Category: Editorials

St Patrick’s Day is celebrated all around St Augustine and St Johns County, but the day after is very special to us at Historic City News. It’s our birthday and this year we turn 18-years-old! March 18th is also special to me because it is the day my son Taylor was born.  He makes me…

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Op-Ed: Preemption of gun regulations needed Michael Gold, Editor HISTORIC CITY NEWS This week, I am going to take exception to our counterparts at The Record in their opinion of “home rule” and the proper jurisdiction for gun regulations in Florida.

Letter: Why Trump is right on steel and aluminum tariffs Hank Whetstone St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: On Friday night while driving to Mar-a-Lago, I listened to economics professors on NPR pontificate about how the Trump tariffs were terrible for our economy. On Saturday I listened to President Trump explain his reasoning behind his efforts…

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Letter: St Augustine Beach waste disposal subsidy must end Tom Reynolds St Augustine Beach, FL Dear HCN news Desk: I am writing because I do not believe proper attention has been called to an item on the agenda of tonight’s meeting of the St Augustine Beach City Commission Monday, February 12, 2018, at 6: 00…

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Editorial: City should be quiet and so should UF Michael Gold, Editor HISTORIC CITY NEWS Booker T. Washington said: There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro…

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Letter: Loring also showed contempt for the American Flag (Rabbi) Merrill Shapiro Palm Coast, FL Dear Historic City News editor: It is quite correct that I am not a resident of St. Augustine. But I do pledge allegiance, quite regularly, to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which…

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Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding Kathy Fleming, Executive Director St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum There may be a trend developing in the State of Florida toward reducing funding for museums and cultural institutions.  If that occurs, Historic City News readers on the First Coast will be hard hit.

Michael Gold, Editor in Chief HISTORIC CITY NEWS St Augustine, FL I was raised in a family by two military officers; one commissioned, the other non-commissioned.  I learned about the importance of the men and women who defend our American freedoms from a man and woman who went overseas and did.