Category: Government

When Historic City News local reporters contacted St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, for the results of her manual audit Tuesday, she was smiling from ear-to-ear as she said, “100 percent accurate”.

The City of St Augustine and St Johns County reported to Historic City News the various local government service and schedule changes because of President’s Day on Monday.

This morning, Historic City News editor Michael Gold interviewed Rachael Bennett about her run for St Johns County’s hotly contested District 5 commissioner seat — Bennett is the third Republican Primary contestant and fourth candidate in the race.

Former St Augustine Mayor and Fullerwood Park Historic District resident George Gardner is continuing to take his fight to the legislature; rallying friends, neighbors and objectors to Senate Bill 1348, while castigating House Economic Affairs Committee Chair Dorothy Hukill.

The City of St Augustine Director of Public Affairs, Paul Williamson, is asking Historic City News readers to contact legislators by telephone or e-mail before the first committee hearing on the Senate Bill, currently scheduled for Tuesday, February 14th at 1:30 p.m.

Republican Ron DeSantis announced to Historic City News that he would be running for the United States House of Representatives, seeking to represent his fellow residents of the newly-proposed 6th Congressional District along Florida’s First Coast.