HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2020

St Johns County Civic Roundtable holds November meeting

Maureen Long, Secretary of the St. Johns County Civic Roundtable located in St. Augustine, informed local Historic City News reporters that yesterday, Monday, November 9th, the Roundtable held its November Meeting via an open Zoom conference call.

Community

FDOT Northeast Florida Road and Lane Closures Weekly Report

Florida Department of Transportation Community Outreach Specialist Allen Nelson has updated Historic City News with the weekly lane closure report containing information regarding ongoing construction projects and traffic impacts for the coming week.

Public Safety

Emergency Management releases initial FLASH report on Tropical Storm Eta

Kelly Wilson, spokesperson for the St Johns County Emergency Management department, reported to Historic City News the initial update of Tropical Storm Eta, the effects of which will be visible by tomorrow (Sunday) morning. The St Johns County Emergency Operations Center remains at Partial Activation Level: 2, Wilson reported.

Public Safety

Editorial: City cops are developing a reputation for arresting the victim

How would you feel if you were babysitting your grandchild on Saturday night so that your 20-year-old son, who is working a double shift for minimum wage in a downtown tourism-driven business, tells you that he is not coming back to pick up his daughter until 10:30 – 11:00 p.m. at night?

Editorials

Local officials are re-elected, but some will be getting their pink slip

With ballots representing 48-out-of-48 precincts reporting, Historic City News editor-in-chief, Michael Gold, stood by as the Supervisor of Elections in St Johns County, Vicky Oakes, posted her Election Day results at about 9:17:01 Tuesday night. This is the last year Gold plans to witness the process. He has completed the task every-other year for the…

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Government

Good morning St. Johns County Voters

Historic City News begins Election Day 2020 with a whopping 71% voter turnout. Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reports that 149,889 voters have already cast ballots in this election. Polls are open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. TODAY PM – if you have not, please go vote and take a minute to thank your poll…

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Government

Review Board endorsement: Seat 1, City Commission

I told Mayor Upchurch that I took the opportunity to watch his interview with Tracey Eaton yesterday. He said some things that needed to be said – or, at least, I needed to hear him say. In the heat of battle, we can say or even do things that we would not normally say or…

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Editorials

It has all come down to this, Election Day 2020 is Tuesday

St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reached out to Historic City News to remind our subscribers that early voting ended today, Saturday at 6:00 p.m. The November 3rd General Election is Tuesday. There is no early voting on Sunday or Monday before Election Day.

Government