Category: Editorials

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 active foreclosure because she had fallen victim to the scheme of a fraudulent debt consolidation company.

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 this day finally arrived.

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 where his mouth is and that is going to be hard for Tracy Upchurch, Nancy Kline, and Leanna Freeman to…

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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 city manager has the names on the memorial boxed up in plywood.  This is extreme desecration and disgraceful.

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 the memorial dedication of Keith Martin Field and that some had taken issue with me highlighting my participation on Facebook.

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 reality to understand that tourists, and some residents, are confused about their jurisdictional boundaries?

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” – that we say every day.  I try to lead my students by example, and it is the “do the…

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