Category: Editorials

City Manager John Regan, explaining the actions of three commissioners who object to the demands of more than 20 people who spoke in support of an audit of 450th Commemoration contracts at a March public meeting:

What would you do if you owned a business that made $35 billion in profit in just one year? If you are like my father, he did not even know where to begin to answer that question.

For about two-dozen speakers who came forward, and more than a hundred inside the Alcazar Room and overflowing into the courtyard at City Hall Monday night, it would appear the public would be happy to see a full scale audit of every transaction associated with the more than five-year spending spree on the much ballyhooed…

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Letter: See me at the forum Tuesday evening Judy Stevens Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Dear Historic City News readers: I have agreed to participate in the St Augustine Beach Civic Association General Election Candidate forum Tuesday evening beginning at 7:00 p.m. at St Augustine Beach City Hall. If you attend, or watch the broadcast on…

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I read with growing antipathy the coverage of the city’s mismanagement of the 450th Commemoration and quotes from St Augustine city commissioners published in our local newspaper.

Since our nation’s founding, Americans have always recognized that a free press is important to maintaining a free society. As I am often fond of saying, “There will never be a free nation without a free press.”

Letter: No minority producers in St Augustine? Derek Boyd Hankerson Freebooters Productions St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: I read your series of articles on the mishandling of the “Journey: 450 Years of the African-American Experience”. I would like to applaud your honesty and willingness to report yet another missed opportunity for the city to be…

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Letter: We are taxed enough already Eric West St. Augustine Dear Editor: Thursday the County Commissioners asked for feedback on their proposal to increase revenue including adding 1% to the sales tax.