Editorials

H. K. EdgertonAsheville, NC Dear Historic City News editor: It broke my heart when I read that Vice Mayor Freeman, who made the deciding vote to take down the confederate soldier’s memorial, said that if […]

Luis MiguelSt Augustine, FL Special to Historic City News My friends, we did not start this fight, but we intend to finish it. Contrary to what the media would have people believe, we are not […]

Bob FliegelSt. Augustine Dear Historic City News editor: We are going to be hearing a lot about the “independent voter” and the “undecided voter” in the coming months. They are related myths.

Editorial: Be careful what you ask for … Michael Gold, EditorHISTORIC CITY NEWSSt Augustine, FL

Bill Lazar, DirectorSt Johns Housing Partnership IncSt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: We recently helped a single mother who is also a service-connected disabled veteran in St. Johns County.  Her home was in […]

It has been 16-years since we made an endorsement for this important constitutional officer and over that time our volunteer editorial board has paid attention to the current officeholder so we could be prepared when […]

Historic City News would like to express our gratitude to Mark Bailey for his willingness to stand up and say what so many of us are thinking.  And, when Mark speaks, he puts his money […]

HK EdgertonAsheville, NC Dear Historic City News: I am heartsick to hear that the City of St. Augustine has voted to remove the Solder’s Cenotaph in the historic Plaza de la Constitucion and that the […]

Letter: Commission voted unanimously in support of Keith Martin Field Jimmy JohnsSt Johns County Commissioner, District 1 Dear Historic City News editor: I read with great interest the June 24 story regarding my participation in […]

Letter: Face mask rule debacleBill Nesbitt St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: How is it that the bright minds elected to our city and county commissions are either too clueless or disconnected from […]

On Monday June 22,2020, Mayor Tracy Upchurch along with Commissioners Nancy Sikes-Kline and Leanna Freeman voted to banish the names of 46 deceased US veteran soldiers because of the war that they died in.

Wade RossSt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I am a veteran teacher of 25 years. At my school, we have a motto – “Do the good, learn the true, and love the beautiful” […]

Michael Gold, EditorHISTORIC CITY NEWS I look back on 40-years of Republican Party affiliation, long before the Party was popular in northeast Florida, and wonder what the folks who taught me what it meant to […]

Allan D SilbermanPalencia, Florida Your recent editorial condemning Rev. Ron Rawls and his ministry of education conveys your own bigotry and racist orientation.

Ronald Rawls in his own disturbed state of mind attempting to agitate black citizens to cause violence in peaceful neighborhoods and at peaceful businesses, unless they are black-owned.