Has the city created a black market in horse carriage permits?
As it stands today, the city allows a total of 46 permits to carriage operators which can be renewed annually for $80 per carriage. A man who once sued the city for its role in allowing a carriage permit “monopoly” now owns all but three of the permits, himself.
Local Historic City News reporters learned that St. Johns County Environmental Division Historic Resource Coordinator, Robin E. Moore, has been in communication with new and returning members of the Historic Resource Review Board to welcome them aboard.
The St. Johns County administrative offices informed local Historic City News reporters that all departments of the Board of County Commissioners will be closed on Friday, May 28th as an unpaid staff furlough day.
The City of St. Augustine informed Historic City News local reporters that the city is “in strong financial shape” according to the rating service that guides municipal bond investments.
Local reporters at Historic City News have learned that Elkton resident, Gina Marie LeBlanc, a former Education Specialist for the Anastasia Mosquito Control District who resigned in 2009 to care for her infant son, is now running for Seat 4 on that board.
Noon today was the cutoff for candidates in most county elections to turn in their voter petitions — and thus avoid payment of “qualifying fees” for the upcoming Primary Elections on August 24, 2010.
City Attorney Ron Brown has announced to Historic City News local reporters that Donna Wendler, who planned to demolish seven homes along King and Oviedo streets, now plans to sue the City of St. Augustine for $3.4 million in damages.
In less than two weeks, local St. Augustine reporters from Historic City News will watch as city commissioners revisit the architectural style issue in the city’s Historic Preservation Districts.
