Category: Editorials

Over the fifteen-years I and my family have published Historic City News, I’ve had several occasions to meet and talk with Civil Rights leader, Robert Hayling. It’s not every day you can speak with authentic figures in American history. I feel fortunate for those encounters and Dr. Hayling’s willingness to speak frankly with me about…

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Guest: ‘Twas the Night before Menopause Stephanie Lewis Once Upon Your Prime Special to Historic City News

Letter: Maritime Archaeology and Education Center a reality Kathy A. Fleming, Executive Director St Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum Dear Editor: This year we’ve made amazing strides towards making our new Maritime Archaeology and Education Center a reality. Over the past five years we’ve raised over two million dollars to improve exhibitions, restore the historic…

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Historic City News is looking into a practice of “polling commissioners” that is believed to have occurred in St Augustine when the appointed City Manager sampled opinions of one or more elected city commissioners outside of a properly noticed public meeting.

Editorial: Local land baron’s sales tax campaign may backfire Michael Gold, Editor HISTORIC CITY NEWS The moneychangers and land barons in St Johns County, frightened by impending property tax hikes needed to maintain the quality of local schools, convinced taxpayers it was better to raise sales taxes to keep property taxes low.

Guest Column: Thankful at Thanksgiving Ed Slavin St Augustine, FL Thankful at Thanksgiving, we look back into the past. 450 years ago, in 1565, St. Augustine’s diverse, polyglot Spanish colonial residents had already enjoyed America’s first Thanksgiving; feted by the Timucuan residents of Seloy village long before Plymouth was founded.  As University of Florida’s Dr….

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