Matthew Lempke
Orange Park, FL

Dear Historic City News editor:

My roots in the St. Augustine area run deep. I am directly descended from the Pons-Ponce family, am an avid lover of history, and just completed my Master of Arts degree in history from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dale Mitchell
St Augustine, FL

Dear Historic City News editor:

I am writing in hopes your readers will not support the removal of the confederate soldiers’ memorials in our city. I know this is an item that is coming before the City Commissioners soon.

George Linardos
St. Augustine, Florida

Dear Historic City News editor:

What is taking place in our country today goes much deeper than what any small group of the alt-left or alt-right is upset with.

This goes down as the “Quote of the week” from St Johns County’s biggest waste of a seat at the commission table.

Dan Holiday
St. Augustine, FL

Dear Historic City News editor:

I am the owner of the Hamblen-Holiday Building at 11 Aviles Street.

The truth is hard.
The truth is hidden.
The truth must be pursued.
The truth is hard to hear.

Does anyone else find it odd that four St Augustine City Commissioners who just voted to overturn a planning and zoning board denial, then voted to overturn 40-year-old historic preservation zoning, in favor of more tourism development; are now “concerned” about an advertising campaign dedicated to drawing more tourists to the city?

The St Johns County Sheriff’s Office has sustained more than its share of complaints by former employees who tell Historic City News that there is a failure in the culture of the para-military agency that overlooks unwanted sexual behavior, especially by individuals in power.