In comments from St. Johns County Administrator Michael D. Wanchick that were received by Historic City News last week, it appears that staff sees the writing on the wall; another $12 million of lost revenue in property taxes next year.
The ostensibly “non-political” local arts agency for St. Johns County has been recommended by a panel including Cultural Council debtors and alumni to manage a grant program and to market St. Johns County as an art, cultural, and heritage destination for the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council.
My wife and I have a deal. It seems to be working so I don’t want to jinx it, but, maybe somebody else has run into this before – or – they can avoid problems in the future.
Dear Editor,
I just learned some very disturbing news.
Just because I happen to live with my four brothers and sisters in my mom’s two-bedroom Southside apartment, work at Taco Bell, and don’t have a car, some ignorant types assume that I don’t have much money.
In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson initiated “Negro History Week” and, in 1976, the week-long observance was extended to the entire month of February.
Remember when you ended up stopping at a state park and it had one of those honor system pay booths; you weren’t carrying any cash and machine wouldn’t take an ATM, so you did the less than honorable thing and went in anyway, without paying?
