City cancels budget meetings scheduled for today
The City of St. Augustine reported to Historic City News that the budget hearings scheduled for Thursday, September 7th have been cancelled and will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Category: Government
Administrative closings in preparation for Hurricane Irma
In preparation for Hurricane Irma and the impacts it could have on our community, Historic City News was informed that all administrative offices for St. Johns County, the City of St. Augustine, and the City of St. Augustine Beach will be closed Friday, September 8th.
Courthouses in the 7th Judicial Circuit will close
Historic City News was notified that, due to Hurricane Irma, Chief Judge Raul A. Zambrano has ordered the closure of all courthouses in the 7th Judicial Circuit, effective 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 7th, until 8:00 a.m., on Wednesday September 13th.
Rawls supporter may be lobbying Todd Neville
A spokesperson for a group calling themselves “Protectors of the Plaza” contacted the City Attorney, staff members, members of the commission and members of the media tonight to complain that Vice-Mayor Todd Neville has been “spending time” with Jamie Perkins; an activist in the ongoing debate calling for the removal of the St. Augustine confederate…
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Artists one step closer to final settlement
The settlement between the City of St Augustine and the plaintiff artists, Bruce Kevin Bates, Elena Hecht, Kate Merrick, and Helena Sala, has moved one step closer to final approval by the St Augustine City Commission.
Federal Law protects Confederate heritage
For those who believe that the Confederate States of America and the men and women who pledged allegiance to that constitutionally established government are somehow illegitimate and not worthy of honor and protection by the American government, below are laws and proclamations honoring them and their service and which proclaim that they were equal in…
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A local TDC cannot escape Florida sunshine laws
Twelve local tourism development councils thought they could avoid new state mandated transparency requirements by ending their partnership agreements with VISIT Florida. Oops! Think again, open government laws still apply.
City will not accede to Rawls’ Monday ultimatum
Public Affairs Director Paul Williamson advised local Historic City News reporters that the agenda for Monday evening’s regular meeting of the City Commission “has been amended so as to allow time to receive input from the community regarding the future of a Confederate monument in the Plaza de la Constitutión”.