Category: Government

Pointing to months like this where there are as many as five or more festivals or parades that qualify as major events, Historic City News listened to pleas from citizens asking St Augustine’s city commission for relief during nearly an hour of public comments Monday night.

Sunshine Week occurs each year in mid-March, coinciding with James Madison’s birthday and National Freedom of Information Day on the 16th.

St Augustine City Attorney Isabelle Lopez and her trusted sidekick, Assistant City Attorney Denise May, will join City of Jacksonville Beach Attorney Susan Erdelyi, a stockholder in the outside law firm Marks-Gray PA, for an afternoon under the Cone of Silence on Monday, March 14th. Historic City News will be standing by, outside.

Neighbors in Lincolnville are asking Historic City News for details about a 57-inch brick masonry fence with black metal pickets that was installed from the west-most corner of the 102 Bridge Street property along the south border to the intersection with Martin Luther King Avenue.

A decision and vote made by St Johns County Commissioner Rachael Bennett three years ago has been at the heart of a complaint before the Florida Commission on Ethics since June of 2014. But today, Historic City News has obtained the findings of the Ethics Commission exonerating Commissioner Bennett.

Guest Column: Representative Paul Renner on Week 8 Representative Paul Renner Florida House District 24 Dear Historic City News readers: Last week, we finished Week 8 of the 2016 Legislative Session. Below are highlights of some of the important legislation the House advanced:

St Johns County District 3 Commissioner, Bill McClure, was installed Friday, March 4th, to the Florida Association of Counties Trust during the quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees.

A reminder to Historic City News readers that on Saturday, you will have your first opportunity to cast an early ballot during the early voting period for the March 15th Presidential Preference Primary Election.