Category: Editorials

Editorial: Parking permit program flawed

During Monday night’s St Augustine City Commission meeting, Historic City News noted that two requests to expand residential parking permit areas were tabled in favor of a review by the Parking and Traffic Committee, a staff survey, and, one or more public workshops.

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The nine dirty comments on-the-job

Jobs search website Monster.com talked with managers to compile a list of nine phrases bosses strongly dislike and what they would prefer to hear; cautioning that saying the wrong thing in the office can be both embarrassing and career damaging.

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Guest Column: Prepare now for hurricane season

Guest Column: Prepare now for hurricane season David B. Shoar, Sheriff St Johns County It has been nearly 49 years since a hurricane struck the first coast directly from the east and that hurricane, Hurricane Dora has been the only one to strike from the east since records have been kept dating back to 1851.

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Guest Column: Approve Keystone XL Pipeline

Guest Column: Approve Keystone XL Pipeline Kevin Doyle, Executive Director Consumer Energy Alliance-Florida Dear Editor: The construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline will provide significant economic benefits to American workers and American energy consumers across the United States. Despite the enormous impact the pipeline will have for our nation’s energy security, the project has yet…

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Editorial: City and County Commission get it right

Over the past two months, Historic City News has reported on several local debates and public decisions that, frankly, are part of a disturbing trend that I believe are contributing factors in many of the inescapably “bad news” articles we are compelled to report.

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