Category: Editorials

Historic City News received word this morning that the local newspaper, The St Augustine Record, “recommends returning Mayor Nancy Shaver to the City Hall,” primarily because Shaver “tried to make good on the issues she identified in our editorial meeting two years ago”.

Letter: Post Hurricane Matthew cleanup and repair Senator Travis Hutson St Johns County, FL Dear Historic City News readers: I wanted to touch base with the community on the post Hurricane Matthew cleanup and repair efforts.

Editorial: We have a debt to pay Michael Gold, Editor in Chief HISTORIC CITY NEWS I’ve heard it said, “It’s a thrill to pay a bill”. The residents of the City of St Augustine have one that is coming due Tuesday, and I hope we are all prepared to pay it.

Guest: Amendment 1 would boost solar energy and benefit all By Kevin Doyle Special to Historic City News Renewable, clean, reliable and getting increasingly more affordable, solar energy is dramatic and can change the globe, starting with the way Florida harvests and consumes electricity.

Letter: Phillips running ham-fisted smear campaign against mayor Joe Flanagan St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I have to say that the flyers being sent out by the Kris Phillips campaign are disgraceful. It’s been a really disturbing development to see this kind of dishonesty, meanness, and outright sleaze in the mayoral campaign.

Letter: Political free speech in St. Augustine Beach being suppressed Lance Thate, Chairman St. Augustine Tea Party Dear Historic City News editor: On October 25, 2016, the St. Augustine Tea Party (SATP) held its first ever Candidate Forum in its six-year history. The Forum was well attended. The Tea Party focused on the Commissioner’s Race…

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Letter: Keep national politics out of mayoral election Lee Geanuleas St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News Editor, It seems the nastiness and silliness that afflicts our national politics has arrived in St Augustine.

Letter: After the storm Nancy Shaver, Mayor City of St Augustine You can really tell who we are as people and as a community at a time like this. Our true selves come to light—and we are St Augustine Strong—kind and caring and generous—and tough—and resilient.