When Historic City News readers think of “perks”, they think of rewards paid in private businesses to executives who have earned them by exceeding profits or some other measurable goal. In government, taxpayers expect that if perks for staff and elected officials exist at all, they are limited to de minimis conveniences like a parking space closer to the building, or a key to an executive restroom.
Letter: Veteran disgusted with “blind pride” of some service men
Heather Carroll
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
Jason Kaplan, listed as owner operator of Conch House in St Augustine, replied to a post on my son’s Facebook page that he apparently viewed via a mutual friend.
Kelly Lorbeer
St Johns County, FL
Dear Editor,
I am shocked to learn that the 2015 summer reading list for 6th graders attending public schools in Collier, Lee, and Marion County recommends books like Beautiful Bastard that contains dialog like, “You wouldn’t be such a tease if you were being properly f*****”.
Dennis McDonald
Palm Coast, FL
Dear Editor:
Last week my wife, Janet O. McDonald, Flagler School Board District 2, and I spent a few days in Tallahassee working to save SB1018/HB899 so that our 67 local school boards could REALLY have local control over curriculum.
Letter: Protocol needed to check welfare of live-alone elderly
Pat Webb
Brevard, NC
Dear Editor:
Two weeks ago I returned to visit St. Augustine. My husband and I lived in the Old Town neighborhood south of the Plaza until moving in 2012.
Dennis McDonald
Palm Coast
Dear Editor:
Friday January 22nd, the Florida Ethics Commission rejected the attempt by Flagler County Attorney Hadeed and all five of the Flagler County Board of Commissioners to allow a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, or SLAPP suit, all to be financed by the TAXPAYERS of Flagler County.
