Category: Editorials

Historic City News scours the web at the close of each year to find some bit of editorial prose to entertain our core subscriber base, that being those politicos, lobbyists, elected and appointed officials of local government who seem hellbent on dancing between the raindrops to deliver us another session of Legislative pork while managing…

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Ed SlavinSt Augustine, Florida It’s morning in St Johns County, America. We are happy that on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, three reform Commissioners will become a 60% majority on our St Johns County Board of County Commissioners. Clay Murphy and Ann Taylor will join reformer Krista Keating Joseph. Three cheers! As President Theodore Roosevelt would…

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Mark TolzmannSt Johns, FL Former St Johns County Commissioner Bill McClure’s retort to the Historic City News endorsement of Ed Slavin for a seat on the Mosquito Control District, ironically serves to highlight the reasons Ed should be on the Board.

Honorable William McClure, MPA MBASt Augustine, FL Why would Historic City News endorse Ed Slavin, knowing that he has cost the County and the State hundreds of thousands of wasted taxpayer dollars retrieving documents that lead to nowhere?

This is the day Historic City News readers thought they would never see.  The day pigs fly.  The day Hell freezes over.  But, nonetheless, that day is upon us – not because it’s “about time”, but rather because “the time is right”.  In the open Anastasia Mosquito Control District 1 race, the Historic City News…

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Selecting Gary Howell for the Anastasia Mosquito Control District (Seat 5) was the easiest endorsement decision to come before the Historic City News Editorial Review Board this election year.  Gary has been a part of this community as long as us.  We know what to expect from his contribution as a commissioner.

Carol Anderson St Johns County, FL Historic City News readers, Please share Judge Kenneth Janesk, of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, just ruled on a lawsuit brought against Nicole Crosby, “the Anns” handler/campaign manager/marketing advisor.  The lawsuit (type in case #CA24-0665), brought by Plaintiff James Higbee, alleges defamation of his character in social media and says…

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John PolidanSaint Johns, FL To Historic City News readers: After much research and contemplation, I conclude that Friday’s “red flag” appearance of fake Republican “endorsements” was intended to be discovered quickly and done solely for the PR hype.