Speculator/developer CHESTER STOKES, his lawyers and the City of St. Augustine's staff are scrambling in the wake of the 3-2 vote against extending the Madeira planned unit development on January 25, 2016.
It was a great victory for those of us opposed to irrational exuberance in allowing destruction of natural resources -- in this case, carving up an historic 1916 Donald Ross golf course on a marsh for a controversial development on top of arsenic contaminated soil.
For more, see my earlier article here, "Speculator Not "Victim": 3-2 Vote Against Extending PUD for Former Ponce de Leon Golf Course ("Madeira" subdivision)," some 1800 words.
In contrast, the pro-developer The St. Augustine Record offered its readers only 188 words on this historic event on January 26 (Tuesday).
Today, it reports the developer lawyer's rote incantation of possible litigation challenging a legislative action (the rational basis test applies and it is very unlikely to prevail). Here's The St. Augustine Record's latest ineffectual stab (685 words) at explaining the denouement of this more than decade long drama, unadorned by any interviews with law professors or outside experts or activists:
Impact of Madeira vote evaluated by city, developer
Posted: January 29, 2016 - 11:38pm | Updated: January 29, 2016 - 11:48pm
By SHELDON GARDNER
sheldon.gardner@staugustine.com
City officials are reviewing the impact of a decision by City Commission to deny a developer more time to finish work at a development that broke ground more than 10 years ago.
Madeira, which is off U.S. 1 North, is one of a few large developments within the city limits and once included the Ponce de Leon Golf Resort and Convention Center. The property, at 1,069 acres, was annexed to the city in 2001, and the Madeira Planned Unit Development was approved in 2004 for up to 749 units.
Slowed by the recession, the developer is asking for five more years from Jan. 1, 2016, to complete Phases I and III and five years from Jan. 1, 2018, complete Phase II.
That request was turned down by the City Commission this week.
Some commissioners cited the fact that 74 houses have been built, though the project calls for hundreds of homes and was started more than a decade ago. Now, the city is analyzing the impact of the decision, including for homeowners in the development, and the developer is weighing options.
“One of those options is certainly litigation,” said Ellen Avery-Smith, attorney for the developer.
City Attorney Isabelle Lopez would only say the city is researching the effects of the decision and homeowners’ concerns.
“Right now we’re just trying to assess factually and legally where we stand on the situation,” she said.
Avery-Smith said the project has been under development since 2004, with millions of dollars of infrastructure in the ground.
“The owner cannot just walk away from [the] investment,” she said.
At this week’s City Commission meeting, city officials raised concerns about the possible impact of the commission’s votes. And some commissioners questioned letting the developer have more time.
Avery-Smith pointed to the 74 homes that have been built so far, out of the 749 possible.
“That’s exactly one of the things that concerns me is that you have less than 10 percent of it developed,” Commissioner Leanna Freeman said. “We continue every month to look at, consider and approve other PUDs based on what’s out there, and we don’t give very much consideration to what’s in the pipeline.”
After the property was annexed into the city in 2001, litigation delayed construction for a few years, Avery-Smith said.
But the number of homes built so far wasn’t the only point of contention.
City Attorney Isabelle Lopez cautioned the commission before the vote about an agreement that had been in place with the development.
“There was a settlement agreement with a laundry list of conditions. Some benefit the developer ... and some benefit private residents,” Lopez said. “My concern is that there has perhaps not been a full airing of all of those conditions and what would occur if this development essentially would shut down at this point, whether those conditions could be met or not, understanding that if a PUD is expired or any given phase is expired then building permits cannot be pulled.”
“Are you telling us we don’t have the ability to deny the extension? ... Because if we don’t then I don’t want these applications coming up here,” Freeman said.
“I’m simply saying that we had an abridged presentation today,” Lopez said. “If the City Commission is considering denying the extension, it would perhaps be wise to have a full analysis of the laundry list of conditions and see which ones could be met even if there is no extension and who would be impacted by those, and I, sitting here, cannot advise you of that because I have not gone through that analysis.”
Mayor Nancy Shaver supported Freeman’s comments and asked whether there was a basis for the caution.
David Birchim, planning and building department director, said if the PUD expired and the developer went to rezone, the conditions the city had required before could be lost. He also talked about complications with the phasing.
“If you don’t extend the phasing, phase three is already still active but you can’t get to phase three if you don’t extend the phasing for phase one,” Birchim said. “So that’s a big problem.”
COMMENTS
sponger2 01/30/16 - 08:01 am 42What's to evaluate?
You got funding from outside sources to clean the site, you weren't wanted in the first place, and now you didn't keep your word. Pack your S#$t and get the F out.
sponger2 01/30/16 - 09:58 am 50Check infrastructure expense at county budget office.
Every dollar they collect in tax revenue will cost between $1.18 and $1.27 in services unless the tax base for the house built exceeds about 350K. Plus, we didn't want it, and we don't have the schools to accommodate it. That's why we got the sales tax increase that they have already borrowed against, without yet collecting any revenue. Therefore, the more crap they build, the more it will cost us, not to mention the diminished quality of life by the noise, traffic and now overcrowded beaches, that cost twice as much to go to as a few years ago. Oh, and virtually no off site parking of course.
JoeJoe 01/30/16 - 10:33 am 20The question is
what will happen if they don't build it? Beautiful old golf course is lost forever.
sponger2 01/30/16 - 10:55 am 50With only 74 houses built (10%)...
Seems to me plenty of room to build another golf course. Certainty preferable to 700 more houses. Just make sure it's not a "modern" golf course. That is, lined with condos and houses so you feel like you're teeing off in your front yard.
sponger2 01/30/16 - 04:57 pm 10Can't build a golf course?
Can you say "World Golf Village"? How about "The Royals"? The dopes that run this area are going to allow an artificial pond in a state that's 11 feet above sea level and already surrounded by water, if not already underwater (swamp) near Twin Creeks.
Here's the long and short of it. The investors bought the property, found out it was poisoned with arsenic from the old methods used at the time the old golf course was built. So, it was unfit to build on for the purpose of housing. So, they got PUBLIC MONEY (that's you and I folks, the taxpayers) to pay for the cleanup. That is bailout number 1. Additionally, there was an issue with airport noise that needed to be mitigated. That's bailout number 2. Now, they failed to fulfill their agreement. I'm not buying bailout number three. Guess what? They made a bad investment. Investment requires risk. You don't always win. This is one of those times. It is not incumbent on the government or the population to extend or modify the agreement in any way. So the answer is YES. They might have to walk away, just like the rest of us in the real world, including but not limited to stock investors.
Friday, January 29, 2016
NASA's Preventable Disasters: Whistleblower Retaliation Caused Them All (St. Augustine Record column by Ed Slavin, 2003)
Letter: Shuttle whistle-blower retaliation is root cause
Edward A. Slavin Jr.
St. Augustine
Published Thursday, February 20, 2003
Editor: America's second space shuttle disaster could have been prevented if "whistle blowers" were heeded and protected from retaliation by managers.
Now NASA has appointed yet another panel to investigate itself. As the song asks, "When will they ever learn?"
NASA ignored warnings about tile failure for decades because "NASA family" and contractor employees fear to speak out about safety, fearing retaliation. The New York Times reports that NASA fired safety advisory panel members and consultants criticizing budget cuts as unsafe. The Presidential Challenger Commission found NASA's culture chilled free speech rights the same as cold temperatures chilled the O-rings. NASA ignored numerous disaster warnings and cut safety. At the Johnson Space Center, many engineers did not watch space shuttle launches since Challenger, because they feared it could happen again. The Columbia 7 deaths are sadly rooted in a dysfunctional management culture that retaliates against whistle blowers and helped cause the Challenger disaster. NASA exacts an oath of "omerta" on raising concerns.
Secretive, authoritarian managers destroy the careers of too many ethical employees like Morton Thiokol engineer Roger Boisjoly and colleagues, who warned against the O-ring problem that caused the Challenger to blow up on launch in 1986.
Johnson Space Center banned one shuttle whistle blower from Johnson Space Center property, issuing a gag order against speaking to NASA employees about concerns about toxic chemical residues in shuttle cabin air. Rather than investigating risks to shuttle astronauts from chemicals and ill-sterilized medical hardware, the Johnson Space Center medical "investigation" concentrated on "Ancestry of Quotes," identifying the source of the inspector general complaint through text analysis. NASA Administrator Dan Goldin did nothing to remedy NASA's hostile working environment. The Johnson Space Center director was later promoted to be assistant secretary of energy in charge of Department of Energy's environmental cleanup.
NASA fought Department of Labor environmental whistle-blower jurisdiction. Chilling effects continued amid its smokescreen of "hardball" delay tactics. Another NASA manager was later suspended without pay for 15 days in another whistle-blower case, but too many retaliatory managers who destroy whistle blowers' careers get promoted.
