Category: Editorials

Letter: If they are “insurrectionists” why haven’t they been charged? Bob FliegelSt Augustine Dear Historic City News editor: Someone will correct me if I’ve got this wrong, but I don’t think that any of the rioters, or if you prefer, zealous protesters, who stormed the Capitol on January 6th have been charged under the federal…

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Kim J KendallSt Johns County Dear Historic City News: After nearly 10-years of having two buses pick up students from St Johns Forest and take them to Liberty Pines Academy, the School Board voted unanimously in October 2018 to end the second school bus service.

Letter: Stop Comares Avenue conservation zone development Howard AllgoodNorth Davis Shores Dear Historic City News editor: I am the owner of a condo at 33 Comares Avenue, known as Corona Delmar.  I also own three (3) lots across the street from Corona Delmar.

Social media bill is un-constitutionalAri Cohn, J.D.Special to Historic City News Gov. Ron DeSantis claims his “Transparency in Technology Act” would protect free speech. The bill restricts how social media sites moderate objectionable content and requires “detailed definitions” of what content is prohibited. But the bill’s entire premise is backwards. As private entities, social media…

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St Augustine attorney Jane West, Policy & Planning Director for 1,000 Friends of Florida, asked the Historic City News editorial review board to evaluate several pieces of what she described as “very damaging bills” that are moving forward quickly in the current session of the Florida legislature.

Pamela C. Marsh, Executive DirectorFlorida First Amendment FoundationSpecial to Historic City News Florida lawmakers are at it again this year. Your legislators want to make even more difficult to access important government information.

By GENE POLICINSKIFreedom ForumSpecial to Historic City News There is a reason we need a free press, despite its faults and foibles: Democracy won’t work without it.

If approved, Florida Senate Bill SB-284, and companion House Bill HB-55, entitled “Building Design”, will take away another tool from local government. This legislation seeks to remove the authority of local governments to regulate building designs in many areas.