Category: Government

St. Augustine Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., a vocal proponent of the cultural exchange program between St. Augustine and Aviles, Spain, including what some residents look on as expense-paid “vacations” or “junkets” for city commissioners and city staffers, tonight admitted his influence may have gone too far.

Early voting ended yesterday at 4:30 p.m., and Supervisor of Elections Penny Halyburton reported to Historic City News that a total of 8,398 ballots were cast countywide.

Historic City News has learned that a proposed ordinance to regulate short term rentals goes to a second public hearing when the St. Augustine City Commission convenes at their regular Monday night meeting.

Historic City News local reporters will be on hand for the St. Augustine City Commission’s budget workshop that is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, August 24th at 9:00 a.m.

This morning, St. Augustine City Manager John Regan announced to Historic City News that a delegation’s visit to Spain has been significantly trimmed in size and schedule.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, Public Works Director Joe Stephenson and staff member Rocky Agbunag were recognized for receiving the Special Achievement in GIS Award from the Environmental Systems Research Institute.

On Thursday, City Manager John Regan attended meetings in Tallahassee before a panel of state agencies that makes recommendations on the use of state-owned land, according to reports received by Historic City News.

United States Senate hopeful Marco Rubio will be in town on Thursday, according to an announcement received by Historic City News from the Republican Executive Committee of St. Johns County.