Current laws do not adequately protect whistle blowers. In 1993, the Department of Labor inspector general found delays were ordered by several secretaries of labor. Last year the third circuit federal appeals court found it "completely inexplicable" why the Department of Labor took 13 years to adjudicate one simple nuclear whistle-blower case, while the law allows 90 days.
Citing the Challenger disaster, in February 1990 the American Bar Association recommended protecting all corporate, federal, state and local government whistle blowers from discrimination, with a federal administrative remedy. In our complex technological society, too many of us are required to agree with the boss or be fired. Whistle-blower laws remain a patchwork with loopholes, though a 2002 law is a positive step to protect some corporate whistle blowers. All must be protected from workplace retaliation and guaranteed freedom of conscience.
Let's free the "mind slaves," ending what Lincoln might have called "Idolatry that practices human sacrifice."
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Record editorial blasts Florida House passing fracking bill -- acidification of porous limestone aquifer!
Editorial: Florida lawmakers: 'Let's get crackin' on frackin'
Posted: January 28, 2016 - 7:07pm
Florida is one giant step closer to opening itself to fracking after the House of Representatives passed HB 191, a pro-fracking bill which would prohibit counties and cities from banning the controversial oil-drilling process within their borders.
Proponents tell us that the bill actually sets up regulations and penalties for the industry that need to be in place. What they do not tell you is that fracking does not occur in Florida, and for good reason. The bill actually sets up the requirements for it to begin.
And, by attempting to exclude local control over fracking, the bill puts the activity “safely” into state hands — in practical terms, those of Republican lawmakers who never met an industry they didn’t like.
The bill contains classic Tallahassee double-speak. Listen: “ ... to avoid unnecessary duplication, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may not adopt or establish programs to accomplish the purposes of this section.”
More to the point it designed to “avoid necessary opposition.”
This is even better. The Sunshine State News reports that supporters contend the bill is yet another example of lawmakers stewardship in the face of controversy.
Bill sponsor, Republican Ray Rodriquez, said “The controversies we face ... aren’t new” then alluded to the “introduction of electricity, modern cars and the Kennedy Space Center as examples of environmental issues the Florida Legislature has tackled and passed, changing the lives of average Floridians for the better.”
Where do they get this stuff? But back to reality. What’s important to understand is that, in Florida, what’s commonly known to be fracking would not take place. Fracking is the process of injecting sand, water and chemicals (some used as wart remover) under high pressure into underground shale — releasing gas and petroleum. Florida’s substratum isn’t shale, it’s porous limestone. The process that would be used here is called “acidification” — in which acid is injected into the ground under high pressure, dissolving the limestone in order to get at the petro-goodies.
And, yes, that’s the same porous limestone that allows surface water to return to the Floridan aquifer, and for the aquifer to rise, as it does in springs, to the surface. The limestone could be compared to a chalky sponge.
How about a tall glass of that water?
The number is tough to track down and reported differently by various sources, but about 50 state counties and municipalities have passed resolutions to ban fracking within their jurisdiction. Conversely, none have resolved to allow it.
But (coincidentally?) on Wednesday, both the Florida Association of Counties and the Florida League of Cities simultaneously dropped their prior opposition to the bill because they worked out deals with lawmakers. They say the pact includes compromise language that “preserves the authority of local governments.”
How?
By allowing local governments to adopt land use requirements as long as local rules “don’t impose a moratorium on, effectively prohibit or inordinately burden” fracking operations. The League of Cities added that it was confident another benefit of its reversal will be to “enhance the opportunities for intergovernmental coordination early in the permitting process.”
You can’t make this stuff up. We wonder if they put their heads together with their members prior to the bailout.
The capitol building, the league of cities and the association of counties are headquartered blocks apart, off Monroe Street, in downtown Tallahassee. Maybe it’s a geography thing.
COMMENT
martystaug 01/28/16 - 08:51 pm 00Backup Plan
It will be good to have a backup plan to replace Florida's tourist industry, because this could be the end of it. In fact it may be the end of a lot of industries in Florida. Lets turn South Florida into the next Flint Michigan.
Posted: January 28, 2016 - 7:07pm
Florida is one giant step closer to opening itself to fracking after the House of Representatives passed HB 191, a pro-fracking bill which would prohibit counties and cities from banning the controversial oil-drilling process within their borders.
Proponents tell us that the bill actually sets up regulations and penalties for the industry that need to be in place. What they do not tell you is that fracking does not occur in Florida, and for good reason. The bill actually sets up the requirements for it to begin.
And, by attempting to exclude local control over fracking, the bill puts the activity “safely” into state hands — in practical terms, those of Republican lawmakers who never met an industry they didn’t like.
The bill contains classic Tallahassee double-speak. Listen: “ ... to avoid unnecessary duplication, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may not adopt or establish programs to accomplish the purposes of this section.”
More to the point it designed to “avoid necessary opposition.”
This is even better. The Sunshine State News reports that supporters contend the bill is yet another example of lawmakers stewardship in the face of controversy.
Bill sponsor, Republican Ray Rodriquez, said “The controversies we face ... aren’t new” then alluded to the “introduction of electricity, modern cars and the Kennedy Space Center as examples of environmental issues the Florida Legislature has tackled and passed, changing the lives of average Floridians for the better.”
Where do they get this stuff? But back to reality. What’s important to understand is that, in Florida, what’s commonly known to be fracking would not take place. Fracking is the process of injecting sand, water and chemicals (some used as wart remover) under high pressure into underground shale — releasing gas and petroleum. Florida’s substratum isn’t shale, it’s porous limestone. The process that would be used here is called “acidification” — in which acid is injected into the ground under high pressure, dissolving the limestone in order to get at the petro-goodies.
And, yes, that’s the same porous limestone that allows surface water to return to the Floridan aquifer, and for the aquifer to rise, as it does in springs, to the surface. The limestone could be compared to a chalky sponge.
How about a tall glass of that water?
The number is tough to track down and reported differently by various sources, but about 50 state counties and municipalities have passed resolutions to ban fracking within their jurisdiction. Conversely, none have resolved to allow it.
But (coincidentally?) on Wednesday, both the Florida Association of Counties and the Florida League of Cities simultaneously dropped their prior opposition to the bill because they worked out deals with lawmakers. They say the pact includes compromise language that “preserves the authority of local governments.”
How?
By allowing local governments to adopt land use requirements as long as local rules “don’t impose a moratorium on, effectively prohibit or inordinately burden” fracking operations. The League of Cities added that it was confident another benefit of its reversal will be to “enhance the opportunities for intergovernmental coordination early in the permitting process.”
You can’t make this stuff up. We wonder if they put their heads together with their members prior to the bailout.
The capitol building, the league of cities and the association of counties are headquartered blocks apart, off Monroe Street, in downtown Tallahassee. Maybe it’s a geography thing.
COMMENT
martystaug 01/28/16 - 08:51 pm 00Backup Plan
It will be good to have a backup plan to replace Florida's tourist industry, because this could be the end of it. In fact it may be the end of a lot of industries in Florida. Lets turn South Florida into the next Flint Michigan.
Zika Mosquito-Borne Virus: How Prepared Is America?
There's a mosquito-borne disease, the Zika virus, that is devastating infants and causing brain damage paralysis in Brazil and elsewhere.
There is no treatment and no vaccine.
Thare now three human cases in New York State.
How prepared is America to detect this mosquito-borne virus and to eradicate this disease? Our current chicken-sticking bloodworm technology can't identify when Zika virus is present in mosquitos.
The World Health Organization is concerned enough that this "explosively" spreading virus might become a global pandemic that it is meeting Monday and may declare an emergency. Read more here:
There is no treatment and no vaccine.
Thare now three human cases in New York State.
How prepared is America to detect this mosquito-borne virus and to eradicate this disease? Our current chicken-sticking bloodworm technology can't identify when Zika virus is present in mosquitos.
The World Health Organization is concerned enough that this "explosively" spreading virus might become a global pandemic that it is meeting Monday and may declare an emergency. Read more here:
NYT: "Wounded Warrior Project® Spends Lavishly on Itself"
Headquartered right here in North Florida, with 500 employees, "Wounded Warrior Project® is a group that "bears watchin,'" as they say in East Tennessee, focused on high salaries and marketing more than on helping veterans, it appears: read The New York Times investigation here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/us/wounded-warrior-project-spends-lavishly-on-itself-ex-employees-say.html?_r=0
The Wounded Warrior Project has rightly been criticized by The New York Times, Tampa Bay Times, Center for Investigative Reporting, CBS News, Jacksonville Business Report and the Daily Beast for firing ethical employees and wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on travel, four-star hotels and big salaries for its executives, led by a lawyer who is not a veteran, while doing little for wounded veterans.
