Category: Government

Judge Wendy W Berger, Fifth District Court of Appeal, will administer the oath of office to Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr and St Augustine Commissioner-elect Roxanne Horvath, during a re-organization meeting on Monday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Alcazar Room of City Hall located at 75 King Street.

Thomas M Crawford, a 12-year St Johns County employee earning $93,217 per year as Director of Housing and Community Services, in a letter dated Thursday, has resigned his position; giving no notice, but expressing anger for the way he says the County Administration is overstepping their authority.

Nine years ago, long before St Augustine and St Johns County property values hit the skids, or the rest of the general economy for that matter, Mayor George Gardner set out on an ambitious project to identify recommendations that could be presented to the City Commission regarding historic preservation — recently, sitting Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline,…

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After hearing two Planning and Zoning Board appeals, challenging approval of a tree removal at 21-A Casanova Road and approval of a “use-by-exception” for a scooter rental business at 125-A King Street, St Augustine City Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline will sponsor a pitch for increased spending on her preservationist agenda tomorrow night.

The St Johns County Board of County Commissioners informed Historic City News that all St Johns County Administrative offices, branches of the Public Library, and the Pet Center will be closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Nearly 1,500 signatures appear on a White House petition discovered by Historic City News that is asking the Obama administration to peacefully grant the State of Florida the ability to withdraw from the United States of America and to create its own, new government.

Historic City News will celebrate with friends, family members, and the public at large during a special day in county government; when three St Johns County commissioners will be sworn-in during a 9:00 a.m. ceremony, then participate in their first official meeting, and, at 2:00 p.m., return for a government ethics and transparency workshop.