Category: Government

Nancy Shaver has faced ugly political campaigns in the past.  Fought with rumor and innuendo as well as outright lies during her last two terms, now faced with two political opponents and drowning in a sea of negative postcard mailing, Shaver’s third run for mayor was nothing new. There were only 3,765 ballots cast by…

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The City Attorney of St Augustine submitted another legal bill for payment of legal fees to Jacksonville firm Marks Gray in defense of a lawsuit brought by Scott and Donna Wendler after they were denied demolition permits for aging homes along King Street, west of Riberia Street. In addition to Isabelle Lopez who is the…

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The City of St Augustine has approved, on a 4-to-1 vote with Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline dissenting, Ordinance 2018-11; a new ordinance that frames the way members of volunteer boards, commissions, and committees, can be removed from those bodies. The most recent need for such an ordinance was the federal indictment of St Augustine Planning and…

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Vote-by-mail ballots continue to be accepted at the Supervisor of Elections Office, but at 6:00 p.m. today, early voting ended for the August 28, 2018 Primary Election.  Supervisor Vicky Oakes reported to Historic City News that just over 13,000 of St Johns County’s 183,699 eligible voters took advantage of the opportunity to vote at any…

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With the City Manager called to task by Mayor Nancy Shaver at the August 9 commission meeting for his failure to provide required activity reports, John Regan’s office has made sure to include the two “postponed reports” on the agenda for the Monday night meeting. Those reports are from the Public Works Department and the…

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The political campaigns of Bill McClure, Catherine Brandhorst, Chris Ellis, Undine George, Victor Raymos, Gary Jurenovich, Scott Nyman, Johnny Kuca, Robert Och, and Jill Flores, may have received some publicity during the last five-days of Early Voting that does not conform to the requirements of Florida’s election laws related to disclosure of its source. In…

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The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners recognized Tax Collector Dennis Hollingsworth for 40-years of dedicated service to the residents of St. Johns County at Tuesday’s regular meeting. A native of St. Augustine, Dennis maintains strong ties and involvement with the St. Johns County community.  He and his wife Jan (Feltner) Hollingsworth have twin…

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Historic City News learned that the State of Florida Commission on Ethics reviewed complaints made by St Augustine Beach resident, Tom Reynolds, a candidate for City of St. Augustine Beach Commission Seat 3, in closed session during its recent meeting in Tallahassee on July 27, 2018. Chairman Guy Norris announced to the press on August…

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