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 owned by Lowes.
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 those announced candidates will fail to either produce the required petition signatures or pay the appropriate qualifying fee, some new candidates will make late entries into the races, and generally, anything can happen.
Following the steering committee members’ reports to the St Augustine City Commission last night, together with mixed public comment, Historic City News learned that the proposed “facilitator” for the project, Herb Marlowe, has submitted a revised proposed plan and fee schedule for the completion of the visioning initiative.
Historic City News reporters watched as four-of-five appointed members of the “Visioning 2014 & Beyond” Steering Committee made their report to the St Augustine City Commission during the regular business meeting at City Hall tonight. It was first announced that Philip McDaniel had resigned his appointment to the committee and would not speak at the meeting.
