Editorials
Editorial: Stop the pandas
Nancy Sikes-Kline is a “panda”, or, should I say, panderer. It’s like a “rino” (not a rhino) but she’s one of them, too. A “panda” tells anyone anything they want to hear without regard for […]
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Letter: April is water conservation month in Florida
Executive Director Ann B. Shortelle, Ph.D.St. Johns River Water Management District Dear Historic City News readers: April is Water Conservation Month in Florida, an observance intended to heighten public awareness about the variety of ways […]
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Rep Stevenson and Renner: Get the State out of the newspaper business
Randy Fine (R) 53 is trying to break the monopoly newspapers have on the lucrative legal notice market. This is a pet peeve of Historic City News who is not allowed to compete with print […]
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Letter: SABCA We need MORE parking – Not PAID parking
Letter: SABCA We need MORE parking – Not PAID parking Bill Jones, PresidentSt Augustine Beach Civic Association Special to Historic City News Dear Mayor George, After watching your Commissioner Comments at the end of the […]
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Guest: Who benefits from less drama?
Lee GeanuleasSt. Augustine, FL Special to Historic City News On March 9, 2019 The St Augustine Record published an editorial titled “Tracy is the right person at the right time,” extolling the selection of former […]
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Citizen journalists? Who saw THAT coming?
It goes without saying that when The St Augustine Record was owned by Florida Publishing Company, they never got the concept of citizen journalism. But neither did their successor, Morris Communications — well, at least […]
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Letter: Up-zoning threatens the stability of residential neighborhoods
Letter: Up-zoning threatens the stability of residential neighborhoods Melinda RakoncaySt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News: “Up-zoning” is something that should concern all property owners living in residential neighborhoods. Up-zoning is the practice of rezoning […]
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Letter: PZB to hear requests to Up-Zone the Mission Grounds
Letter: PZB to hear requests to Up-Zone the Mission Grounds William FerrignoSt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News readers: Our Historic Uptown District on San Marco Avenue is under siege again! The Bishop and the […]
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Who can name all of St Augustine’s Chiefs of Police?
Historic City News will have published for 19-years next month (March 18, 2000) and we’d like to have some fun testing our knowledge of local facts. We invite you to play along and see just […]
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Letter: Davis Shores park a “new spin” now that the jig is up
Susan W RathboneDavis Shores Dear Historic City News Editor: Our City and its politics are starting to seem like an episode out of Boss (a gangster TV show on Netflix). All we need is Kelsey […]