Letter: Fool me once shame on you
Hank Whetstone
St Augustine, FL
Bruce Maguire was a highly effective St Johns County Commissioner who ran for re-election in 2006; only to become the political victim of a “smear campaign” led by the most arrogant and corrupt politician in St Johns County’s history — Thomas G Manuel.
Letter: St Augustine Record reporter is the bully
Denny Dean
St Augustine Beach
Peter Guinta’s opinions are getting in the way of his judgment, again.
I have no control over my neighbors or their actions and I have never condoned threatening or aggressive behavior.
Monday evening, the stoic St Augustine Beach Mayor, Gary Snodgrass, announced to a room full of angry city residents that the controversial community garden constructed on the corner of “A” Street and Second Avenue, “was a well-intentioned effort to improve our community”. Woops.
Guest Column: Remembrance of 9/11
By Michael Isam
St Augustine, FL
My day started out like the day before, well almost.
I was sitting at my computer putting together the latest information for my veteran blog as my normal routine. Just after I had performed my last cut and paste, the phone rang.
Letter: Response to reader comments
Timothy A Burchfield
Assistant City Manager
City of St Augustine
Dear Editor:
In the September 5, 2012 Weekday Issue of Historic City News, you printed a letter from a reader responding to another letter from Commissioner Bill Leary.
Letter: Amendment not about religious freedom
Rabbi Merrill Shapiro
Palm Coast, FL
Dear Editor:
I am an opponent of Amendment 8, the so-called “religious freedom” amendment to the Florida Constitution.
Rather than strengthening the separation of church and state, the amendment will undermine it by allowing tax funding of private religious organizations.
Letter: Response to Leary “letter”
(Name withheld by request)
St Augustine, FL
“To: editor of Saint Augustine Record, Historic City News, and citizens of Saint Augustine”
I am an employee of the City of St. Augustine wishing to remain anonymous.
As an employee of the City of St. Augustine, I am living the waste of taxpayer money on this contrived “450th Celebration” and other projects.
Letter: Matanzas parking situation dangerous
Jim McCartney
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
The government is costing St Johns County thousands of dollars because they prohibit parking on the beach at Matanzas Inlet.
