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Add “gender identity” to protected class
Jessica Windisch
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor,
I would like to bring to your readers’ attention to Monday night’s regular meeting of the City of St Augustine commission, when there will be a second reading and public hearing of Ordinance No. 2012-15; an ordinance of the City of St Augustine, Florida, related to housing discrimination.
Michael Isam, spokesman for the Veterans Council of St Johns County, announced to local Historic City News reporters that, for the first time since the observance began in 2007, all 1218 graves in the St. Augustine National Cemetery will receive a wreath as part of the 2012 “Wreaths Across America” ceremonies.
When he showed up at a St Johns County school Friday, a 26-year-old substitute teacher was taken into custody by deputies for having child pornography on his computer hard drive, according to an arrest report obtained by Historic City News today.
The Florida East Coast Railway notified Historic City News that Santa Claus took a ride on a special “Toys for Tots Christmas Train” as it traveled between Jacksonville and Miami today; including a brief stop, for the third year, in St Augustine at US-1 and San Sebastian View.
On Thursday afternoon, Gabe Lazzaro, VP, Human Resources for RailAmerica, announced the permanent elimination of more than 50 full time positions as part of the sale of its railroads to Genesee & Wyoming Inc., according to a memorandum to Historic City News and the employees of its Jacksonville headquarters.
In preparation for the 125th anniversary of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Flagler College is asking Historic City News readers for help in finding original items and artifacts from the hotel to be displayed on the opening day of the college’s celebration on January 12, 2013.