Based here, with local government support from Republican elected officials, seeking in 2014 by unanimous uncritical vote from St. Johns County Commission some $500,000 in "Industrial Development" tax abatement for its 500 employee North Florida headquarters, now in Jacksonville.
Naturally, our haughty, hubristic all-Republican St. Johns County officials have fallen over backward to support the project, with a pledge of $500,000 if its 500 employees were to move here as part of "economic development."
It's our money.
P.S. The Wounded "Wounded Warrior Project®" is now a St. Augustine Record online advertiser, perhaps hoping to buy favorable impressions in advance of any investigation by The Record and T-U of the dodgy locally headquartered charity.
More later.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/us/wounded-warrior-project-spends-lavishly-on-itself-ex-employees-say.html?_r=0
The Wounded Warrior Project has rightly been criticized by The New York Times, Tampa Bay Times, Center for Investigative Reporting, CBS News, Jacksonville Business Report and the Daily Beast for firing ethical employees and wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on travel, four-star hotels and big salaries for its executives, led by a lawyer who is not a veteran, while doing little for wounded veterans.
Based here, with local government support from Republican elected officials, seeking in 2014 by unanimous uncritical vote from St. Johns County Commission some $500,000 in "Industrial Development" tax abatement for its 500 employee North Florida headquarters, now in Jacksonville.
Naturally, our haughty, hubristic all-Republican St. Johns County officials have fallen over backward to support the project, with a pledge of $500,000 if its 500 employees were to move here as part of "economic development."
It's our money.
P.S. The Wounded "Wounded Warrior Project®" is now a St. Augustine Record online advertiser, perhaps hoping to buy favorable impressions in advance of any investigation by The Record and T-U of the dodgy locally headquartered charity.
More later.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Activists Stopped 7-Eleven: Record Editorial Ignores Truth
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
(Attributed to Margaret Mead)
It was Nelmar Terrace, Fullerwood and other St. Augustine neighborhood activists -- including Melinda Rakoncacy, Gina Burrell, Skip Hutton, Matthew Shaffer, former Mayor George Gardner and other community leaders -- who helped stop the disastrous construction of a 7-Eleven at a failing intersection and coastal escape route in our historic district.
Not one word in The St. Augustine Record's editorial, below, which starts and stops at City Hall. Pity.
City Manager John Patrick Regan, P.E., called by his colleagues "The Minister of Propaganda" for nearly two decades, gets all the credit. Pitiful.
All John Regan has to do is pick up the phone or drive to the Record and he gets an editorial. Great technology.
It's called dictation, stenography or "spin."
It's not called journalism.
In the final analysis, City Hall's 7-Eleven decisions responded to the irrefragable factual and legal case made by neighborhood activists and their counsel, Ms. Jane West.
Editorial writers who never go to City meetings and show diffidence toward neighborhoods need to focus on the facts, not official hagiography.
Yes, Mr. Regan deserves credit, but respond to persuasion by Melnida Rakoncacy, Gina Burrell Skip Hutton, Matthew Shaffer, George Gardner and other community leaders.
Without Melnida Rakoncacy, Gina Burrell Skip Hutton, Matthew Shaffer, George Gardner and other community leaders delivering spinal and testicular implants, Mr. Regan and City Commission would probably not have been empowered to stand up to a Japanese multinational corporation and its influential law firm, St. Johns Law Group.
Who is St. Johns Law Group?
It is owned by DOUGLAS NELSON BURNETT, long the attorney for the Airport and the City of St. Augustine Beach (Burnett is the son of the former Florida National Guard Adjutant General, appointed by Governor RICHARD LYNN SCOTT to the boards of the St. Johns River Water Management District and two colleges).
This is a city of neighborhoods, whose activists saved our community from the devastating impact of a 7-Eleven at May and San Marco.
The Record once celebrated activists, but now ignores them, not quoting as and acting like we're invisible.
Our dozens of positive results speak for themselves, and we wear the Record's scorn as a badge of honor.
On, and by the way:
The Record did not run a page one correction of its page one error Tuesday, January 26, 2016: it said $200 M(illion), not $200,000.
The New York Times and other newspapers run prominent corrections daily, and correct stories online, showing their corrections.
Was the volunteer proofreader at The Record "on vacation," as one commenter alleged?
Whatever the etiology of the 4200,000,000 SNAFU, the Record owes us an explanation, an apology and higher standards of journalism.
A statistical error by a factor of 1000 in a page one headline does not give us trust and confidence in our local newspaper.
Editorial: 7-Eleven: We got what we paid for
Posted: January 27, 2016 - 7:10pm | Updated: January 28, 2016 - 12:00am
Is the 7-Eleven epilogue an outcome half-empty or half-full?
Our headline Tuesday told readers that the city looks to lose $200,000 in the 7-Eleven land sale.
It could have just as easily have read that the city looks to recoup $1.25 million from the land purchase.
Marcus Aurelius said “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
Was the 7-Eleven deal a gain or a loss?
Certainly it was a plus for the neighborhoods just east of San Marco Avenue near May Street. Judging by letters to the editor and public comment during the process, the land purchase was also important to the fast-growing North Beach area both from a convenience standpoint of gridlock and, according to residents, from a safety slant in terms of evacuations in the face of hurricanes.
Then there were the detractors who were irked that the city was spending tax dollars to fix a problem it caused ... “Why did you permit it in the first place.” The truth all along was that the city had no say on who bought the private property, anymore than it had control over what the owner intended to do with it, under the existing zoning laws — which the convenience store giant did.
A city can’t “undo” zoning after the fact. That attempt would have simply brought an earlier lawsuit, and a shakier one. This is America, remember? A bastion of private property rights. And 7-Eleven’s got them too.
We don’t recall the issue of how to recoup the purchase price ever coming up in a meeting. We spoke with City Manager John Regan for an editorial subsequent to the sale in which he said (for the first time as far as we can determine) that he’d bet the DOT would buy the land in order to do the intersection project there. Even if the footprint of the project didn’t fall within the property line, he believed it would need additional property for drainage and the like.
At that time, we spoke with a FDOT spokesperson who told The Record that the current parameters of the intersection project “included no funding” for any purchase of the property — period.
That somehow changed, and rather quickly. A brand new “alternative” came up and became the new “plan.” And it included purchase of the bulk of the 7-Eleven land.
So, in the end, the availability of that property clearly allowed the FDOT to think outside earlier parameters in designing a better mouse trap for the May Street-San Marco intersection.
And with the sale of a second, smaller piece of land there, the city is $200,000 upside down.
But what did it get for the investment? It got a lot of happy neighbors. It got a better design for an important intersection that’s more fluid and safer than before, according to the FDOT.
The FDOT purchase did result in taking a piece of land off the tax roll, that’s true. But one has to wonder — and we did — what type of business might have been OK with the neighbors on that corner: understanding that any private enterprise would have to ensure sufficient traffic to compensate for the inflated selling price with which 7-Eleven boar-hogged the city in the settlement. Oh, thank heaven?
The buzz then was that something along the lines of a Starbucks would be a perfect fit for that intersection — low-key and fresh-roasted. The new Starbucks on County Road 210 has now become the peeve du jour of neighbors in the northwest, backing traffic up for blocks and snarling access roads. Be careful what you wish for.
Nothing on the 7-Eleven corner is preferable to any kind of commercial “something.” We ended up in the right place at the right time, after all.
Right whale protected area expanded by USA
Feds expanding right whale protection area. Wonderful news! The proposed St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore will help preserve and protect our right whales and our coast and deter offshore oil drilling, which would destroy our environment and our tourist economy.
www.staugustgreen.com
Federal government expands critical habitat for right whales
Area designated as critical expanded six fold in 20 years
By Bruce Smith Wed, Jan 27, 2016 @ 3:02 pm | updated Wed, Jan 27, 2016 @ 3:33 pm
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. | The federal government is expanding its list of right whale habitat to include calving grounds off the Southeast coast and feeding grounds off New England, increasing the critical area by thousands of square nautical miles.
In all, almost 30,000 square nautical miles are now considered critical — more than six times the area originally designated more than two decades ago.
The North Atlantic right whale, hunted almost to extinction in the 1800s for its oil, is slowly recovering. There were about 300 in 1994, a number now estimated to be about 500.
“We have made progress,” said David Gouveia, the marine mammal and sea turtle conservation coordinator for the Greater Atlantic Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service. “We are on a positive trajectory but there is still plenty of work to be done.”
He said the whales have been helped by measures like speed restrictions on large vessels entering port and rules to prevent whales from being entangled in fishing gear. Expanding the critical habitat should also help, he said.
