HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
Letter: Inn not compatible with surrounding uses
David Lowther
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
I am writing to clarify, for those interested in trying to understand, what is going on with the historic preservation zoning in St Augustine.
No, this is not going to be another article about Jim Sutton and Nancy Sikes-Kline; today I want to take a closer look at the latest gossip being circulated by the usual suspects — gossip, the timing of which could be more than coincidence.
Well, it’s official. My home town of St Augustine has become a community whose inhabitants have sordid secrets; and, it’s all going to spill out in a new Record editorial column by Hedda Hopper — using the pen name, “Jim Sutton”.
Letter: The Flagler bat house is flooding
Dennis McDonald
Palm Coast, FL
Dear Editor:
The revelation that the bat-infested Flagler Hospital building in Bunnell suffers “new found” flooding issues, and that it will cost the taxpayers millions more to fix than originally revealed, is proof that Flagler County Administrator Craig Coffey and County Attorney Albert Hadeed are incompetent.
Letter: Private sales tax survey blocked from public
Dr. Michel S. Pawlowski, D.Sc., CEM
St. Augustine Beach, FL
Dear Editor:
I want to share with Historic City News readers my formal request for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene before the release of purported results from a recent survey, privately conducted and paid for, in anticipation of a referendum on adding one-percent to all sales tax levied in St Johns County.
Guest Column: Florida Veterans Hall of Fame
Sgt. Major Ray A. Quinn
Army National Guard, Retired
St Augustine, FL
As this year’s chairman of the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame Council, I am honored to announce to Historic City News readers that we are currently accepting nominations for the third annual class of inductees into the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame.
Guest Column: Sales tax survey deficiencies
Kim J Kendall
St Augustine, FL
I want Historic City News readers to be aware of deficiencies with the telephone polling methods employed by a group of private individuals, the results of which are being given to our elected public officials to influence their decision in support of a sales tax referendum.
When Vice Mayor Roxanne Horvath brought Herbert A. Marlowe, Jr., PhD of Analytica Consulting to the city commission’s handpicked panel of volunteers, there were mixed reactions and some neighborhood residents said we didn’t need to spend the initial $15,000 consulting fee for a “visioning statement”. Taxpayers would end up spending $74,500 for the out-of-town consultant.