Category: Government

When you talk to accountants, you need to learn a new vocabulary; talking to government accountants is even worse.

Shirley Pooler Kinsey and her husband, Bernard, will present an illustrated book of their African-American cultural and historical collection to the St Augustine City Commission Monday night; when they are introduced by 450th Development Director, Dana Ste. Claire.

“The Democratic Party has a good chance of winning back a House seat in northeast Florida from Republicans as long as the Democratic candidates don’t badly bruise one another in the primary,” Flagler County Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parham told Historic City News reporters this week.

On July 19, at Francis Field in St Augustine, Historic City News reporters attended the St Johns County Chamber of Commerce first Politics in St. Johns event; an opportunity for voters to meet and learn about nearly 30 candidates for political office when they addressed the crowd.

Review board members volunteering for Historic City News have noted that among incumbents who are in a tough spot after the redistricting dust settled, 48 year-old Republican State House member Doc Renuart of Ponte Vedra Beach is most notable in St Augustine and St Johns County.

Historic City News has learned that at tomorrow afternoon’s meeting, the St Augustine Port Waterway and Beach District will discuss the special taxing district’s millage rate assessment for the next fiscal year; which begins October 1, 2012.

Our Founding Fathers were deeply aware of the importance of symbols. In fact, before the adjournment of the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, a committee was appointed to create a seal that would symbolize America’s ideals. The committee included John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin–three of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence.

St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes told Historic City News that her office is sending all registered voters a new voter information card to reflect changes made during the recent redistricting process; they will be arriving by mail in the next few days.