Florida Bar installs first Black president in 105-year history
Fort Lauderdale attorney Eugene K. Pettis will become the Bar’s first African American leader when he is sworn in as its 65th president during The Florida Bar’s Annual Convention in Boca Raton on June 28, 2013, according to an announcement received by Historic City News today.



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Historic City News readers have been following the latest move to regulate temporary vendors adjacent to the Visitor Center promenade, since Mayor Joe Boles told commissioners and city staff at their regular business meeting on May 6, 2013, that he wanted the “eyesore” gone, now.
In just two-weeks, the maverick in personal communications that bucked the CDMA/TDMA cellular phone world with its iDEN technology, will shut down 100-million-pounds of network gear and other materials when Sprint decommissions its former NEXTEL wireless network; effective 12:01 am Eastern time on June 30.
On June 5, Historic City News was notified by the US Department of Agriculture that St Johns County has been designated as one of Florida’s primary natural-disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by excessive rain, high winds, hail, lightning, and tornadoes during the May 2 – 5 period this past spring.
During a special extended 10-minute presentation before the St Augustine City Commission tonight, sponsored by Vice-Mayor Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline, once again the five-member panel will listen to another Historic District merchant who doesn’t like buskers.