Category: Editorials

Lee GeanuleasSt. Augustine, FL Special to Historic City News On March 9, 2019 The St Augustine Record published an editorial titled “Tracy is the right person at the right time,” extolling the selection of former Mayor-Commissioner Tracy Upchurch to fill the remainder of Mayor Nancy Shaver’s term.  Mayor Shaver resigned after suffering a stroke on…

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It goes without saying that when The St Augustine Record was owned by Florida Publishing Company, they never got the concept of citizen journalism. But neither did their successor, Morris Communications — well, at least not until October 2, 2017, when they were forced to sell the newspaper. By then, Historic City News, St Augustine…

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Letter: Up-zoning threatens the stability of residential neighborhoods Melinda RakoncaySt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News: “Up-zoning” is something that should concern all property owners living in residential neighborhoods. Up-zoning is the practice of rezoning property to a more intensive use than its present zoning.

Letter: PZB to hear requests to Up-Zone the Mission Grounds William FerrignoSt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News readers: Our Historic Uptown District on San Marco Avenue is under siege again! The Bishop and the Catholic Diocese are planning to create a Catholic Retreat on the Mission grounds and their property along Ocean Avenue.

Historic City News will have published for 19-years next month (March 18, 2000) and we’d like to have some fun testing our knowledge of local facts.  We invite you to play along and see just how many of our local quizzes you can pass.

Susan W RathboneDavis Shores Dear Historic City News Editor: Our City and its politics are starting to seem like an episode out of Boss (a gangster TV show on Netflix). All we need is Kelsey Grammar as the lead character and all the elements of a Boss episode are in motion:

Editorial: Mr Regan, have you earned the public’s trust? Michael Gold, EditorHISTORIC CITY NEWSSt Augustine, FL I learned early on that you can buy a lot of things, but trust must be earned. In the matter of the 91-93 Coquina Avenue land grab, St Augustine City Manager John P Regan Sr and his hand-picked accomplices…

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Peggy HattonSt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: Attached you will find two pictures of a vagrant that is well known to the St Augustine Police Department. She’s frequently warned and arrested, she’s been repeatedly treated by first responders and transported to Flagler Hospital.