Category: Editorials

Unprecedented government spending and debt, higher taxes and poorly-designed bureaucratic red tape are undermining our economic progress.

November is National Adoption Month and, for me, the 3rd annual Adoption Day Celebration being presented by the St. Johns County Family Integrity Program has special meaning.

There are few topics more controversial in St. Johns County than driving on the beach; a Historic City News undercover report highlights one of the reasons why.

Dear editor: The Tea Party Network, composed of the eleven Tea Party groups operating in the Northeast Florida area, is sponsoring a rally on September 18th at Francis Field in St. Augustine.

In an interview this afternoon, County Judge Patti A. Christensen told Historic City News editor Michael Gold that she expects it will be “a hard transition” for her; leaving friends and co-workers in St. Augustine who she’s known as a judge for the past ten years.

I’ve been a licensed community association manager for a number of years and I always keep my ear to the ground when it comes to community issues — especially those related to resolving nuisances in neighborhoods.

Dear Editor: Senior City Attorney, Ron Brown, and Assistant Attorney, Carlos Mendoza, not elected by the people, apparently believe they are hired to usurp power from the private sector to grow a bloated city bureaucracy.

In a time of falling revenue, rising taxpayer discontent and tough talk about the need for local governments to cut costs, the toughest talk of all is coming from the City of Crestview.