Historic City News will be closely following a measure filed late last week in the Florida House of Representatives where an antiquated state law is being challenged that has been used for years to pad the wallets of print newspapers with some of their highest-priced advertising — legal notices.

Kudos to Commissioners Leanne Freeman and Bill Leary for having shown a tremendous amount of “responsible sense” by voting against the purchase of the M&M Market.

Around this time last year I was looking for a pair of new Converse, Chuck Taylors to be exact. I had developed a bit of a reputation for wearing plain black Chucks with writing on the white toe area.

When St. Augustine’s latest high-profile, millionaire attraction owner, Pat Croce, moves his Pirate and Treasure Museum from Key West to its completely rebuilt headquarters at 12 Castillo Drive South — at the epicenter and adjacent to St. Augustine’s soon-to-be-built Visitor Orientation Center — who does he employ to create and serve as registered agent for his new Florida limited liability company, Grand Marana, LLC, but local mayor-attorney Joseph L. Boles Jr.

Dear Editor:

If you read the newspaper every day, as I do, you notice a common thread about St. Augustine recently: Everyone wants to change it.

ON THE NET: The case of crimes against Santa
Reprinted from Art in the Market
By: Gregory Travous

Dear editor:

The Firefighters issued a letter to the county giving them three dates in December to set the ground rules for the upcoming 2011 negotiations session.

Dear editor:

I want to expend my thanks to everyone who came out and walked or rode the Dartmouth in today’s St. Augustine Christmas parade.