Category: Editorials

Letter: Sheriff misused Amber Alert Sherri Bankston Fleming Island, FL Dear Editor: I am contacting you because the media has been covering the JSO handling of the Amber Alert for Cherish Periwinkle and the Amber Alert for Reid Payne, son of former Sergeant Catherine Payne with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

I read with amusement the editorial comment in the local printed newspaper; but, I have no idea who wrote it. Plausible deniability, you know. I can just see Jim Sutton, Kathy Nelson and Delinda Fogle, sitting in a circle in a dark corner of what used to be the press room, pointing a finger at…

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Letter: HCN gave all Republicans a fair shake Bob Smith St Augustine, FL Dear Editor, Well done Historic City News! Thanks for giving all the Republican candidates in this Senate race a fair shake! That is more than I can say for the other print media outlets, and in particular, The Record.

Column: Who not to vote for in this special primary LANCE THATE St Augustine, FL The St. Augustine Tea Party does not endorse political candidates. However, they do have a list of candidates with whom they disagree, find problematic, or whose goals are not in the best interests of St. Johns County voters, thus, they…

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Choice for State Representative District 17 The Special Primary Election for State Representative in House District 17 will likely decide the outcome of the race since the winner faces a candidate with no party affiliation and a write-in candidate whose name will not even appear on the ballot.

Choice for Senate District 6 Even outside our editorial review board, this race has been controversial — at best. Historic City News readers have been mixed in their comments.

Letter: Recognizing all those who participated Melinda Rakoncay President Nelmar Terrace Neighborhood Association Dear Editor and Historic City News readers: This is to ALL THOSE PEOPLE, who believed in this fight for the last 2 and a half years, and continued to stick with it when so many people said the 7-Eleven was a done…

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Tonight in the Lewis Auditorium of Flagler College, Michael Carr took the stage representing a city contractor, “Mummy Cat Productions, LLC” for a public airing of a video entitled “Journey: 450 Years of the African-American Experience”.