As of July 1, Historic City News in St Augustine has received word that several personnel changes and appointments will take place within the St Johns County School District, according to an announcement from Superintendent, Dr Joseph Joyner.
With the qualification period now closed, Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County can begin educating themselves about their choices for various public offices up for election this year.
Historic City News was on hand at the St Johns County Supervisor of Elections office in St Augustine at noon today when qualifying week officially ended for county, municipal and local district candidates running for office in 2012.
In an election that most voters have never heard of, every four years each of Florida’s 67 counties elects a man and woman from each political party to represent the local community at the state level of their respective party.
Qualifying for election to hold seats on the City of St Augustine Commission does not close until noon tomorrow — but, with just 24 hours left, two local attorneys, Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., and Vice Mayor Leanna S. A. Freeman, have no opposition for re-election.
A change in requirements adopted by the St Johns County Tourist Development Council for members of the Arts-Culture-Heritage Funding Panel, making ineligible persons serving as officers or directors of not-for-profit organizations who apply for funding, led to the resignation of all but one member of the former Category II funding panel when their terms expired.
Historic City News has learned that although staff reduction plans in Tallahassee are trickling in from various state agencies, eliminating 4,358 positions and reducing the authorized size of the state’s workforce by about 3.6 percent, there are still not as many layoffs as were seen last year.
According to records obtained from Florida’a Division of Elections, Historic City News has learned that all sitting St Johns County circuit judges are unopposed for re-election to their respective group seats.
