Clarifying a characterization of two of the three private companies that have submitted their qualifications to manage St. Augustine’s Colonial Spanish Quarter as “local”, and segregated Orlando Dinner Entertainment, Inc. as “not”, when the fact is that all three of the companies who want a shot at managing the Spanish Quarter are headquartered out-of-town.
Jay Bliss, USCG Licensed Captain
St. Augustine Port Commissioner Seat 5
Dear Editor:
The minor furor in today’s St. Augustine paper is a bit misleading: I would like Historic City News readers to know that our mooring fields provide a good service to cruisers and residents of St. Augustine and St. Johns County alike.
St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys informed Historic City News reporters that Nights of Lights is right around the corner.
The four-state Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission will hold its final 2011 quarterly meeting at 9:00 a.m. November 11th at Dorchester Academy, located at 8787 East Oglethorpe Highway in Midway, Georgia.
Dear Editor and Countrymen:
With Executive Order 13575, signed into law June 9, 2011, Obama has become King of the entire land from sea to shining sea.
The St. Johns River State College Board of Trustees announced to Historic City News in St. Augustine that, during this month’s meeting, a new chairman was appointed.
The following article appeared in yesterday’s Daytona Beach News-Journal and was contributed by Staff Writer, Jay Stapleton
Court to rule on public’s right to speak
Two years ago, a civil rights legend with deep roots in Central Florida was not permitted to speak at a public hearing about a water treatment plant on the St. Johns River.
Chief Loren Lueders told Historic City News this morning that the St. Augustine Police Department treats all of our citizens the same; referring to the arrest on Saturday of city commissioner Errol D. Jones.
