On a 4-0 vote by members of the St Augustine City Commission Monday night, a Memorandum of Agreement was approved that will establish a kiosk in the Visitor Center where tickets will be sold by the privately owned Colonial Quarter Museum and the University’s new First Colony exhibit, opening in the renovated Government House.
Historic City News watched yesterday as Agriculture Commissioner, Adam Putnam, said that in 2014, he will push for a $250 million reduction on sales taxes that businesses pay for energy; proposing to cut in half the commercial energy sales tax — noting that residential utility customers do not pay the tax at all.
A split vote Monday night when the St Augustine City Commission decided to allow Philip McDaniel and his investors, who are converting a portion of the former ice plant on Riberia Street into a micro-distillery, to convert the side of the historic building into a billboard.
Historic City News readers, commissioners and city staff will have until their October 28th meeting to further consider the wisdom of allowing passengers on horse-drawn carriages to consume alcoholic beverages from open containers.
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The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
Without a lot of fanfare, and two-and-a-half years past it’s originally scheduled release date of February 2011, Historic City News reporters inspected the new $100 Federal Reserve Note that was introduced into circulation yesterday.
Dave Chatterton, General Manager of Old Town Trolley Tours of St Augustine, announced to Historic City News today that guests riding the “Holly Jolly Trolley” during this year’s Nights of Lights season will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite holiday lighting display.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
