HISTORIC CITY NEWS

ELECTED – Candidates qualified without opposition

Historic City News editor Michael Gold was at the St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Office this afternoon as Qualifying Week for the 2014 Primary and General Election of City, County and special taxing districts drew to a close.

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Who saw this coming: Horvath to spend $74,000 on “vision”

With $15,000 already spent with the Gainesville analytics, strategy, performance and facilitation consultant, Herbert A. Marlowe, Jr., Ph.D., whose work thus far has been what the St Augustine director of public affairs has called “an icebreaker”, the fifteen-member steering committee, calling themselves “Visioning 2014 and Beyond”, says they wish to continue the process, with the…

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St Johns County could learn from Flagler on budget and administrator

If anyone in the St Johns County Administrative Palace is paying attention to our neighbors to the south, in an article that appeared in this morning’s Daytona News Journal, Historic City News learned that the Board of County Commissioners in Bunnell are trying to reduce the property tax rate in Flagler County.

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Bennett on hot seat – Kendall says let the sunshine in

Historic City News observes that, in recent months, the chairman and vice-chair of the St Johns County Commission have become increasingly involved in the politics of the re-election of existing board members and the continuation of six-figure employment contracts; one with a golden parachute so large that it threatens to paralyze the financial health of…

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Controversial vision steering committee meets Tuesday

Historic City News was informed that Tuesday, June 17th, the City of St Augustine will hold a steering committee meeting to review a revised plan and fee schedule that City Public Affairs director, Paul Williamson, says will see the group, and the community, through the completion of the updated vision statement initiative launched earlier this…

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5,000 St Johns County veterans may lose clinic

Historic City News believes that the US Veterans Administration is playing a dangerous game of “cat and mouse” with St Johns County Administrator Michael Wanchick — one that they will probably lose when the Veterans Clinic reaches the end of their lease extension of space located in the former Health and Human Services Building, now…

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Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines

Historic City News reporters will rest up this weekend because, beginning at noon Monday, and continuing until noon Friday, June 20, 2014, St Johns County and municipal candidates will qualify to appear on the August 26th Primary Election ballot, and we’ll be here reporting the turns, spills, and drama in the pit as some of…

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Saviak co-authors public-private partnerships guide

State and local officials have a new resource to learn how to work with private businesses thanks to a guide co-authored by Flagler College Associate Professor Joe Saviak.

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