City attorney failed to warn commission before vote

In her latest failure as a legal adviser to the City of St Augustine board of city commissioners, City Attorney Isabelle C. Lopez was silent during a vote called by Vice Mayor Todd Neville to move forward with plans to “contextualize” the city’s 1879 Confederate Soldiers Memorial.

Government

Parking restricted on King Street this week

Historic City News readers will find that, starting today, Monday July 9th and continuing through Saturday morning July 14th, parking on King Street between St. George Street and Charlotte Street will be prohibited between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

Public Safety

Study: Half of July 4th protesters from out-of-town

Save Southern Heritage – Florida released the results of a study to Historic City News this week that determined half of those who marched, intending to disrupt the Independence Day Concert in the Plaza, traveled to St Augustine from out-of-town.

Community

Editorial: Regan buys $4,500 worth of worthless plans

Just two months after they held their first meeting, on April 11, 2018, well before City Manager John Regan ever reviewed any of their work product or had a clue what was happening with his hand-picked volunteer group, dubbed the “Confederate Memorial Contextualization Advisory Committee”, City Hall wastes $4,536.41 with their sweetheart draftsman Jeremy Marquis…

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Editorials

Letter: Not time to change the memorial

Letter: Not time to change the memorial Melinda Rakoncay St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor; I was one of the few people that regularly attended most of the Confederate Monument Committee meetings and can attest that the committee did not have an easy job.

Editorials