Category: Government

Historic City News readers are as well informed about politics and government in St Augustine and St Johns County as any other group of citizens — they tend to do their homework and they are among the first in line when it’s time to exercise their right to vote.

Historic City News readers living within the St Augustine Port Waterway and Beach special taxing district, paying $6.38 per $100,000 of property valuation, are welcome to attend the District’s next regular business meeting, Tuesday, October 16, 2012.

Should county commission candidates spend over a year’s salary to get elected? Historic City News editor Michael Gold spent about 20 years consulting candidates or managing their campaigns in local elections in St Augustine, St Johns County, and five counties in Georgia and South Carolina — ten campaigns in all, before retiring in 2004; all…

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Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes announced to Historic City News readers that beginning tomorrow, October 11 and continuing until Election Day, November 6, 2012, St Johns County voters who have requested an absentee ballot will have 11 convenient locations where they can be cast — no postage required.

This is your last chance to register to vote in the November 6, 2012 General Election as Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reminds Historic City News readers that the Voter Registration Books will close today.

Thursday evening, when the St Johns County Republican Executive Committee holds its last meeting before the November 6 General Election, local precinct committeemen and committeewomen will hear a presentation from Jesse Phillips, Esq., President of Restore Justice 2012; Chairman Harlan Mason says it is a “must see”.

Historic City News readers will soon choose who to select for President of the United States; but they will have to choose between more than just Barack Obama and Mitt Romney — in fact twelve-pair of would-be president/vice-president candidate’s names will appear on the ballot, plus a blank line to select one of six additional…

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Historic City News editor Michael Gold sat with St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes yesterday morning for an update on the 2012 General Election — the first since this year’s reapportionment of voting districts.