Category: Government

It’s back to the typewriter for Assistant City Attorney Isabelle Lopez, after Historic City News reporters learned at the regular business meeting of the St Augustine City Commission Monday night; commissioners are still debating numbers on a plan to revise the Planned Unit Development ordinance.

Historic City News was informed that the City of St Augustine temporarily closed the intersection of Artillery Lane, east of the intersection with St George Street; for the length of the roadway to its intersection with Aviles Street for a trial period beginning in October of 2012 until March of 2013 to evaluate the impact…

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The City’s itinerant vendors; traveling from place to place looking for public venues to sell their wares, like so many gypsy snake oil salesmen, some without insurance and proper licenses, unregistered to collect and remit state sales tax, and those who sell from mobile carts, will be discussed in a special meeting Monday afternoon.

Historic City News has learned that earlier today, Isabelle C. Lopez, Assistant Attorney for the City of St Augustine, has filed notice invoking the discretionary jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court to review the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal rendered on March 15 in the lawsuit brought by Donna Wendler.

Despite a six-month extension already given to County Attorney Patrick McCormack which made his contract renewal date October 15, 2013, St Johns County Commission Chair Jay Morris added an item to Tuesday’s agenda to extend the controversial attorney’s contract with the county for four more years.

The St Johns County Transportation Advisory Group notified Historic City News that they will conduct their annual organizational and prioritizing meeting on Friday, April 5, 2013, at 2:00 p.m.; the meeting is open to the public.