Category: Government

Prior to the City Commission meeting two weeks ago, Historic City News warned our readers that if St Augustine City Manager John Regan has his way, city residents will be forced to pay $459,000, or more, for a land grab on Coquina Avenue (Davis Shores) that is already underway. During the subsequent city commission meeting,…

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Committee Week 2: The People’s House is in full gear Historic City News constituents living in Florida House District 17, have received the following update from our state representative, Cyndi Stevenson, as she wraps up the second week of committee work in Tallahassee. Florida House Republicans Congratulate Gov. DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Nunez This week…

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Paid parking proposal Max Royle, City ManagerCity of St Augustine Beach First, I’d like to make a clarification for Historic City News readers who have been trying to follow the discussions on beach parking plans.  The proposed paid parking plan for the City of St Augustine will NOT apply to pier park and the east…

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Would you buy it for $250,000? This property, approximately 0.64 acres total, is conveniently located next to a city sewer lift station on a street that Public Works Director, Michael Cullum, says is susceptible to tidal flooding. In a land grab already underway, you will pay $459,000, or more, if St Augustine City Manager John…

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The City of St. Augustine proudly recognizes the personal achievement and the continued professional development of two hard-working employees who recently completed advanced degree programs; City Archeologist Andrea White and Corey Sakryd, the city’s Grants Administrative Coordinator. Andrea White, St. Augustine’s City Archeologist, was recently awarded her doctorate in Anthropology from the Department of Geography…

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Wayne E. Fusco MFCEP, Assistant St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, wants to be sure that any Historic City News readers who might not understand how the adoption of Florida’s Constitutional Amendment #4 will affect the operation of the local supervisor’s office, realize that it won’t.

A second special public meeting will be held to discuss the subject of paid parking within the City of St Augustine Beach on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the commission meeting room of City Hall, located at 2200 A1A S, St Augustine Beach, FL 32080.

As the scandal involving how, for more than five years, St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar allowed the embezzlement of more than $700,000 to occur at a desk 15-feet from his own, the Florida Department on Ethics has initiated an inquiry in the matter that may hold a clue toward one potential attachable asset under…

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