As we move into the coming election year, it is important for our readers to understand that you can continue to count on us for the high quality campaign coverage you’ve relied on for the past fifteen years.
Michael Gold, Editor in Chief
HISTORIC CITY NEWS
St Augustine, FL
This week had some ups and downs, not unlike most autumn weeks after Labor Day, but one top story in St Augustine was concluded with little fanfare; a story about the American free press, the rights of citizens in this nation to criticize their government, and a clear reminder than when elected officials get too big for their britches, there are consequences.
Letter: Large campaign contributors expect special treatment
Mary Carrozza
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
I am happy to read that Commissioner Todd Neville has formally scrapped plans to seek a defamation lawsuit against Historic City News.
Michael Gold, Editor
St Augustine, FL
I’d be willing to wager that many, if not most, Historic City News readers living, working, and voting in the City of St Augustine, don’t have a spare $55,000 siting around the house, perhaps in a Yuban coffee can or stuffed in a mattress, that they’d be willing to gamble on the chances that an elected local public official, who currently is in office, can win a defamation lawsuit against the press.
Open Letter: to the residents of St AugustineSt Augustine Residents Count
Given the City Commission’s approval of the Cordova Inn PUD (aka Dow PUD) on August 24th, there will be a hotel and tavern in the city’s most restrictive residential zoning district, HP-1.
With only nine months under his belt in any elected public office, freshman city commissioner Todd D. Neville, a local Certified Public Accountant, has moved the City Attorney, Isabelle Lopez, to take on his case against Historic City News, a free press, and citizen journalist Michael Gold, for exposing campaign contributions taken by Neville from a local developer and his attorney.
