Category: Government

A popular point-of-view among Historic City News readers is that property owners should have the final say in what happens to the real estate they own.  When you buy real estate, you are buying a bundle of rights — everything from mineral rights underground to “air rights” above.

Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reported to Historic City News today that the Elections Office has received calls from voters reporting suspicious requests from groups presumably attempting to get potential electors registered to vote in the November General Election.

Historic City News has obtained the following criminal judgment information from the office of St Johns County Clerk of Court, Hunter Conrad; the accuracy and completeness of which we do not control, nor can we guarantee.  Please review our Terms of Service. The information provided is deemed reliable; however, it is taken from records that…

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Historic City News has found occasion to criticize “legal advice” given by the city attorney, Isabelle Lopez, that is often blindly followed by members of the St Augustine City Commission without question or obtaining a second, independent opinion.  Although Lopez was quick to lead the city to a “constitutional attorney” to re-write our local panhandling…

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On Thursday, September 13, 2018 Historic City News readers are invited to attend a joint meeting of the city’s Planning and Zoning Board and the Historic Architectural Review Board when they take up the review and update of the King Street entry corridor. The meeting will start at 2:00 p.m. in the Alcazar Room, located…

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All St. Johns County beaches are closed to vehicular traffic and could remain so through Sunday. Due to unusually high surf and tides related to Hurricane Florence, safe access to driving lanes is limited or non-existent. The beaches remain open to pedestrians, but visitors are urged to exercise extreme caution as hazardous ocean conditions are…

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While attending the recent Florida League of Cities annual conference, 10-year St. Augustine City Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline accepted an appointment to the 2019 Fiscal Year Transportation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, signaling her apparent expectation to remain in office for four more years.

On the heels of a successful primary election, the Republican Party of Florida hosted the Red Wave Victory call with recently victorious Republican statewide candidates— Governor Rick Scott, Congressman Ron DeSantis, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, Judge Ashley Moody and Representative Matt Caldwell. “Tuesday was a hugely successful night for the Republican Party of Florida,”…

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