Editorials

This Saturday, neighbors in St Augustine will declare their independence from bad government, sloppy staff work, and commissioners who favor developers over city residents.

Letter: Thankful for St Augustine Fire Department

Denice Altman
Antiques & Uniques Collectibles
St Augustine, FL

Dear Historic City News editor:

I was sitting behind the desk in the front of our store on Aviles Street when the lights started flickering and finally went out with a very loud explosion.

Letter: The State Attorney should not look the other way

C. David Nixon
Melrose, FL

Dear Historic City News editor:

The Putnam County sheriff’s detectives in charge of investigating my stepson’s homicide decided, for whatever reason, not to complete their investigation and crafted a false report to close the case in November 2015.

When Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Walt Bogdanich, from the New York Times, returned to St Augustine in April, he contacted Historic City News editor Michael Gold as part of his ongoing reporting on the mishandling of the September 2, 2010 homicide investigation of 24-year-old Michelle O’Connell by St Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar.

• Remember last year when Todd Neville and Nancy Sikes-Kline stopped Mayor Shaver from getting money moved from the mobility “study” account to the street paving account in the city budget?
• Remember when City “Manager” John Regan argued against adding money to street paving?
  

Guest: Don’t allow Commission to ignore Code, Comp Plan and PZB

Lee Geanuleas
St Augustine, FL

On June 4, 2017, Historic City News published a guest column titled, “Impact of San Marco Hotel will be felt forever” by Planning and Zoning Board (PZB) member Sue Agresta. She explained in her column how she reached her decision to vote to deny developer Kanti Patel’s request to rezone three parcels on West Castillo Drive from Historic Preservation 5 (HP-5) to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a hotel parking lot.

Letter: Politics comes to the beach

Clay R. Seay
St Augustine, FL

Dear Historic City News editor:

Recently, the St. Augustine beach City Commissioners voted themselves into the City healthcare system, saying it was discrimination if they were not allowed participation as City employees.