The new designations do not create refuges or restrictions that affect fishing. However, projects that require federal permits such as dredging or putting up wind farms will now be reviewed with an eye toward how they affect whale habitat.
Gouveia said oil platforms, if eventually permitted off the Carolinas coast, will likely be well out at sea beyond the critical habitat area for whale calving.
The designations are based years of aircraft and ship surveys of right whales and their habits.
“With two decades of new information and improved understanding since we first designated critical habitat for the species, we believe the expansion will further protect essential forging and calving areas,” said Eileen Sobeck, assistant administrator for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries.
In the Southeast, calving habitat that had been designated along Florida to midway up the Georgia coast has been extended northeast to off Wilmington, North Carolina. The area runs from the coast to about 30 miles offshore.
Gouveia said the whales prefer to give birth in an environment with the right combination of water depth, sea temperatures and a relatively calm ocean surface.
Off New England more than 18,000 nautical square miles of critical habitat for feeding have been added. The area now includes the entire Gulf of Maine to southeast of Cape Cod.
Research has shown a wider abundance in the region of small crustaceans called copepods that float in the water column and that are eaten by the whales.
The Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona-based nonprofit, lauded the government’s move but said more needs to be done. The center and other environmental groups had petitioned for increased habitat protection for the whales.
www.staugustgreen.com
Federal government expands critical habitat for right whales
Area designated as critical expanded six fold in 20 years
By Bruce Smith Wed, Jan 27, 2016 @ 3:02 pm | updated Wed, Jan 27, 2016 @ 3:33 pm
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. | The federal government is expanding its list of right whale habitat to include calving grounds off the Southeast coast and feeding grounds off New England, increasing the critical area by thousands of square nautical miles.
In all, almost 30,000 square nautical miles are now considered critical — more than six times the area originally designated more than two decades ago.
The North Atlantic right whale, hunted almost to extinction in the 1800s for its oil, is slowly recovering. There were about 300 in 1994, a number now estimated to be about 500.
“We have made progress,” said David Gouveia, the marine mammal and sea turtle conservation coordinator for the Greater Atlantic Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service. “We are on a positive trajectory but there is still plenty of work to be done.”
He said the whales have been helped by measures like speed restrictions on large vessels entering port and rules to prevent whales from being entangled in fishing gear. Expanding the critical habitat should also help, he said.
The new designations do not create refuges or restrictions that affect fishing. However, projects that require federal permits such as dredging or putting up wind farms will now be reviewed with an eye toward how they affect whale habitat.
Gouveia said oil platforms, if eventually permitted off the Carolinas coast, will likely be well out at sea beyond the critical habitat area for whale calving.
The designations are based years of aircraft and ship surveys of right whales and their habits.
“With two decades of new information and improved understanding since we first designated critical habitat for the species, we believe the expansion will further protect essential forging and calving areas,” said Eileen Sobeck, assistant administrator for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries.
In the Southeast, calving habitat that had been designated along Florida to midway up the Georgia coast has been extended northeast to off Wilmington, North Carolina. The area runs from the coast to about 30 miles offshore.
Gouveia said the whales prefer to give birth in an environment with the right combination of water depth, sea temperatures and a relatively calm ocean surface.
Off New England more than 18,000 nautical square miles of critical habitat for feeding have been added. The area now includes the entire Gulf of Maine to southeast of Cape Cod.
Research has shown a wider abundance in the region of small crustaceans called copepods that float in the water column and that are eaten by the whales.
The Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona-based nonprofit, lauded the government’s move but said more needs to be done. The center and other environmental groups had petitioned for increased habitat protection for the whales.
Sheriff DAVID SHOAR's Medical Records Disclosure Requested. Now.
-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin
To: dshoar; mcline ; cmulligan
Sent: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 12:12 pm
To: dshoar
Sent: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 12:12 pm
Subject: Disclosure of All of Sheriff DAVID BERNERD SHOAR's Medical and Psychiatric Records
Dear Sheriff Shoar:
Dear Sheriff Shoar:
1. I request that you kindly disclose all of your medical and psychiatric records, including post-car wreck treatment, PTSD and all your surgeries, hospital visits, therapies and prescriptions.
2. Your frequent unavailability to other public officials and to the public, your ignoring Open Records requests your notoriously bad judgment (Michelle O'Connell and other shooting cases, Ford Street incident, etc.) and your reported fainting spells mean that your health is a valid issue for journalistic inquiry. We, the People have a Right to Know. http://archive.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/88575/0/St-Johns-County-Sheriff-David-Shoar-Hospitalized
3. Presidential candidates disclose their medical records. Why shouldn't you?
4. You claim to be running for re-election, right? Is that correct?
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998
Here are links to articles on the Michelle O'Connell case:
The New York Times, "Two Gunshots on a Summer Night" by Walt Bogdanich & Glenn Silber (November 24, 2013): http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/two-gunshots/ PBS/Frontline, "A Death in St. Augustine (November 26, 2013): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/death-in-st-augustine/
See Ben Rich's December 1, 2013 letter, "A storm on the horizon," http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2014/02/ben-rich-former-st-johns-county.html
and our heroic now-Mayor Nancy Shaver's December 2013 letter: http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2015/07/nancy-shavers-eloquent-december-18-2013.html
The world is watching us. See, also:
The world is watching us. See, also:
NBC News Dateline , "Two Shots Fired" (April 18, 2014):
Folio Weekly: Jeff Billman, "Somebody's lying -- An activist accuses the St. Augustine Record of bowing
to pressure from Jeremy Banks' attorney. The paper accuses her of spreading misinformation" (September 17, 2014), http://folioweekly.com/SOMEBODYS-LYING-ST-AUGUSTINE-RECORD-ACTIVIST-JEREMY-BANKS,10912
Dr. Phil, "The Mystery of Michelle O'Connell" (November 3, 2014): http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/2298
Folio Weekly, "Murder, He Wrote," by Susan Cooper Eastman (November 19, 2014), http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2014/11/michelle-oconnell-shooting-read-folio.html
Folio Weekly, "The Proxy War," by Derek Kinner (March 4, 2015): http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2015/03/folio-weekly-deputy-jeremy-banks-and.html
New York Times, "Agent Cleared Over 2010 Florida Shooting Inquiry, but Lawyer Lashes Out," by Walt Bogdanich (August 27, 2015)
WJXT-4, "Deputy opens up on Michelle O’Connell shooting death,"
Photo credit: The New York Times
Sheriff Shoar Hospitalized (FCN, 2007)
St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar Hospitalized
11:40 AM, Aug 8, 2007 | 0 comments
By Jessica Clark First Coast News ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FL -- St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar was meeting with his staff Monday when he passed out, according to Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Kelshaw. “A rescue crew came and transported him to Flagler Hospital. He was only out for a brief time,” Kelshaw said. Kelshaw could not discuss Shoar’s medical case, but he said Shoar will undergo a series of tests to make sure he’s okay. If Shoar has to undergo an operation for some reason, Kelshaw said the Chief of Staff will take the reigns (sic) while Shoar is in surgery. Kelshaw said Shoar was in good condition Tuesday morning. “I saw him and talked to him this morning. He’s alert and looking forward to the tests and to getting back to work.” Kelshaw said Shoar should be back in the office early next week.
First Coast News
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Let the Healing Begin: Blake Souder to Commissioners: IN HAEC VERBA
Some 40 residents attended the January 25, 2016 City Commission meeting, with Blake Romeyn Souder expressing their views about certain Commissioners' attacks on Mayor Nancy Shaver.
Blake Romeyn Souder was eloquent and Linolnesque in his brevity and understatement: the Blaise Pascal quote nailed it (“to understand is to forgive"). There were some 40 of us there; the Record demurely stated that there were "some people" (not counting us) and downplayed the event and its effects. Later that night, Commissioners voted 3-2 to deny an extension of the controversial Planned Unit Development for the former Ponce de Leon Golf Course ("Madeira"), shocking observers and showing new-found cooperation between City Commissioners listening to residents and to each other and asking tough questions of staff and developer mouthpieces ELLEN AVERY SMITH and MARK ALAN KNIGHT.
Blake Romeyn Souder was eloquent and Linolnesque in his brevity and understatement: the Blaise Pascal quote nailed it (“to understand is to forgive"). There were some 40 of us there; the Record demurely stated that there were "some people" (not counting us) and downplayed the event and its effects. Later that night, Commissioners voted 3-2 to deny an extension of the controversial Planned Unit Development for the former Ponce de Leon Golf Course ("Madeira"), shocking observers and showing new-found cooperation between City Commissioners listening to residents and to each other and asking tough questions of staff and developer mouthpieces ELLEN AVERY SMITH and MARK ALAN KNIGHT.
