St Augustine Beach is attracting more attention today, and not because of the sun and fun we’ve come to enjoy — former Mayor Frank Charles tells Historic City News that he is bringing in the Florida Division of Elections to investigate what he alleges is voter fraud in the November election for City Commissioner.
St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, informed Historic City News local reporters that she continues her work to insure that every vote counts in next month’s General Election.
The Florida League of Cities reported to Historic City News that members of the St Augustine City Commission and the city’s fire chief will be visiting area schools next week as part of Florida City Government Week, October 21-27.
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 but one was a winner.
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.
