Category: Government

Historic City News was notified today by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles that drivers can now file their required report of a traffic crash online — saving time and money as well as making it easier to complete the process while the details are fresh in your mind.

Historic City News reported last week on the profit and loss posted by the City of St Augustine during the Gentlemen of the Road stopover featuring Mumford and Sons, from figures supplied by the City Comptroller, Mark Litzinger.

The regular meeting of the St Johns County Board of Commissioners was held Tuesday October 15, 2013, in the County Auditorium in the St Johns County Administration Palace located at 500 San Sebastian View in St Augustine.

On Monday, October 14, Historic City News reporters will be watching as St Augustine City Commissioners earn their $1,230 monthly salary when they hold public hearings on seven new ordinances which will be voted up, or down, during that meeting.

City of St Augustine Comptroller, Mark Litzinger, reported to Historic City News that, largely because of a huge underestimation of revenue from concertgoers who purchased wristbands to ride the shuttle, the overall financial loss to taxpayers, who underwrote the Mumford concert, was significantly less than the $56,400 loss originally expected.

St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, reported to Historic City News that she has returned from today’s regional meeting called by Secretary of State Ken Detzner. This is the second of five planned meetings to announce the statewide “Project Integrity” — a plan to identify and remove ineligible voters from voter rolls in…

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Historic City News was informed by the Office of Vicky Oakes, Supervisor of Elections, that next year’s elections in the City of St Augustine have already drawn two announced candidates — six weeks ago, we reported that Todd Neville had filed for Seat 4, and yesterday, Grant Misterly filed for Seat 5.