HISTORIC CITY NEWS August 2020

4th Congressional District candidate Erick Aguilar guest of Tea Party

The Saint Augustine Tea Party invites Historic City News subscribers to attend an open meeting Tuesday evening, August 11th at 6:30 pm at the Growers Alliance Café and Gift Shop, located at 322 Anastasia Boulevard in St Augustine when their special guest will be Dr Erick Aguilar.

Community

Make host management easier wherever you are

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City Manager touts Trout Creek Fish Camp for Confederate memorial

At their June 22, 2020 meeting, Historic City News reported that the St. Augustine City Commission approved the relocation of the Confederate memorial to a new location such as a cemetery or private property. This decision also included authorization to temporarily store the memorial in a stable environment if a permanent location could not be…

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Government

Letter: Vice Mayor should keep her word

H. K. EdgertonAsheville, NC Dear Historic City News editor: It broke my heart when I read that Vice Mayor Freeman, who made the deciding vote to take down the confederate soldier’s memorial, said that if one black person would have stood up for the soldiers Cenotaph, she would have cast a different vote.

Editorials

Why We Fight

Luis MiguelSt Augustine, FL Special to Historic City News My friends, we did not start this fight, but we intend to finish it. Contrary to what the media would have people believe, we are not here to start trouble. We are here to stop those who want to start trouble. Last month, Reverend Ron Rawls…

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Editorials

Two-weeks until Election Day, mail-in voting underway and Early Voting begins Thursday

The first 13,797 ballots in the August 18, 2020 Primary Election have already been cast, according to Vicky Oakes, Supervisor of Elections for St Johns County. Of the 200,885 qualified voters, these ballots represent those who requested and returned a mail-in ballot. Mail in voting will continue through 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.

Government

City-owned gift shop stocks their shelves with facemasks

Ordinarily, it is not the policy of the City of St. Augustine to compete with privately owned businesses; however, “these are not ordinary times”. As part of the City of St. Augustine’s effort to provide facial masks for purchase by local businesses, residents, and visitors, the purchasing department began ordering masks online. Using the buying…

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Government

Narcotic drugs wash ashore in Palm Coast

Historic City News was informed by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office that a beachgoer found a kilo of cocaine that washed ashore in Palm Coast on Friday.

Public Safety