Warning that he had “checked into” the backgrounds of certain residents who object to his support of increased property taxes, Historic City News discovered that every county commissioner has met their July 1st obligation to report their assets and liabilities to the Florida Commission on Ethics — except Chairman Joseph “Ken” Bryan.
St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Penny Halyburton, and Assistant Supervisor Vicky Oakes, spoke to Historic City News Editor Michael Gold today; as they worked on their last election together before Halyburton retires on August 31st.
City Manager John Regan has previously recommended to Historic City News reporters that “until we can do some consensus-building in the community” any decision to further restrict the building heights in Historic Preservation District Three should be delayed.
In a follow-up to several prior articles that appeared in Historic City News concerning the original coquina seawall along Avenida Menendez, commissioners voted to join in a memorandum of understanding last night to proceed with a new seawall — 12 feet further into the Matanzas River.
As Historic City News reporters covered last night’s St. Augustine City Commission meeting, we heard Vice-Mayor Leanna Freeman made an appeal to take another look at limits on visual artists in public places.
