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Ruling in on juvenile detention cost-share
The Florida Association of Counties announced to local Historic City News reporters that, late yesterday, Judge David Watkins issued his ruling regarding juvenile detention cost share.
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Stewart says Florida Standards Assessment resumed
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Florida Weekend Recap – April 17
Florida Weekend Recap – April 17
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 13-17, 2015
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Expect city to require more PUD detail and review
Historic City News readers often comment on the dangers of Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval that essentially overrides existing limitations and requirements in local zoning codes. Some critics refer to a PUD as “spot zoning”, created to allow development or use of a property in spite of established zoning definitions that would otherwise prohibit it.
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Review of contracts “unjustified attack” on 450th
By George Gardner
The St Augustine Report
Special to Historic City News
“This got derailed, in my opinion, on the 450th,” St Augustine City Manager John Regan reported to the commission Monday night. “It became a tool as an attack on the 450th which, after reviewing and doing other internal control systems, is unjustified, because the 450th, as a staff, has been implementing the will of the commission.”
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Governor appoints James Johns to County Commission
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Local Republicans win seats in Special Election
As soon as St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes posted the results of canvassing and tabulating absentee ballots and early votes cast last week, Historic City News reporters could have called in their results for the three local Special Elections.
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Tomorrow is Election Day
Two years of seemingly endless campaigning, rallies, forums, interviews, and political advertising, comes to a close tomorrow when voters in St. Johns, Flagler, Putnam and a part of Volusia County go to the polls to elect two state representatives and one state senator.