Category: Government

Apparently, Jesse Fish is buried underneath a money tree, because Todd Neville, a Davis Shores accountant and city commissioner, told Lorena Inclan in a televised interview yesterday that he’s not worried that the legislature has eliminated more than $2 million meant for public works projects in the city — especially one that would prevent flooding…

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Supreme Court Declines Republican Bid To Revive North Carolina Voter ID Law By: Camila Domonoske, NPR Special to Historic City News The U.S. Supreme Court has declined once again to reinstate North Carolina’s strict voter ID law, which was struck down last year after a court ruled it was intentionally designed to stop African-Americans from…

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Thomas Horace Hastings founded what we know as the “Potato Capital of Florida” in 1890; nineteen-years before the Town of Hastings received its charter.

Historic City News was informed today that former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown has been convicted by a federal jury in Jacksonville for her role in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a bogus non-profit organization, fraudulently passed off as a charity.

The president has fired FBI Director James Comey, who was overseeing an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and possible ties to the Trump campaign and top aides.

CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE MEMORANDUM TO: All Department Heads DATE: May 3, 2017 RE: City Reorganization Effective immediately the Human Resources Division will report to the City Manager’s Office and the IT Division will report to the General Services Department. Additionally, in relation to daily operations all Departments will report to the Assistant City Manager.

Historic City News has observed one of the most dysfunctional city boards, overpaid middle-managers, and poor community consultants administered by arguably one of the least qualified, slap-on-the-back, city managers in recent history. But according to an announcement brought with little public fanfare before Monday night’s regular meeting of the St Augustine City Commission, John P…

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Sheriff David Shoar, acting like a poorly behaved 6-year-old who has just been reminded that he’s not the boss of everyone, despite what he thinks; was shown the first sign today that he is not going to be able to stonewall the taxpaying citizens of this county who, in fact, are the ones in charge.