By: Joe Henderson, The Tampa Tribune
Special to Historic City News
Republican leaders in Florida have demanded that state Rep. (for now) Mike Hill apologize for making their party look like knuckle-dragging Neanderthals. He has refused, and that’s just as well.
Letter: Please expose John Valdes
Anonymous Reader
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
The enclosed letter and documents have been mailed to Michael A. Lischio with the St. Johns County Property Appraiser. He will investigate for Homestead fraud, etc. You may wish to contact him and request records of his investigation, as I and others hope you will publish a story about Valdes’ hypocrisy and that he is corrupt and cannot follow his own rules.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of St Augustine and St Johns County’s mothers. This is the day set aside to honor that one special lady who gave you life, or adopted you into her heart with the promise that she would be sure that you were prepared to make your way into the sometimes harsh big world where you would need patience, understanding, empathy, maturity, judgment, and a hundred other skills that come with being an adult.
Gregory White
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News Editor:
The age-old institution of slavery existed in most of St. Augustine’s long and diverse history. Reminders of it can be seen all over town today including the old fort and many historic buildings.
Slaves were emancipated in the United States 154-years-ago; more than five generations. The Ladies Memorial Association of St Augustine erected their first memorial to The Forty-Six lost St Augustine soldiers in 1872. Seven years later, the current memorial was relocated to the Plaza; 140-years-ago in 1879 — fully five generations ago.
Walter Bryan “Mike” Hill
Florida House of Representatives, District 1
Tallahassee, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
We all breathed a sigh of relief when arson was not the cause of the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire in Paris, but we gasped in horror as Christians were firebombed at Churches on Easter day in Sri Lanka.
Nancy Sikes-Kline is a “panda”, or, should I say, panderer. It’s like a “rino” (not a rhino) but she’s one of them, too. A “panda” tells anyone anything they want to hear without regard for her own intended course of action. Basically, “two-faced”, or some might just say “liar”.
Executive Director Ann B. Shortelle, Ph.D.
St. Johns River Water Management District
Dear Historic City News readers:
April is Water Conservation Month in Florida, an observance intended to heighten public awareness about the variety of ways we all can reduce our water use and preserve this critical resource for future generations of Floridians and visitors. Counties and cities across our 18-county region are adopting Water Conservation Month proclamations to show their commitment to protecting our water resources.
