Commissioner Bill Leary:
“Tourists love our carriages. The fundamental thing that sticks in my craw was this is not how we should treat people.”

Vice-Mayor Leanna Freeman:
“I had an unsettling feeling of unfairness about the first drafts of the ordinance.”

Thomas Thorspecken
Orlando, FL

As Queen Victoria said, “Beware of artists because they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.”

Over the fifteen-years I and my family have published Historic City News, I’ve had several occasions to meet and talk with Civil Rights leader, Robert Hayling. It’s not every day you can speak with authentic figures in American history. I feel fortunate for those encounters and Dr. Hayling’s willingness to speak frankly with me about his experiences.

Guest: ‘Twas the Night before Menopause

Stephanie Lewis
Once Upon Your Prime

Special to Historic City News

Kathy A. Fleming, Executive Director
St Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum

Dear Editor:

This year we’ve made amazing strides towards making our new Maritime Archaeology and Education Center a reality. Over the past five years we’ve raised over two million dollars to improve exhibitions, restore the historic site, purchase the Light Station and serve more senior citizens and children than ever before.

Historic City News is looking into a practice of “polling commissioners” that is believed to have occurred in St Augustine when the appointed City Manager sampled opinions of one or more elected city commissioners outside of a properly noticed public meeting.