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Heather Neville continues public display of juvenile behavior
Posted inGovernment
Florida ranks 33rd of least politically engaged states
With less than a week until Election Day and nearly four in 10 voters in states with no voter-ID requirements falsely believing they must present identification in order to vote, the personal-finance website WalletHub provided Historic City News with the results of their in-depth analysis of 2016’s Most and Least Politically Engaged States.
Posted inCommunity Government
Citizen reaction results in recall of Loring Park trespassing signs
A week after Historic City News reported on our reader’s reaction to the attempted closing of Loring Park west of Government House in downtown St Augustine, Ed Poppell is apologizing for following City Attorney Isabelle Lopez’ advice to post “No Trespassing” signs around the public park.
Posted inCommunity Editorials
Guest: Amendment 1 would boost solar energy and benefit all
By Kevin Doyle
Special to Historic City News
Renewable, clean, reliable and getting increasingly more affordable, solar energy is dramatic and can change the globe, starting with the way Florida harvests and consumes electricity.
Posted inCommunity Editorials
Letter: Phillips running ham-fisted smear campaign against mayor
Joe Flanagan
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
I have to say that the flyers being sent out by the Kris Phillips campaign are disgraceful. It’s been a really disturbing development to see this kind of dishonesty, meanness, and outright sleaze in the mayoral campaign.
Posted inCommunity Editorials
Letter: Political free speech in St. Augustine Beach being suppressed
Letter: Political free speech in St. Augustine Beach being suppressed
Lance Thate, Chairman
St. Augustine Tea Party
Dear Historic City News editor:
On October 25, 2016, the St. Augustine Tea Party (SATP) held its first ever Candidate Forum in its six-year history. The Forum was well attended. The Tea Party focused on the Commissioner’s Race in the City of St. Augustine Beach. Candidates, Andrea Samuels and Rich O’Brien, incumbents and challengers Maggie Kostka and Rosetta Bailey were invited participants along with the general public.
Posted inCommunity
FDOT road repairs and maintenance report
Debbie Delgado reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Posted inCommunity Public Safety
Butler Beach ramp access temporarily closed
