HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Florida Weekend Recap – May 1

Florida Weekend Recap – May 1 A recap of this week’s best political and policy happenings; Historic City News brings you what you missed this week in Florida policy and politics. The Week in Review for April 27th – May 1, 2015

Government

Rick Perry comes to city for Blue Jeans and Boots Barbecue

The local Republican Party invites Historic City News readers and St Johns County voters to join former Texas Governor James Richard “Rick” Perry for a free Public Forum at the Flagler College Gym; located at 12 Granada Street in St Augustine on Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Community

First America: An exercise in fraud, waste and abuse

Definition: STRAWMAN; a person set up to serve as a cover for a usually questionable transaction. They won’t want you to remember who they are, but the actors in First America Foundation, Inc., it’s incorporators, officers, and very public “board of directors”, may go down as the most flagrant abusers of taxpayer money in the…

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Government

Lisa Loeb Concert

Lisa Loeb with Flagship Romance Sunday, May 10, 2015 For a complete list of events go to the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall website.

Community

Henry Flagler, Pedro Menendez lobby senator

Florida senator Travis Hutson told Historic City News this week that, even though the legislative session has ended, they were unable to agree on a budget.

Community

ZZ Top and Jeff Beck

ZZ Top and Jeff Beck Saturday, May 9, 2015 (Rescheduled from the cancelled Sunday, September 7, 2014 event.) For a complete list of events go to the Amphitheatre website.

Community

Jenny Lewis Concert

Jenny Lewis Saturday, May 9, 2015 For a complete list of events go to the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall website.

Community

Visioning consultant and Vice Mayor Horvath still not done

When Vice Mayor Roxanne Horvath brought Herbert A. Marlowe, Jr., PhD of Analytica Consulting to the city commission’s handpicked panel of volunteers, there were mixed reactions and some neighborhood residents said we didn’t need to spend the initial $15,000 consulting fee for a “visioning statement”. Taxpayers would end up spending $74,500 for the out-of-town consultant.

Editorials