Category: Editorials

Letter: Participation by all judge candidates a “first” Vicky C. Oakes St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections Dear Editor and Historic City News readers: The League of Women Voters hosted a great candidate forum Tuesday night for Senate 6 candidates and the Circuit Judge races that appear on the Primary Election ballot August 26th.

Letter: Why is Mayor Boles ashamed of 400th Anniversary? Janis Versaggi Williams St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: I have written the following letter to St Augustine Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., concerning his derogatory assessment of the volunteer work done by local residents on the city’s 400th Anniversary in 1965. I would be happy to…

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Two months and $75,000 later, St Augustine’s visioning zombies are still meeting to form goals and prepare for a town hall meeting to be held August 18th. No word yet on a time for that town hall meeting, but the committee steering the runaway train Monday, August 4th, have decided to convene in the middle…

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Guest Column: Time is right for City Zoning Code review John Valdes St Augustine, FL In January, 2009, I declared that the City of St Augustine needed a zoning regulation review; and, with the economic down turn, we could accomplish the review without the pressure of new projects in the works.

Letter: Statutes backup Thrasher replacement scenarios Doug Wiles, Former Member Florida House of Representatives St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: A recent letter to the editor of Historic City News took the St. Augustine Record to task for its editorial on July 20. The Record outlined the process to replace incumbent Sen. John Thrasher on the…

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Letter: Questions The Record’s legal advice Bob Hamby Palm Coast, FL Dear Editor: I have written to The St Augustine Record publisher, Delinda Fogel, editor Kathy Nelson, and opinions editor Jim Sutton because they are quoting Florida law — without giving the statute. It appears to unfairly diminish the value of the other Republican candidate…

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Letter: The genie’s out of the bottle John Valdes St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: The genie is out of the bottle and looking for a parking space. We’ve been discovered, we can’t put the cork back in the bottle — and we shouldn’t try.

Letter: The 800-pound Gorilla in the room Ron Berben Candidate for St Augustine City Commission St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: As long as I have lived downtown I have understood what it is that attracts people from all over the country and the world into our historic city. Much of what visitors to our city…

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