Category: Editorials

Letter: Developers should not control concurrency Randy Covington St Johns, FL Dear Editor: Next Tuesday, the St Johns County Commission will take up a very significant change to county land development concurrency. The proposed change is highly detailed and very technical. It was developed by a committee, composed mostly of developer representatives, working over the…

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Letter: Glorify the French – Vilify the Spanish James Dean Fiske Palm Coast, FL Dear Editor: I’m very glad I only had to pay for gas to attend the “Timucuan and Europeans in 16th Century Florida” held in the Flagler Room of the Ponce de Leon Hotel and presented by Jonathan de Coster, an assistant…

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I’ve enjoyed my 60-year visit to St Augustine. Depending on who you ask, their point of view, and their length of time in the historic city; some will say it has “matured”, others will say it has “become too commercial”. A former city manager I was fond of, who, like me, was fortunate to have…

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Guest Column: Step back from Riberia Point Nancy Shafer St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News readers: I wrote to St Augustine City Manager, John Regan to urge him to take a big step back from his plans to engage with Shawn Heister to build an aquarium at Riberia Point. If this feels like déjà…

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Guest Column: Civilian Law Enforcement Academy David B. Shoar, Sheriff St. Johns County, FL This month, I would like to tell you about our Civilian Law Enforcement Academy at the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. This academy began nearly nine years ago and has been well received. To date over 300 of our citizens have…

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A bill to give “in-state tuition” rates to certain undocumented immigrants will be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee at 9:00 a.m. in room 110 of the Senate Office Building in Tallahassee on Tuesday morning.

Letter: Blame commissioners for their own poor judgment John C. Stevens Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Dear Editor: Have you ever noticed that too many times the St. Johns County Commissioners forget the voters who sent them to office?