Rubio explains his vote to acquit former President Donald Trump
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Rubio explains his vote to acquit former President Donald Trump

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement to Historic City News after voting to acquit former President Donald Trump.  In that statement, he explained his view of the attack on the Capitol on January 6th as well as his reasoning based on his understanding of the United States Constitution, trials by the Senate, and political overreach at the hands of moral opportunists trying to bully a former president of the United States.

Editorial: Question anything that government does under cover of night
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Editorial: Question anything that government does under cover of night

Michael Gold, Trustee
HISTORIC CITY NEWS

I am a native Floridian.  A St Augustinian, to be exact.  When the world was young, my business took me to Georgia where I had occasion to travel to a few large cities as well as a state-full of small rural communities.  After all those years spent growing up here, the southeastern-most state in the nation, it was during those seven years in Georgia that I learned something else about me.  I am also “a Southerner”; a heritage to be celebrated.

Guest: Nancy Shaver on conditions of sea-level rise
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Guest: Nancy Shaver on conditions of sea-level rise

Former Mayor Nancy Shaver may be one of Historic City News’ best qualified sources of current information and most familiar with the resiliency issues facing St. Johns County.  While in office, she traveled as part of a Florida delegation to the Netherlands to learn first-hand about technological solutions to sea level rise, including resiliency measures for nuisance flooding and storm surge.