Year: 2019

Editorial: Stop the pandas

Nancy Sikes-Kline is a “panda”, or, should I say, panderer.  It’s like a “rino” (not a rhino) but she’s one of them, too.  A “panda” tells anyone anything they want to hear without regard for her own intended course of action.  Basically, “two-faced”, or some might just say “liar”.

Editorials

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Allen Nelson, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.

Community

Vacation Rental bill appears dead

Legislative efforts to pre-empt local regulations statewide of vacation rental homes may have died again this year on Wednesday as the Senate bill seeking to do so was temporarily postponed in a committee that is not scheduled to meet again.

Business

David Nolan to receive the Adelaide Sanchez Award

On April 22, the City of St. Augustine will recognize one of the community’s most enthusiastic and committed advocates of historic preservation when the Adelaide Sanchez Award for Historic Education and Interpretation is presented to David Nolan.  The award recognizes Nolan’s extraordinary and unwavering advocacy for historic preservation.

Community

Hutson eyes chances of Senate presidency

St. Johns County Republican Senator Travis Hutson wants to be Senate president, but he’s got to beat Sen. Kathleen Passidomo to do it.  The Hutson-Passidomo contest has lacked much in the way of public pyrotechnics, but not in the way of fundraising.

Government