a bullet from her boyfriend’s service weapon, the authorities ruled the case a suicide, without examining crucial forensic evidence.