Guest Column: Safe boating
It’s great to be sheriff of a county that has so many wonderful assets.
Category: Editorials
The fox watching the chicken coop
I hope the recent movement towards privatization and outsourcing of government operations is not “too little – too late”.
Letter: Police record union organizers
Dear Editor: On July 1, 2011, local members of the Gainesville General Membership Branch, Industrial Workers of the World, set up a literature table and soup kitchen during the First Friday Art Walk at the corner of King and Cordova Streets as part of our ongoing recruitment organizing drive in St. Augustine.
Savings by sheriff outweigh whining of few
Historic City News received calls from readers confused by an article that appeared in The Record titled, “New plan decentralizes Sheriff’s Office — Leadership changes names, duties added”.
Letter: Observations from the Port
Dear Editor: “Thank you” to the folks at Historic City News for publishing my personal observations from the Port and Waterway District meetings each month — I invite the public to attend our meetings; but, if you can’t, I want you to be informed.
Readers say Crist should challenge Scott
Historic City News has learned that in a recent poll, readers of The Florida Current say former Governor Charlie Crist should switch parties and run as a Democrat against Governor Rick Scott in the next election.
Guest Column: Charging for library use
My guest column in Historic City News today is in response to a citizen recommendation that each library card holder be charged a fee for using the library.
Early St. Augustine newspapers
Although Florida was first settled in 1565, Historic City News readers might be interested to know that it was 200 years before the first newspaper was printed here.