Editorial: The latest assault on individualism
Michael Gold, Editor
HISTORIC CITY NEWS
In just a couple of months, we will be welcoming in the year “2018”. I believe history will remember it as “the year Americans lost their individualism”.
Letter: Creating Art is Not a Crime
Bruce Kevin Bates
St Augustine, FL
This evening will mark a turning point in the History of St. Augustine’s war against the Artists. Tonight, Saint Augustine’s City Commissioners will vote to change the boundaries within the City where artists were once prohibited from Creating Art in public, under threat of arrest, and 60 days in jail.
Letter: Bill of Rights should protect patients
Kimberly Elfersy
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
Most of us walk into a Florida medical facility believing that our rights outlined in the Florida Patients’ Bill of Rights brochures will protect us.
Uli Schackmann
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
With a clear “2020” vision of a cure for HIV/AIDS in my sights, I will ride my bicycle from Alaska to Key West. I am currently in St. Augustine and will be here for at least 7 days to make some repairs to the bike, replenish my supplies, and get a necessary rest before I continue with the last 600 miles.
Terry R Herbert
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
I have the perfect solution to NFL football players having the freedom to express their views that allows the NFL owners to be able to recoup the percentage of their fan base, and revenue, that these football players desiring to politicize a sporting event have cost.
Offices for the City of St. Augustine lost the ability to send e-mail last Sunday night at the height of Hurricane Irma, according to a report received by Historic City News from Public Affairs Director Paul Williamson.
I was born in St Augustine and lived under segregation and integration in our schools, restaurants, and other public places. My grandfather was the first in my family to own property here — none of which included slaves.
Jeff Gaddie
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
I was surprised Tuesday when I spotted a woman on Facebook narrating a video of herself stealing a yard sign and placing it in the trunk of her car.