After Mr. Souder spoke, some 40 people (demurely called "some people" by the Record) respectfully and silently got up and walked out.
Here's the text of Mr. Souder's statement.
City of St. Augustine City Commission Regular Meeting 1/25/2016
Mayor and Commissioners,
I have been asked to speak for many of the citizens in this chamber tonight and many who are watching from home.
Out of respect for the Board, City Staff and for those with items on this evening’s agenda, we hope you will appreciate our consideration to deliver the following message with one speaker.
The citizens of St. Augustine voted you all into office because the majority believed in your message and your ability to conduct the people's business in a professional manner.
This City Commission has great potential moving forward, with many exciting projects and changes that are currently in the works.
These accomplishments and future initiatives are undermined by the unnecessary rancor between Commissioners and the disrespect occurring toward the Office of the Mayor.
We, the citizens of St. Augustine, respectfully request that this behavior cease immediately, and that you strive for courteous and civil public meetings, where disagreement and various opinions are welcome without spite.
In conclusion, I would like to leave everyone with a phrase to reflect upon, which is “to understand is to forgive.”- Blaise Pascal
Speculator Not "Victim": 3-2 Vote Against Extending PUD for Former Ponce de Leon Golf Course ("Madeira" subdivision)
Entrance to Madeira, once the Ponce de Leon Golf Course, hotel and conference center, destroyed by greedy developer CHESTER STOKES with support of $1.5 million in tax deductions (tax expenditures) as a result of City Commission's brownfield designation due to arsenic contamination
DAVID BIRCHIM
Planning and Zoning Director
Does Not Present Objective Information to Commissioners
It was Definitely. Not. "Business As Usual."
The people were heard and heeded.
The greedy maladroit developer of "Madeira" lost, 3-2 on its effort to extend completion of its misbegotten PUD until 2023, some 21 years after it was authorized and 19 years after the litigation was settled.
Expecting to have his way again, maladroit City Planning and Building Director DAVID BIRCHIM, a/k/a "Don't Overthink This" asked City Commissioners Monday night, January 25, 2016 to grant a five year extension to a controversial Planned Unit Development called "Madeira," claiming that the project was "the victim of the Global Recession."
I challenged the lack of data supporting BIRCHIM's unctuous unscholarly ukase, inasmuch as the Great Recession was in 2008 and this is 2016. The extension proposal was the subject of an excuse-making St. Augustine Record editorial last year.
Despite the editorial and its staff's recommendation and veiled threats from corporate lawyers, St/. Augustine City Commissioners voted 3-2 to deny the Madeira Planned Unit development extension.
Three cheers!
Three cheers for Commissioners Leanna Freeman and Nancy Sikes-Kline, who joined with Mayor Nancy Shaver, citizen B.J. Kalaidi and me (Ed Slavin) in questioning:
o the somnolent pro-developer staff's lack of objectivity;
o its habitual failure to provide neutral policy advice;
o its constant advocacy for whatever developers want; and
o its utter failure to consider the cumulative effect of previously approved bad decisions in urging new bad decisions.
Representing the speculator/developer was robotic ROGERS TOWERS partner ELLEN AVERY SMITH. ELLEN AVERY SMITH was aided, abetted and assisted by febrile fired former Planning and Building Director (1998-2014) MARK ALAN KNIGHT, the former boss of estimable Planning and Building Director DAVID BIRCHIM, a/k/a "Don't Overthink This""
The misguided, mellifluously named "Madeira" development was speculator CHESTER STOKES' pipe dream and our City of St. Augustine's nightmare, like a long running train wreck. STOKES, supported by Commissioners ERROL JONES, JOSEPH BOLES and DONALD CRICHLOW and then City Planning and Building Director MARK ALAN KNIGHT was a man on a mission, backed by the ROGERS TOWERS corporate law firm, first corrupt lawyer GEORGE McCLURE, and now ELLEN AVERY SMITH.
The mission: destroy a beautiful 1916 Donald Ross designed golf course, annex it into the city and build nearly 800 houses on top of contaminated soil containing arsenic and other poisons used as pesticides, fungicides and rodenticides. Only 74 houses have been built since the PUD was approved in 2001 and finalized through litigation settlement in 2004. In 2006, the City Commission unwisely voted 3-2 and authorized the PUD to become a "brownfield" site, allowing tax deductions (tax expenditures) to subsidize cleaning up the arsenic and other poisons used as pesticides.
Commissioner Leanna Freeman said it was a "bad development" and Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline agreed. On a motion to approve a "housekeeping" comprehensive plan amendment, the vote was 3-2 in favor. On a second vote to extend the PUD until 2023, the vote was 3-2 against. Observers were pleasantly surprised.
Mayor Nancy Shaver said the logic behind the "phasing," with all three phases having begun at once, was "slightly nonsensical," asking whether the applicant would agree to workforce affordable housing or other modifications to obtain an extension. The developer refused.
Commissioner Freeman called for a "second look" at PUDs when they ask for extensions or modifications. She said the "timeframe" in the PUD was a "complete deal," and saw no reason for extending it.
Mayor Shaver agreed with me (Ed Slavin) that the City staff must present balanced information, with "pros and cons," not just pro-developer excuses ("victim of the Great Recession).
Mayor Shaver said the City staff was trying to "caution" Commissioners about a no vote, "without any basis."
Mayor Shaver said we had a right to ask a developer asking for a PUD extension how things have gone so far, and the answer is "not really well."
About the bizarre "phasing" proposal, Mayor Shaver asked, "Does any of this reflect reality?"
BIRCHIM conceded the deadlines were "artificial."
Yet BIRCHIM vaguely threatened that there would be "consequences" of a denial, while saying that was "not … a threat." Throughout much of the questioning, BIRCHIM's white face turned pink and nearly red, all the way to the top of his bald head.
For their part, SMITH and KNIGHT could not answer simple questions and repeatedly repeated themselves, while SMITH kept droning on like a robot, using phrases that once carried the day for the ruling classes represented by GEORGE McCLURE and ROGERS TOWERS ("vested property rights," "reasonable investment-backed expectations").
No one ever answered my concerns about the secrecy of LLC beneficial ownership, an issue raised by Stephanie Saul, et al. in The New York Times. (And thank you, Ms. Kalaidi, but no, sunbiz.org only provides the names of managers and executives, not all LLC beneficial owners, which are often foreigners -- how can we know if Commissioners have conflicts of interest if all LLC beneficial owners are not disclosed?)
Once upon a time, CHESTER STOKES was on November 13, 2006 aided and abetted by the likes of local businessmen HERBIE WILES and BRUCE MAGUIRE, who vocally supported the "brownfield" designation that resulted in taxpayers subsidizing CHESTER STOKES' folly of destroying a contaminated golf course for housing.
Sick of prevaricating speculators' promises, not one St. Augustine resident supported the proposed five year extension of the PUD (not even Messrs. WILES and MAGUIRE).
Not one.
While admitting that "eighteen years is a pretty long time," Commissioner Roxanne Horvath, an architect who has too often sided with developers and is up for re-election this year and likely to benefit from developer campaign ca$h, voted for the PUD extension.
Also voting for the PUD extension was Commissioner Todd Neville, as predictable, reliable and arrogant a pro-speculator vote as ever greased a chair in St. Augustine's 450+ year history.
After the thrilling 79 minute debate, a recess was taken, and speculator mouthpiece ELLEN AVERY SMITH immediately huddled with City Manager JOHN PATRICK REGAN, P.E., long regarded as the developers' hey-boy and accomplice. SMITH rasped, "Mr. Slavin is eavesdropping on us." I reminded her that there is "no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place" and that her obese client, DAVID BARTON CORNEAL, had stomach-bumped me and accused me of eavesdropping before a HARB hearing on April 21, 2015.
Shaking with rage, ROGERS TOWERS partner ELLEN AVERY SMITH then walked south to the back of the room in an attempt "spin" Record reporter Sheldon Gardner, then whining with the same affected rasp, "Mr. Slavin is eavesdropping on me."
(Smug, snooty Ms. SMITH was long an understudy to corrupt developer lawyer GEORGE McCLURE, who, with Sheriff DAVID BERNERD SHOAR f/k/a "HOAR," refused to answer then-Editor Peter Ellis' questions about the Thomas Manuel criminal prosecution, in which McCLURE wore a wire for the FBI after his ROGERS TOWERS law partners allegedly kicked him out of their law firm after learning he took a fee without sharing it with them.)
I told Ms. Gardner that this 3-2 vote denying the PUD extension was "a great victory" for those of us concerned about turning St. Augustine into an unreasonable facsimile of Richardson, Texas or Broward County, Florida. SMITH stalked off. I pointed out that SMITH "hates me" and has "emotional problems with protected activity." SMITH gave me an evil eye (malocchio) and uttered nattering imprecations to herself.
