Guest Column: Time for Municipal Pension Reform
By Keep It Local, Florida
Crack open a laptop, fire up your smartphone or flip on the TV—wherever you get your news, it won’t be hard to find polls expressing Americans’ deep dissatisfaction with Washington. It’s easy to figure out why.
Guest Column: Community dialog and Sunshine Law
George Gardner
St Augustine, FL
Adjustments on the Vision Committee to accommodate the Sunshine Law point up the futility of local government managing community endeavors – like Mayor Joe Boles decreeing the 450th would be managed by the City Commission while the framework for a community-based organization was already in place.
Letter: Commission vote should be “no-brainer”
Dennis C. Stewart
St. Augustine, Fl 32092
Dear editor;
On February 4th, the county commissioners will either vote for a developer or they will vote for the taxpayers. This should be a no-brainer.
Letter: Beach commission meeting tonight
Commissioner Undine C. Pawlowski
St. Augustine Beach, FL
Dear Readers:
Hope everyone is enjoying the warmer temps today.
Just a reminder that tonight is the February Commission Meeting (February 3rd, 7:00 p.m.)
Dave Heimbold
St Augustine
Dear Editor:
Today, many are noticing the similarity between the decline of the United States Republic and the fall of the Roman Empire.
Michael Gold, editor
HISTORIC CITY NEWS
As I have been quoted, many times, there will never be a free nation without a free press. Citizens of most states do not enjoy the same ease of access to public information as those in Florida — we have one of the most open public records laws in the nation (F.S. 119).
Guest Column: Sheriff welcomes citizen involvement
David B. Shoar, Sheriff
St Johns County, FL
This month I would like to draw attention to our Sheriff’s Advisory Council here at the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.
Jami Oliver, Attorney
Columbus, OH
In the days of technology our cell phones play a huge role in the everyday activities of our lives. It is imperative to the individual that their numbers remain private so they can live uncluttered from contestant spamming. Robocalls are an illegal and irritating way for companies to spam us with unnecessary advertisements. This unwanted solicitation has made people completely fed up with this process and has lead to class action lawsuits across America.
