Redistricting proposal released as special session begins
By Brandon Larrabee
The News Service of Florida
Special to Historic City News
After lawmakers returned to the Capitol today for a rare August special session, progress is being made to quickly redraw congressional districts so that legislators can return to the campaign trail in the final weeks before this year’s Primary Election, August 26.
Letter: Where were the incumbents?
Eric West, President
St. Johns County Republican Assembly
Dear Editor:
On July 26th the St. Johns County Republican Assembly hosted its convention to hear from the candidates for the Board of County Commissioners and School Board. A straw poll was held and the membership endorsed candidates in the primary. Results can be found at www.sjcra.org.
Downtown trolley try-out a success
By: Jensen Werley
Historic City News is following, with interest, an article by Jensen Werley, who covers logistics, manufacturing and defense activities published in the pages of Jacksonville Business Journal. She reports that the Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s test of a “Downtown Night Trolley” last weekend went so well, that staff is asking for permission to move ahead with a pilot program to keep them running more permanently.
Vicky C. Oakes
St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections
Dear Editor and Historic City News readers:
The League of Women Voters hosted a great candidate forum Tuesday night for Senate 6 candidates and the Circuit Judge races that appear on the Primary Election ballot August 26th.
Members of the Florida Pancreas Cancer Coalition have invited Historic City News readers to help them raise money for local pancreatic cancer research, and they have found the perfect northeast Florida way to do it — a water balloon fight!
Historic City News readers planning on casting an absentee ballot in this year’s Primary Election, will find the encore of a voter service, provided by the elections office, to be a convenient time-saver.