The history-making debate -- nearly 79 minutes of it -- was all but omitted from The St. Augustine Record's shallow story with an inaccurate headline about "$200 million" loss on with a statistic that was 1000 . Watch the debate for yourself (item 8B1 & 8B2, at http://staugustinefl.swagit.com/play/01252016-909).
The Record's front page was filled with "successos menudos," Spanish for trifling events: a developer's plans for a lagoon in a long-delayed project at the north end of the county, a gas leak at a middle school that hurt no one, and an event that happened elsewhere.
Then the mucked-up lede of the City Commission story, with an erroneous headline, was about how the cost of the 7-Eleven property purchase would likely exceed what the City is getting from the State of Florida Department of Transportation and whoever purchases a home on the property. The story said $200,000. The headline said $200 Million.
These bad editorial decisions left little room -- only 188 words compared to more than 1700 words on this blog -- for reporter Sheldon Gardner to report on the Madeira PUD.
This is extraordinary. The Madeira PUD was the subject of page one articles and community controversies for years, with tens of thousands of words of articles in the Record, which neglected to cover Monday's denouement -- Commissioners actually listening to the people, questioning speculators' mouthpieces, and voting against rubber-stamping staff demands. Perhaps a "Mr. Morris" in Augusta, Georgia gave orders not to provide adequate coverage of CHESTER STOKES' PUD extension being denied (STOKES' operations extend from Florida to North Carolina, and real estate advertisements provide an unhealthy amount of revenue and influence for MORRIS COMMUNCATIONS).
So much for the notion of "local" coverage. The Record cuts off the news at its source, depriving We, the People of accurate information, again and again and again.
Once again, the Record covered for developers. That's why people go to www.edslavin.com and why they watch meetings for themselves.
It takes a village to save "our village" (as environmental lawyer Henry Dean said of our neighboring itty-bitty City of St. Augustine Beach in 2014 concerning a charter amendment on height limits).
This time last year, "We the People" defeated 7-Eleven, a Japanese multinational corporation without scruples, represented by the law firm of City of St. Augustine Beach City Attorney DOUGLAS NELSON BURNETT, forever halting and putting the kibosh on a dangerous effort to put twelve gasoline pumps next to the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, across from the carousel, and astride a failing intersection at May Street & San Marco Avenue, which would have destroyed our historic district. The vote was unanimous
There is no limit to what "We, the People" can achieve when we speak out against injustice and evil and corruption.
To the Republican wrecking crew of rapacious, and-raping history-destroying developers: your days of dominating our governments are over. The era of dodgy developer and Ku Klux Klan domination of our local governments is Done Gone With the Wind.
The 3-2 rejection of the PUD amendment is a fitting conclusion to the saga of the City's massive, corrupt and misguided developer-driven annexation of the former Ponce de Leon golf course.
The annexation was a probable violation of the Fifteenth Amendment that would have had the effect of diminishing African-American voting strength, except no one is buying homes there. Now, if the developer wants to request a PUD extension, it had better include affordable workforce housing and other concessions to our community values.
Developer map misplaces location of "HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ST. AUGUSTINE," somewhere west of I-95.
Erroneous "$200 Million" Record headline in print edition (It's only $200k)
The Record headline writer had it wrong in the online edition but corrected it.
In print, it says, "$200M."
Biggest Record headline faux pas since 1995's "100 YEARS OF PUBIC SERVICE," the stuff of guffaws on Jay Leno.
Who writes these headlines?
City looks to lose $200 million in land sale
Posted: January 25, 2016 - 11:45pm | Updated: January 26, 2016 - 12:01am
By SHELDON GARDNER
sheldon.gardner@staugustine.com
St. Augustine commissioners approved a property sale that could result in a loss of $200,000, but the city manager says the benefits of the sale make up for the money.
Commissioners voted to allow the city manager to sign the deal to sell the land near May Street and San Marco Avenue to the Florida Department of Transportation for about $1,097,687.
The land represents part of the property the city bought at the site from 7-Eleven for about $1,458,000, not including closing costs. The city plans to sell the other part of the former 7-Eleven property and hopes to recoup about $1.25 million from both sales.
The FDOT settled on a solution for the regularly congested May Street and San Marco Avenue intersection after a series of public meetings. The city’s decision to buy the land in 2015 avoided a long legal battle between the city and 7-Eleven, City Manager John Regan said. And the sale will put improvements to the intersection on the fast track, Regan said.
“So is public safety worth the difference? Yes,” Regan said after the meeting.
Construction on the intersection should begin next summer.
No more time for developer
Commissioners turned down a request to give a developer more time to finish the Madeira Planned Unit Development on U.S. 1 North.
The site is the former location of a golf resort and convention center, according to a previous report in The Record.
One concern was that the developer had completed fewer than 100 homes, when the first phase of the project called for 200 to be built. The first phase had been planned for completion in 2008, according to city documents.
Ellen Avery-Smith, attorney for the applicant, said that for several years the PUD was in litigation, and later the project was delayed by the recession.
The argument wasn’t enough to sway the commission, and some commissioners questioned the influence the recession had on the project.
Mayor Nancy Shaver said with the request for more extensions, a reasonable person would ask how things have gone so far with the phasing.
“And the answer is not really well,” Shaver said.
Commissioners voted 3-2 to turn down a motion to approve the extensions. Commissioners Neville and Roxanne Horvath voted to allow the extensions.
Regan said he plans to get legal expertise on the ramifications of the vote.
n Commissioners moved forward two ordinances that would update the city’s zoning codes. Among other things, one ordinance would define where dormitories are allowed and would add definitions for dorms.
Another ordinance would update Planned Unit Development requirements to include two hearings by the Planning and Zoning Board unless the board decides to move a PUD along to the City Commission after one hearing.
n Some people came to the meeting to advocate for more respect by city commissioners toward the office of the mayor. Speaking on behalf of the group, Blake Souder, of Lincolnville, said the City Commission’s “accomplishments and future initiatives are undermined by the unnecessary rancor between commissioners and the disrespect occurring toward the office of the mayor. We, the citizens of St. Augustine, respectfully request that this behavior cease immediately, and that you strive for courteous and civil public meetings, where disagreement and various opinions are welcome without spite.”
In print, it says, "$200M."
Biggest Record headline faux pas since 1995's "100 YEARS OF PUBIC SERVICE," the stuff of guffaws on Jay Leno.
Who writes these headlines?
City looks to lose $200 million in land sale
Posted: January 25, 2016 - 11:45pm | Updated: January 26, 2016 - 12:01am
By SHELDON GARDNER
sheldon.gardner@staugustine.com
St. Augustine commissioners approved a property sale that could result in a loss of $200,000, but the city manager says the benefits of the sale make up for the money.
Commissioners voted to allow the city manager to sign the deal to sell the land near May Street and San Marco Avenue to the Florida Department of Transportation for about $1,097,687.
The land represents part of the property the city bought at the site from 7-Eleven for about $1,458,000, not including closing costs. The city plans to sell the other part of the former 7-Eleven property and hopes to recoup about $1.25 million from both sales.
The FDOT settled on a solution for the regularly congested May Street and San Marco Avenue intersection after a series of public meetings. The city’s decision to buy the land in 2015 avoided a long legal battle between the city and 7-Eleven, City Manager John Regan said. And the sale will put improvements to the intersection on the fast track, Regan said.
“So is public safety worth the difference? Yes,” Regan said after the meeting.
Construction on the intersection should begin next summer.
No more time for developer
Commissioners turned down a request to give a developer more time to finish the Madeira Planned Unit Development on U.S. 1 North.
The site is the former location of a golf resort and convention center, according to a previous report in The Record.
One concern was that the developer had completed fewer than 100 homes, when the first phase of the project called for 200 to be built. The first phase had been planned for completion in 2008, according to city documents.
Ellen Avery-Smith, attorney for the applicant, said that for several years the PUD was in litigation, and later the project was delayed by the recession.
The argument wasn’t enough to sway the commission, and some commissioners questioned the influence the recession had on the project.
Mayor Nancy Shaver said with the request for more extensions, a reasonable person would ask how things have gone so far with the phasing.
“And the answer is not really well,” Shaver said.
Commissioners voted 3-2 to turn down a motion to approve the extensions. Commissioners Neville and Roxanne Horvath voted to allow the extensions.
Regan said he plans to get legal expertise on the ramifications of the vote.
n Commissioners moved forward two ordinances that would update the city’s zoning codes. Among other things, one ordinance would define where dormitories are allowed and would add definitions for dorms.
