A frequent speaker at city and county government meetings, Edward A. Slavin, Jr., will appear before the St. Augustine Beach City Commission at their regular business meeting tonight and try, again, to persuade a local government body to move forward in support of his proposed “St. Augustine National Historical Park, Seashore and Coastal Parkway”.

All St. Johns County offices and St. Johns County Public Libraries will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2011, in observance of Veterans Day.

Historic City News in St. Augustine was informed by Communications Director Cragin Mosteller that the Florida Association of Counties is encouraging local government participation in a series of seminars aimed at educating participants in the use of social media as a communications tool.

By Sara K. Clarke
Orlando Sentinel

Orange County’s hotel taxes for the month of September soared by 99.4 percent over a year earlier, after including a big boost from a secret settlement the county received from online-travel company Expedia.

The commission said no, unanimously — but some members of the public spoke in support of a proposal yesterday that sought acceptance for a plan that would turn over management of public lands in our area to the federal control of the Department of Interior, National Parks Service.

St. Johns County Tax Collector Dennis W. Hollingsworth, CFC, in an effort to make paying your tax bill as convenient as possible, offers several different options sure to suit the needs, schedules and preferences of all St. Johns County residents.

Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, announced to Historic City News readers that tomorrow evening, November 1, 2011 at 6:00 p.m., a Special Joint Meeting to review public input from the District 1-5 Town Hall Redistricting meetings will be held and additional revised plans will be reviewed.

Florida’s foreclosure epidemic continues to haunt the state, but federal programs designed to keep people in their homes are having a hard time trickling down to distressed homeowners.