HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
In unofficial totals received by Historic City News from Jenny M. O’Dell, Director Of Public Information & Voter Education for the St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections, we learned that voter turn out was good for the first day of early voting.
Historic City News has learned that United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton today announced the return of an indictment of Thomas G. Manuel, a 63 year old resident of St. Johns County, Florida, charging him with two counts of bribery.
Recently, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office participated in the “Law Enforcement Challenge,†sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation during the 2007 calendar year according to Kevin Kelshaw in a media release to Historic City News this afternoon.
In an announcement received by Historic City News from Jenny O’Dell, Director of Public Information & Voter Education for the St. Johns County Supervisor of Election, we received the schedule for the 2008 General Election.
In a media release from Karen Pan with the Office of Public Affairs, Historic City News and Media was advised that St. Johns County is currently accepting applications for the following Board and Committee vacancies.
The St. Johns County Growth Management Department has informed Historic City News that the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) nears completion and will be presented to the Planning and Zoning Agency during a workshop on Thursday, October 16th.
Many citizens feel that the most important local issue we have on the November 4th ballot is whether or not to change our form of local county government from the current Constitutional Home Rule to Charter Home Rule government.