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First America: An exercise in fraud, waste and abuse
Definition: STRAWMAN; a person set up to serve as a cover for a usually questionable transaction. They won't want you to remember…
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Public will have more opportunity to observe budget process
Mark Litzinger, Director of Finance, Budget and Management for the City of St. Augustine, has announced to Historic City News his schedule for the preparation of the City budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016
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Rawls: City embarrassed by exposure of past mistakes
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Florida legislature: Going, going, gone
by Lisa M Hurley, Legislative Director
Florida Association of Counties
Special to Historic City News
To the surprise of legislators and lobbyists alike the House adjourned Sine Die Tuesday; they just went home and will not adjourn again as part of the 2105 regular session. What does this mean?
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Park Service bans RC aircraft, quadcopters and drones
Historic City News was disappointed to learn that yet another liberty has been infringed by the federal government; this time it will negatively impact both guests and local business owners.
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Notes from the Mayor
“Democracy can be noisy messy and complicated, but it is forthright and honest, and encourages people to pay attention and consider the views of others.”
–paraphrased from “American Democracy”
Once a quarter, I’ll be sharing with you the progress we’re making on what you asked for—solutions to congestion, tackling our roads, water, sewer and storm water shortfalls, and updating our zoning–and along the way, deliver good governance and transparency. And the good news is—we are making genuine progress in a very short period of time.
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Florida Weekend Recap – April 24
A recap of this week’s best political and policy happenings; Historic City News brings you what you missed this week in Florida policy and politics.
The Week in Review for April 20-24, 2015
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Protected voter information inadvertently released
Secretary of State Ken Detzner reported to Historic City News that the Florida Division of Elections has learned of the “inadvertent release” of protected voter information following the fulfillment of a request for extracted voter registration information last month.