Historic City News readers are asking if, four hundred and fifty years later, it is possible that politics and government in America’s oldest city, St Augustine Florida, still parallels the motherland of its founder, Pedro Menendez.
St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, is informing Historic City News readers that any remaining new voter registrations or political party changes must be filed before the close of business today in order to apply to the upcoming January 27, 2015 election.
Historic City News will be following close to a dozen bills already filed by Florida lawmakers that would create or expand open records exemptions; keeping certain publicly available information secret.
St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, wants Historic City News readers to participate in the upcoming special election for State Senator and State Representative.
SNAP: “Temporary” work waivers approved for seventh straight year
By William Patrick
Florida Watchdog
Since 2009, Florida’s most able-bodied recipients of government food assistance have been exempt from work requirements. The “temporary” waiver will continue in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which distributes Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — called food stamps before 2009.
The wait for the other shoe to drop is over. On Friday, the City Manager and City Attorney received a letter from Daytona Beach attorney Kelly Parsons Kwiatek with the Cobb Cole law firm, claiming that the City violated the civil rights of former 450th Commemoration fundraiser, Charles Robert Seraphin.
