Category: Editorials

Guest Column: Remembrance of 9/11 By Michael Isam St Augustine, FL My day started out like the day before, well almost. I was sitting at my computer putting together the latest information for my veteran blog as my normal routine. Just after I had performed my last cut and paste, the phone rang.

Letter: Response to reader comments Timothy A Burchfield Assistant City Manager City of St Augustine Dear Editor: In the September 5, 2012 Weekday Issue of Historic City News, you printed a letter from a reader responding to another letter from Commissioner Bill Leary.

Letter: Amendment not about religious freedom Rabbi Merrill Shapiro Palm Coast, FL Dear Editor: I am an opponent of Amendment 8, the so-called “religious freedom” amendment to the Florida Constitution. Rather than strengthening the separation of church and state, the amendment will undermine it by allowing tax funding of private religious organizations.

Letter: Response to Leary “letter” (Name withheld by request) St Augustine, FL “To: editor of Saint Augustine Record, Historic City News, and citizens of Saint Augustine” I am an employee of the City of St. Augustine wishing to remain anonymous. As an employee of the City of St. Augustine, I am living the waste of…

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Letter: Matanzas parking situation dangerous Jim McCartney St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: The government is costing St Johns County thousands of dollars because they prohibit parking on the beach at Matanzas Inlet.

Letter: Record article only sour grapes Jamie Parham St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: A flier recommending candidates in the Republican Primary Election who we felt best represented traditional Republican values, was distributed during the Primary Election campaigns by the Ronald Reagan Republican Assemblies of Florida Inc., of which I am the President of the St…

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Letter: County Attorney should not interfere Mary F Kohnke Palm Valley, FL Dear Editor: I recently made a public records request in St Johns County. The county attorney, Patrick McCormack, called to inform me that “to be fair” he was going to report my request and my name to all parties involved.

Guest Column: Born of Hardship Jeffrey Edel Castillo de San Marcos National Monument St Augustine, FL Labor Day constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.