HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Letter: No transparency in selecting Mobility Task Force

Letter: No transparency in selecting Mobility Task Force Susan Rathbone St. Augustine Dear Editor and Historic City News readers: Monday night, I was watching the St. Augustine City Commission meeting and looking forward to hearing about the selection process and criteria for the Mobility Task Force.

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Editorial: City police department needs to consolidate

Editorial: City police department needs to consolidate Michael Gold, Editor HISTORIC CITY NEWS There is probably a reason that the St Augustine Police Department is the only law enforcement agency in St Johns County that is not accredited.

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Letter: We need someone with a backbone in Washington

Letter: We need someone with a backbone in Washington Bill McClure St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News readers: We know the story. Congress is broken. Barack Obama has sabotaged our future, and weakened our national security. The Republican political elites in Congress have gone along and let him do it.

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Shoar: New information was reviewed during the initial autopsy

Shoar: New information was reviewed during the initial autopsy David B. Shoar, Sheriff St Johns County, FL Special to Historic City News On January 12th media reports circulated that the body of Michelle O’Connell was removed from her place of rest by certain members of her family.

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Letter: Frustration with the congestion in the city

Letter: Frustration with the congestion in the city Nancy E. Shaver, Mayor St Augustine, FL Let’s face it: we’re all really frustrated with the congestion in our City. The truth of the matter is that we have had studies and committees—and made modest progress. But we haven’t had an overall plan (not a study) we…

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Letter: Meals are meant to feed the hungry

Letter: Meals are meant to feed the hungry Terry Buckenmeyer St Augustine, FL If one can believe the May 7th article in the St Augustine Record, the nightly feedings of the hungry on Bridge Street are being suspended for a week and the St Augustine Beach(?) Police will insure that no one congregates in the…

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City’s legal case management wins battles and loses wars

The late George McClure was representing Henry and Esther Whetstone, when Historic City News learned, in December 2011, that St Augustine city staff had walked away from negotiations on a permit to allow “Whetstone’s Bayfront Inn” to construct a dock and pier over city-owned bottomlands.

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Letter: Code Enforcement harasses local business owners

Letter: Code Enforcement harasses local business owners Emily Chase Palm Coast, FL My husband and I are young parents to two girls, and have just bought our first house in Palm Coast.

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