Another ordinance would update Planned Unit Development requirements to include two hearings by the Planning and Zoning Board unless the board decides to move a PUD along to the City Commission after one hearing.
n Some people came to the meeting to advocate for more respect by city commissioners toward the office of the mayor. Speaking on behalf of the group, Blake Souder, of Lincolnville, said the City Commission’s “accomplishments and future initiatives are undermined by the unnecessary rancor between commissioners and the disrespect occurring toward the office of the mayor. We, the citizens of St. Augustine, respectfully request that this behavior cease immediately, and that you strive for courteous and civil public meetings, where disagreement and various opinions are welcome without spite.”
Monday, January 25, 2016
Downtown Businesses Report $457,076,000 in Sales: Reference USA
Verified statistics from Reference USA establish that, flush with tourist cash, businesses in the historic area have annual sales of $457,076,000. Nearly one half billion dollars.
Rose Kennedy's favorite Bible verse was:
"To whom much is given, much is expected."
Two conclusions:
1. St. Augustine workers deserve a Living Wage and their employers can afford to pay it.
2. A few local businesses must end their irascible, controlling opposition to visual artists' First Amendment rights to paint on St. George Street, the Plaza de la Constitucion and elsewhere in our historic downtown.
Otherwise, they may face the organized and righteous wrath of their customers, "We, the People."
What do y'all reckon?
St. Augustine Businesses (partial list)
Company Name
|
Location Sales - Actual
|
Emps
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Address
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Phone Number
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Exec First
|
Exec Last
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A Green World Realty
|
$752,000.00
|
4
|
255 W King St
|
(904) 217-4548
|
Colleen
|
Greubard
|
A Southern Life
|
$677,000.00
|
3
|
75 King St # 110
|
(904) 827-9992
|
Diane
|
Walsh-Geithman
|
A To Z Wireless
|
$688,000.00
|
1
|
667 W King St
|
(904) 217-8727
|
Jackie
|
Paugh
|
A World Of Flags
|
$704,000.00
|
3
|
138 Saint George St # A
|
(904) 824-7736
|
Ann
|
Border
|
A1A Ale Works
|
$70,339,000.00
|
85
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1 King St # 101
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(904) 829-8731
|
Phil
|
Maddox
|
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits
|
$2,154,000.00
|
7
|
160 King St
|
(904) 824-2592
|
Martin
|
Smith
|
Agustin Inn Bed & Breakfast
|
$637,000.00
|
6
|
29 Cuna St
|
(904) 823-9559
|
Darlene
|
Armstrong
|
Aloha Hawiain Jewelry
|
$4,700,000.00
|
2
|
14 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-6482
| ||
Ammar Beauty Supply Co
|
$924,000.00
|
4
|
223 W King St
|
(904) 829-6544
|
Livia
|
Ammar
|
Ancient City Realty
|
$752,000.00
|
4
|
260 W King St
|
(904) 217-4548
| ||
Ancient City Tours
|
$755,000.00
|
15
|
6 Cordova St
|
(904) 823-0778
|
Kay
|
Lane
|
Ancient Olive
|
$677,000.00
|
3
|
47 King St
|
(904) 827-1899
| ||
Aramark
|
$11,732,000.00
|
50
|
74 King St
|
(904) 829-5861
|
Tim
|
Bucolo
|
Artsy Abode Of St Augustine
|
$674,000.00
|
3
|
41b King St
|
(904) 460-2436
| ||
Bag Lady
|
$761,000.00
|
5
|
112 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-9489
|
Aymam
|
Elshamy
|
Bay Construction & Development
|
$1,023,000.00
|
2
|
210 Saint George St
|
(904) 810-2365
| ||
Bayfront Carpet Golf
|
$755,000.00
|
15
|
111 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 829-1673
| ||
Bayfront Inn
|
$1,167,000.00
|
11
|
138 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 824-1681
|
Anita
|
Zayas
|
Bayfront Marin House
|
$1,592,000.00
|
15
|
142 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 824-4301
|
Mike
|
Wieber
|
Bayfront Westcott Hse B & B
|
$1,167,000.00
|
11
|
146 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 825-4602
|
Barbara
|
Titus
|
Bella Bay Inn
|
$5,521,000.00
|
52
|
10 Marine St
|
(904) 824-0808
|
Julie
|
White
|
Benet Store
|
$1,574,000.00
|
7
|
62 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-6552
|
Marla
|
Pennington
|
Best Western
|
$1,380,000.00
|
13
|
16 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 824-4482
|
Sid
|
Dua
|
Bitcom LLC
|
$1,855,000.00
|
5
|
62 Saint George St
|
(904) 823-0771
|
James
|
Pennington
|
Blue Stone
|
$7,731,000.00
|
3
|
106 Saint George St
|
(904) 819-0708
| ||
Bon Ami
|
$562,000.00
|
10
|
15 Hypolita St
|
(904) 342-5627
| ||
Boten LLC
|
$556,000.00
|
4
|
215 W King St # 2
|
(904) 547-2467
| ||
Brilliance In Color Fine Art
|
$5,776,000.00
|
25
|
25 King St
|
(904) 823-8579
|
Sonya
|
Cutter
|
Bull & Crown Publick House
|
$1,125,000.00
|
20
|
53 Saint George St
|
(904) 342-2869
|
Melinda
|
Bargas
|
Bullard Plumbing
|
$1,023,000.00
|
2
|
5 Saint George St
|
(904) 669-4844
|
Robert
|
Bullard
|
Bunnery Bakery & Cafe
|
$1,463,000.00
|
26
|
121 Saint George St
|
(904) 829-6166
|
George
|
Cross
|
Butterfield Garage Art Gallery
|
$6,931,000.00
|
30
|
137 King St # B
|
(904) 825-4577
|
Jan
|
Miller
|
Cafe Del Hidalgo
|
$506,000.00
|
9
|
35 Hypolita St # 101
|
(904) 823-1196
|
Beata
|
Kosakowska
|
Captain Jack's Ghost Boat Trs
|
$7,417,000.00
|
58
|
111 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 494-6550
|
Vivian
|
Garcia
|
Carmelos Marketplace
|
$3,177,000.00
|
12
|
146 King St
|
(904) 829-6334
|
Joe
|
Trigali
|
Carriage Way Bed & Breakfast
|
$530,000.00
|
5
|
70 Cuna St
|
(904) 829-2467
|
Michaele
|
O'Neill
|
Cartridge World
|
$768,000.00
|
5
|
107 King St
|
(904) 826-1462
|
Randy
|
Wiseman
|
Casa Monica Resrt-Spa
|
$21,235,000.00
|
200
|
95 Cordova St
|
(904) 827-1888
|
Erin
|
Poticny
|
Casa Rodriguez
|
$1,124,000.00
|
5
|
52 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-2305
|
Julie
|
Fraser
|
Case Rodriguez LLC
|
$674,000.00
|
3
|
52 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-8487
| ||
Cash For Treasures
|
$822,000.00
|
2
|
218 W King St
|
(904) 770-2948
| ||
City Cat-Country Cat
|
$701,000.00
|
7
|
72 Saint George St
|
(904) 826-4411
|
Cheryl
|
Mawhinney
|
Closet
|
$625,000.00
|
4
|
51 Cordova St
|
(904) 810-5699
|
Cassandra
|
Helton
|
Coast 2 Coast Properties
|
$752,000.00
|
4
|
93 King St
|
(904) 429-7257
|
Keith
|
Richardson
|
Collage
|
$844,000.00
|
15
|
60 Hypolita St
|
(904) 829-0055
|
Michael
|
Hyatt
|
Columbia Restaurant
|
$5,627,000.00
|
100
|
98 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-3341
|
John
|
Pedaggi
|
Comcast
|
$1,188,000.00
|
6
|
2 Saint George St
|
(904) 990-7504
|
Andrea
|
White
|
Conner's Shell
