Three of four litigants in a lawsuit filed against the City of St Augustine in federal court in June 2015, told Historic City News that they are pleased so many local artists turned out today during a protest held to raise awareness of what they claim is an unconstitutional intrusion on their First Amendment right of free expression.
Historic City News will be on hand Thursday, December 17th, when the St Johns County Legislative Delegation meets to discuss and vote on the final language of a local bill related to the St Augustine-St Johns County Airport Authority for the 2016 Legislative Session.
It’s official – HARB members are “officials”.For some time, the City of St Augustine has relied on a former city attorney opinion that it was not necessary for appointed members of one of the community’s two most powerful citizen boards to file the appropriate financial disclosure of financial interests required of a “local officer”. Historic City News and others have never agreed with that opinion — and we are in good company.
