Letter: Code Enforcement harasses local business owners
Letter: Code Enforcement harasses local business owners Emily Chase Palm Coast, FL My husband and I are young parents to two girls, and have just bought our first house in Palm Coast.
Category: Editorials
Holding public figures accountable to the public
It is the mission of Historic City News to hold public figures accountable to the public, and Florida law demands open local government. Open government is essential to a free, open and democratic society. County commissioners, members of city council, members of the board of education and everyone who sits on local government committees, commissions,…
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Poll: The mission of local news reporting
Historic City News set out over 16-years ago with a simple purpose, a Toshiba laptop, and a shoestring budget. Arguably, a 40-year-old writer with too much time on his hands didn’t hurt.
Letter: Thirty-two years’ experience matters
Letter: Thirty-two years’ experience matters George Lareau St Johns County, FL Dear Editor and Historic City News readers: Cheryl Strickland served as our elected Clerk of Court for nearly 20 years. When she announced she would retire in August 2015, she requested the Governor appoint me to fill the remainder of her term. It was…
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Letter: City wasting thousands of gallons of water
Letter: City wasting thousands of gallons of water Denise McCorkle St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: I am writing to Historic City News because, once again, my neighborhood is being flooded by an out-of-control fire hydrant that has apparently been fitted to dump thousands of gallons of treated water into the street several times every day.
Guest Column: Out-of-state groups target nuclear power
Guest Column: Out-of-state groups target nuclear power Grassroots Florida for Clean Energy Jacksonville, FL The attacks on nuclear power here in Florida, and in particular on the FP&L nuclear facility at Turkey Point, by out-of-state opposition groups are disturbing and purposefully intended to stoke unwarranted public fear and undermine sound energy policy. In fact, FP&L…
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Guest Column: The problem is arrogance – not ignorance
Everywhere you read “Mississippi”, substitute “City of St Augustine”.
If Rhode Island can get their money back there’s hope for us
In the news today, Historic City News finds the nation’s smallest state taking a big stand for its taxpayers against worthless “creative” marketers whose designs and work product are difficult to understand, send an obscure message, and turn out to be ineffective.