Category: Government

The St. Johns County Property Appraiser reported to Historic City News that he has submitted the preliminary 2018 Tax Roll to the Florida Department of Revenue and the Local Taxing Authorities on June 29, 2018.

Eddie Creamer, St. Johns County Property Appraiser, announced to Historic City News today that property owners who suffered hurricane damage during the 2016 and 2017 storm seasons may qualify for a new property tax refund.

Manager John Regan announced to the members of the St Augustine City Commission last October that he had a plan to “contextualize” the history of the 1879 memorial in the Plaza de la Constitution after commissioners voted unanimously not to remove the monument from its current location.

The state Supreme Court on Monday removed a Northeast Florida circuit judge because of improper conduct during a 2016 election campaign and other actions while on the bench.  In the unanimous decision, the court ordered the removal at 5:00 p.m. Monday of Judge Scott DuPont, who heard cases in Putnam and Flagler counties in the…

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Florida is a “closed Primary” state, which means that during Primary Elections, voters may only vote for candidates of their own political party; Democrats can only vote for candidates who are Democrats, Republicans can only vote for candidates who are Republicans.

Historic City News editor Michael Gold says that the best strategy to win any election is to run unopposed.  Although it is rare to see a county commissioner run for re-election without drawing some opposition, and common to see a judicial candidate returned to the bench, we saw both in the 2018 qualifying period that…

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“It is 12:00 noon, any others who are not already in progress have missed the deadline to qualify,” St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes announced in the lobby of the elections office today.

The City of St. Augustine reported to Historic City News that although they still are trying to collect millions of dollars lost to Hurricane Matthew, the first of two deadly hurricanes to devastate our coastal community, they have recently received a relatively small payment for Hurricane Irma from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.