Category: Government

Historic City News readers interested in the proposed development of a 99-acre parcel within the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve learned yesterday that the St Johns County Board of Commissioners, defendants in a civil suit filed by the Ponte Vedra Corporation, a subsidiary of GATE Petroleum Company, unanimously approved a settlement agreement with…

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This week Historic City News learned that a sixty-second radio spot began airing on local radio station WSOS announcing to “Menorcans, veterans, and proud residents of St Augustine” that City Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline is wavering in her support for veterans of all wars.

If you owe your Uncle Sam any money, be sure the postmark has today’s date or you can expect an argument from customer service at the Internal Revenue Service when you get dinged for a late filing fee and try to get it waived.

Voters statewide could soon vote on whether eight-year term limits should be imposed on Florida county school boards, a policy Historic City News has advocated for all local political offices.

St. Johns County Republican Senator Travis Hutson wants to be Senate president, but he’s got to beat Sen. Kathleen Passidomo to do it.  The Hutson-Passidomo contest has lacked much in the way of public pyrotechnics, but not in the way of fundraising.

Have you heard this one, the City of St Augustine has a technical problem? Tonight’s regular meeting of the St Augustine City Commission will not be broadcast live via Comcast channel 3 or online at CityStAugTV.com due to an “unexpected technical problem”.

Today, the Florida Department of Education announced to Historic City News the release of another opportunity for education stakeholders to submit input for the standards review process. This new survey enables respondents to provide feedback on each existing standard individually at www.floridastandardsreview.org Floridians still can submit general comments through the original survey link. In February,…

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Yesterday, Thursday April 4, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m. a Flagler County deputy was working at the courthouse on Moody Boulevard when he was approached by an employee of Innovation Technology, a computer service vender contracted to Flagler County Government at that location.