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Vacancies on county advisory boards
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Stevenson is only commissioner to take less
On the St Johns County Board of Commissioners, Historic City News has discovered that only Cyndi Stevenson, District 1, has taken a voluntary pay cut since the enactment of Chapter 2011-158, Laws of Florida, which took effect on July 1 of last year, and provided that each member of a board of county commissioners, clerk of circuit court, sheriff, supervisor of elections, property appraiser, and tax collector was authorized to voluntarily reduce his or her salary rate.
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Findings in Richard Hedges investigation
Historic City News has been following the allegations against the former Chief of Police, Richard Hedges, since nine St Augustine Beach Police Officers signed a complaint, spanning about seventy pages in length, iterating more than a dozen charges against Hedges and his assistant chief, Dan DeCoursey.
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Owner appeals short-term rental decision
Local Historic City News reporters have learned that when the City of St Augustine Planning and Zoning Board convenes tomorrow’s regular business meeting, they will hear an appeal from the owners of one Abbott Tract home regarding a staff determination that concerns controversial “short-term rental” of the property.
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St Johns County Independence Day Closures
Public Information Officer Jeremy Robshaw announced to Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County the following closure schedule for county government offices, facilities and services in observance of Independence Day.
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Cost could be $75,000 for Lincolnville consultant
Historic City News reporters watched as St Augustine City Commissioners unanimously approved a spending authorization of up to $75,000 to hire a consultant to advise the City on the process of completing a Community Redevelopment Agency as a way to redirect ad valorem tax revenue to pay for new infrastructure projects in the Lincolnville area.
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City criticized for portrayal of Ponce and Menendez
Historic City News reporters watched as St Augustine city commissioners listened to six minutes of harsh criticism for the way the City portrays Pedro Menendez and Ponce de Leon as “heroes” instead of as “murderers” of native people who lived here thousands of years — three minutes from Shannon Larsen and three minutes from St Augustine resident, Bill Hamilton.
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Show me the jobs
March 26, Historic City News reported that the German manufacturer, 2G Bio-Energietechnik AG, purchased a 60,000-sf facility in the Interstate Commercial and Industrial Park off Agricultural Center Drive.