Declare your independence from bad government
This Saturday, neighbors in St Augustine will declare their independence from bad government, sloppy staff work, and commissioners who favor developers over city residents.
Category: Editorials
Letter: Thankful for St Augustine Fire Department
Letter: Thankful for St Augustine Fire Department Denice Altman Antiques & Uniques Collectibles St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I was sitting behind the desk in the front of our store on Aviles Street when the lights started flickering and finally went out with a very loud explosion.
Letter: The State Attorney should not look the other way
Letter: The State Attorney should not look the other way C. David Nixon Melrose, FL Dear Historic City News editor: The Putnam County sheriff’s detectives in charge of investigating my stepson’s homicide decided, for whatever reason, not to complete their investigation and crafted a false report to close the case in November 2015.
New York Times still pursuing homicide coverup by David Shoar
When Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Walt Bogdanich, from the New York Times, returned to St Augustine in April, he contacted Historic City News editor Michael Gold as part of his ongoing reporting on the mishandling of the September 2, 2010 homicide investigation of 24-year-old Michelle O’Connell by St Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar.
Editorial: Stop clowning around with taxpayer’s money
Remember last year when Todd Neville and Nancy Sikes-Kline stopped Mayor Shaver from getting money moved from the mobility “study” account to the street paving account in the city budget? Remember when City “Manager” John Regan argued against adding money to street paving?
Guest: Don’t allow Commission to ignore Code, Comp Plan and PZB
Guest: Don’t allow Commission to ignore Code, Comp Plan and PZB Lee Geanuleas St Augustine, FL On June 4, 2017, Historic City News published a guest column titled, “Impact of San Marco Hotel will be felt forever” by Planning and Zoning Board (PZB) member Sue Agresta. She explained in her column how she reached her…
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Guest Column: Impact of San Marco Hotel will be felt forever
Guest Column: Impact of San Marco Hotel will be felt forever Sue Agresta St Augustine, FL Special to Historic City News As a member of the St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board, this letter represents my own thoughts only. It is in no way to be interpreted as those of the board. Eleven years ago,…
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Letter: Politics comes to the beach
Letter: Politics comes to the beach Clay R. Seay St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: Recently, the St. Augustine beach City Commissioners voted themselves into the City healthcare system, saying it was discrimination if they were not allowed participation as City employees.