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Florida Weekend Recap – March 13 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.

VA hospital turns investigation against whistleblower By Tori Richards, WatchDog.org Special to Historic City News The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is now investigating the claims of a whistleblower who revealed the use of a secret appointment wait list at the Shreveport VA hospital — including 37 veterans who died awaiting care.

Vicky Oakes, St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections, informed local Historic City News reporters today that over 15,000 absentee ballots have been mailed for the upcoming April 7th Special General Election; called to fill the vacancies in Florida Senate District 6 and Florida House District 17 and District 24.

St. Augustine mayor calls for audit of city’s 450th commemoration contracts By Alyana Gomez WFOX-TV Jacksonville Thursday, March 12, 2015 St. Augustine’s new mayor wants to dig deeper into the contracts awarded for the city’s 450th commemoration. The meeting inside the Alcazar Room got heated when the mayor’s request audit became the topics of discussion….

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Mayor Nancy Shaver of St. Augustine sat down with Jorge Rivera from FirstCoast.TV, and talked about her first 100 days in office. City issues, the 450th and much more.