Category: Government

The St Augustine Beach Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board met for their annual joint meeting to talk about improving communication between the two boards and planning for the city’s future development.  The meeting comes shortly after Historic City News reported that two PZB members, Jane West and Elise Sloane, resigned from the board…

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Historic City News readers are invited to attend the Wednesday, February 19th City of St Augustine Commission “Workshop on Sustainability” being held at 2:00 p.m. in The Alcazar Room of City Hall, located at 75 King Street in St Augustine.

At an emergency meeting Monday, interim City Attorney Jim Wilson told City of St Augustine Beach commissioners that there are more applicants interested in bidding for his old job — good news on the heals of Lonnie Groot unexpectedly altering a significant condition of his contract that the commission does not find acceptable.  Wilson is…

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Despite several concerns, Florida Politics is reporting that the Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted unanimously to move forward legislation that would make vandalizing memorials a felony.  Residents in veteran-rich St Augustine and St Johns County have been telling Historic City News that this is a Bill that should have become state law years ago.

It is report card time for the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office and Historic City News readers are being invited to participate in the essential public comment process.

At the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, the Florida Department of Education released the newly proposed Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking to local Historic City News reporters.  The Governor said that although Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards were made by Florida teachers for Florida students, he knows they will be a model for the rest of the…

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Historic City News was informed by St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes that approximately 22,500 vote-by-mail ballots will go in the mail today, Thursday February 6th, for the March 17th Presidential Preference Primary Election to voters who have requested them. The purpose of the March 17th Presidential Preference Primary Election is for members…

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When the St Johns County voters elected Clerk of Court, Hunter Conrad, they did so over a more experienced chief deputy who was already in office, George Larue.  Now Conrad has turned his back on those voters, surrendering his elected office a year early.  He has accepted an appointed position made vacant after the abrupt…

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