Category: Government

You are patriotically invited to attend our General meeting Tuesday evening, 10/13/15 at 6:30 p.m., held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Blvd. in St. Augustine. Our guest speaker will be Joy Andrews, assistant St. Johns County administrator of community services. Joy Andrews became the new assistant St. Johns County…

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A review of City Hall e-mail communications obtained by Historic City News has raised questions about the circumstances surrounding the appointment of 49-year-old Joseph Stephen Cronk to the Historic Architectural Review Board, filling the unexpired term of Jeremy Marquis.

Historic City News is following a bill in the Florida Senate that if passed will restrict an employer’s access to their employee’s social media accounts.

Beginning today and continuing through the November 3rd Special Referendum Election, Historic City News readers will notice the red ballot drop off boxes throughout St Johns County for use by absentee voters, when they are ready to return their ballots.

A couple of months ago, while attending and reporting about a meeting at City Hall, Historic City News editor Michael Gold said he returned to his vehicle to find a bright yellow parking citation. Gold laughed as he marched directly to the City Finance Department, a block away, to pay the $30.00 fine. “That was…

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Once again, Historic City News observed that the City of St Augustine will be investing time and money and the resources of the City Attorney, this time at the request of commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline; because, she says, more needs to be done to restrict the comments made during the three-minutes citizens are allowed to address…

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Without discussion by any other commissioners, City Attorney Isabelle Lopez introduced item 11(a) at the St Augustine City Commission meeting tonight as one of the last items on the agenda at about 7:45 p.m.

By including the public earlier in the budget process and making more opportunities available for public input in the months prior to the final budget hearings, Mayor Nancy Shaver tells Historic City News the process couldn’t have gone more smoothly.