Free speech can’t be sequestered
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Free speech can’t be sequestered

Free speech can’t be sequestered

Bill Rosenstock
St Augustine Beach, FL

Dear Editor:

I applaud the county commission for its unanimous vote August 4th for the removal of the “free speech area” sign at Pier Park. Free speech is practiced by all American citizens every day without us ever thinking about it.

Magic 8 Ball: Outlook hazy try again
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Magic 8 Ball: Outlook hazy try again

Less than 30 days to go and we want to test our reader’s extrasensory perception. We are asking Historic City News readers to “look into the future” and report, either here or by e-mail, what effect, if any, they believe the 450th Anniversary will have on their business or employment.

Planning board overturned on appeal by local hotelier
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Planning board overturned on appeal by local hotelier

In one of the most civil meetings of the St Augustine City Commission this year, the third of three meetings at City Hall yesterday, one that had commissioners in the Alcazar Room until 9:45 p.m. before Mayor Nancy Shaver finally dropped the gavel, a reversal of the decision of a lower, appointed board — something not regularly witnessed in the past.