HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Letter: Open letter to St Augustine City Commission

Letter: Open letter to St Augustine City Commission Jennifer White Special to Historic City News City of St. Augustine 75 King Street St. Augustine, Florida 32084 Re: Clarification of Material Misstatements in City Manager Memorandum regarding Santa Maria Development Agreement dated July 17, 2018 Dear Mayor Shaver and Commissioners: I feel compelled to respond to…

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Editorials

Regan-Lopez handling of White family risks another lawsuit

Not yet out of the woods on contextualization issues related to their plan to patronize a favored local vendor under a tortured theory of the governing municipal ordinance, the city’s manager, John Regan, and attorney, Isabelle Lopez, are again dancing around a controversy that threatens the taxpayers of the City of St Augustine with a…

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Government

Colley convicted on two counts of 1st-degree murder

Executive Director Bryan L. Shorstein reported to Historic City News, that 38-year-old James Colley Jr. of St. Augustine was convicted on 2-counts of first-degree murder, 2-counts of attempted first-degree murder, and 3 other felonies, this morning in one of the worst crimes in recent memory in St. Augustine. The jury deliberated for two hours before…

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Public Safety

Who didn’t see this coming? Demolition approved for 9 Aviles

Historic City News learned today that in an email last Thursday to City Manager John Regan, Harold Bishop of Red Moon Properties, LLC, explained; “Due to the latest discovery work done on the building at 9 Aviles, and the resulting steps needed to be in compliance with local and state requirements, we are open to…

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Government

Broken Lightner

Broken Lightner by Angela deGregory Special to Historic City News When the Alcazar Hotel opened in 1888, it became a more distinguished hotel than was expected. Henry Morrison Flagler wrote at the time that the Alcazar Hotel was “every bit as great” as the Ponce De Leon.

Community

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PRIVATE HIDE

St Johns County restaurant inspections

Public Safety reporters for Historic City News periodically obtain the results of physical inspections of public food service establishments from the records of the Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants located in Tallahassee.

Business

Who called the city’s fallen soldiers white supremacists? The butler did it.

This week, one of seven of St Augustine City Manager John Regan’s hand-picked panelist, chosen to serve on an ostensibly impartial, unbiased and “balanced” committee, whose task it was to recommend “contextualization” of the city’s 1879 American Civil War memorial, tried to marginalize Mayor Nancy Shaver’s reaction to his recommendation to use inflammatory language on…

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Government