|
$3,286,000.00
|
5
|
146 King St
|
(904) 829-1743
| ||
Costa Brava
|
$2,251,000.00
|
40
|
95 Cordova St
|
(904) 810-6810
|
Tashina
|
Spaulding
|
Custom Marine Canvas
|
$864,000.00
|
2
|
220 W King St
|
(904) 825-0072
|
Cindy A
|
Kern
|
Debowse Appliance Svc
|
$1,537,000.00
|
10
|
236 W King St
|
(904) 829-6354
|
Darryl
|
DE Bow
|
Delsol
|
$695,000.00
|
5
|
115 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-2056
| ||
Dixon Design Group Inc
|
$765,000.00
|
4
|
45 Cordova St
|
(904) 829-9277
|
Gerald
|
Dixon
|
Douglas Ferrell Electric Inc
|
$752,000.00
|
4
|
205 W King St
|
(904) 829-6650
|
Doug
|
Ferrell
|
Dragonflies Handmade Jewelry
|
$674,000.00
|
3
|
142 Saint George St
|
(904) 819-0499
|
John
|
Powers
|
Dreamweavers
|
$1,001,000.00
|
10
|
62 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-6552
|
Dee
|
LA Mendola
|
Earthbound Trading Co
|
$1,001,000.00
|
10
|
108 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-6283
|
Anna
|
Landschoot
|
Eco Friendly Footwear
|
$609,000.00
|
4
|
2 Saint George St # 109
|
(904) 642-6888
|
Andy
|
Gracia
|
Expressions
|
$693,000.00
|
3
|
32 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-8613
| ||
Filthy Rich Jewelry
|
$674,000.00
|
3
|
41b King St
|
(904) 342-5092
| ||
Flagler Resort LTD
|
$955,000.00
|
9
|
95 Cordova St
|
(904) 819-6007
|
Anthony
|
Lazzara
|
Florida Cash Pawn Jewelry
|
$2,295,000.00
|
3
|
181 King St
|
(904) 671-7043
| ||
Florida Cracker Cafe
|
$1,350,000.00
|
24
|
81 Saint George St
|
(904) 829-0397
|
Travis
|
Grafft
|
Forrest Construction
|
$4,780,000.00
|
7
|
238 W King St # 1
|
(904) 794-2547
|
Jason
|
Forrest
|
Forrest Inc
|
$1,580,000.00
|
8
|
238 W King St # 1
|
(904) 794-2547
|
Jason
|
Forrest
|
Fresh Produce
|
$973,000.00
|
7
|
139 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-7077
| ||
Fudge Buckets LLC
|
$609,000.00
|
2
|
40 Charlotte St
|
(904) 342-7571
|
Michelle M
|
Easton
|
Furniture Effexx
|
$732,000.00
|
3
|
233 W King St
|
(904) 819-5450
| ||
Galeria Del Mar
|
$5,776,000.00
|
25
|
9 King St
|
(904) 829-2185
|
Sonya
|
Cutter
|
Gerald's Gourmet Popcorn
|
$913,000.00
|
3
|
116 Saint George St
|
(904) 342-7666
| ||
Go Fish Clothing & Jewelry Co
|
$695,000.00
|
5
|
63 Hypolita St
|
(904) 819-5900
|
Kevin
|
Cousart
|
Go Fish Ivestments LLC
|
$928,000.00
|
1
|
41 King St
|
(904) 615-1528
| ||
Gordon Biersch Brewery Rstrnt
|
$3,376,000.00
|
60
|
1 King St
|
(904) 829-2977
| ||
Grand Bohemian Gallery
|
$693,000.00
|
3
|
49 King St
|
(904) 829-5829
| ||
Grist Mill Gifts
|
$556,000.00
|
4
|
19 Saint George St
|
(904) 829-3022
|
Steve
|
Binninger
|
Gurell Galleries
|
$693,000.00
|
3
|
142 King St
|
(904) 827-0035
| ||
Gypsy Moon
|
$556,000.00
|
4
|
22 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-4324
| ||
Harbor Community Bank
|
$3,136,000.00
|
7
|
81 King St
|
(904) 417-9041
| ||
Harry's Seafood Bar & Grille
|
$5,627,000.00
|
100
|
46 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 824-7765
|
Nick
|
Hilbrich
|
Hickory Ridge Organics
|
$2,166,000.00
|
2
|
106 Saint George St # G
|
(904) 819-8911
|
Raymond
|
Bates
|
Hilton-St Augustine Historic
|
$7,432,000.00
|
70
|
32 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 829-2277
|
Bob
|
Oneill
|
Historic Tours Of America
|
$7,417,000.00
|
58
|
7 Saint George St
|
(904) 808-7076
| ||
Home Security Systems Experts
|
$800,000.00
|
6
|
116 Saint George St
|
(386) 385-0464
| ||
Imagine Fine Art Printing
|
$561,000.00
|
4
|
125 King St # B
|
(904) 874-7729
|
Tom
|
Brock
|
J C The Cuban Roller Cigars
|
$646,000.00
|
2
|
162 Saint George St # 17
|
(904) 808-1523
|
Julio C
|
Cordero
|
Jacob Pizant
|
$7,276,000.00
|
3
|
132 Saint George St
|
(904) 460-2266
| ||
James Coleman Gallery
|
$1,617,000.00
|
7
|
65 King St
|
(904) 829-1925
|
Bill
|
Weeks
|
Jc's Residential Painting
|
$1,054,000.00
|
4
|
1 King St
|
(904) 325-1645
|
Gerard
|
Chevrette
|
Jharaeli's Shoe Boutique
|
$761,000.00
|
5
|
278 W King St
|
(904) 826-0950
| ||
Joe Tringall's Car & Truck
|
$1,445,000.00
|
2
|
146 King St
|
(904) 814-8937
|
Joe
|
Tringali
|
Jp Henley's
|
$844,000.00
|
15
|
10 Marine St
|
(904) 829-3337
|
Michael
|
Napoli
|
Kenwood Inn
|
$530,000.00
|
5
|
38 Marine St
|
(904) 824-2116
|
Patricia
|
Dobosz
|
Kilwins Chocolates
|
$6,092,000.00
|
20
|
140 Saint George St
|
(904) 826-0008
| ||
Kilwins Chocolates
|
$5,788,000.00
|
19
|
6 Saint George St # 101
|
(904) 823-9226
|
Christopher
|
Ford
|
King Food Mart
|
$529,000.00
|
2
|
667 W King St
|
(904) 810-5606
|
Rocky
|
Patel
|
Kling Tile & Carpet
|
$782,000.00
|
5
|
222 W King St
|
(904) 797-6828
|
Robert
|
Kling
|
Leis Linens
|
$512,000.00
|
3
|
14 Saint George St # E
|
(904) 819-0337
|
Lei
|
Yang
|
Len Weeks Construction Design
|
$4,604,000.00
|
9
|
62 Hypolita St
|
(904) 824-1626
|
Len
|
Weeks
|
Lost Art Gallery
|
$693,000.00
|
3
|
210 Saint George St
|
(904) 827-9800
| ||
Marion Motor Lodge
|
$637,000.00
|
6
|
120 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 829-2261
|
Stefania
|
Kaczmarczyk
|
Meehans Irsh Pub
|
$2,532,000.00
|
45
|
20 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 810-1923
|
Reggie
|
Maggs
|
Metro PCS
|
$1,376,000.00
|
2
|
667 W King St
|
(904) 823-9900
| ||
Milltop Tavern
|
$1,274,000.00
|
20
|
19 1/2 Saint George St
|
(904) 829-2329
|
Nina
|
Mazzetti
|
Mix & Match Candy Shoppe
|
$913,000.00
|
3
|
106 Saint George St # A
|
(904) 824-7844
|
Tena
|
Heckles
|
National Retail Invstmnt LLC
|
$677,000.00
|
3
|
30 Saint George St
|
(904) 826-1010
| ||
Natural Reflections Glass
|
$693,000.00
|
3
|
75 King St
|
(904) 217-3685
| ||
Nonnas Trattoria
|
$1,969,000.00
|
35
|
17 King St
|
(904) 547-2542
|
Adamo
|
El Farhan
|
O C White's Seafood & Spirits
|
$2,813,000.00
|
50
|
118 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 824-0808
|
Cathy
|
White
|
O'Kon, Walter J
|
$611,000.00
|
3
|
93-A King St
|
(904) 824-5879
|
Walter J
|
O'Kon
|
Old City Hammocks LLC
|
$1,221,000.00
|
5
|
4 Saint George St
|
(904) 808-1911
|
Daryl
|
Drown
|
Old City House Inn Bed & Brkfs
|
$637,000.00
|
6
|
115 Cordova St
|
(904) 826-0113
|
James
|
Philcox
|
Old Island Village
|
$955,000.00
|
9
|
244 Saint George St
|
(904) 679-5449
| ||
Olde Carriage Realty Inc
|
$2,258,000.00
|
12
|
92 Charlotte St
|
(904) 824-4500
|
Michael
|
Delorenzo
|
Olde Town Jerky
|
$15,035,000.00
|
7
|
106 Saint George St # P
|
(904) 826-0438
| ||
Olde Towne Toys
|
$552,000.00
|
4
|
113 King St
|
(904) 814-8710
|
Jennifer
|
Ellen-Ellis
|
Panama Hat Co Of St Augustine
|
$973,000.00
|
7
|
46 Saint George St
|
(904) 829-0032
|
Tony
|
Lippe
|
Pearl Shop
|
$677,000.00
|
3
|
14 Saint George St # D
|
(904) 824-9935
|
Barbara
|
Auten
|
Peter Oneill Gallery
|
$693,000.00
|
3
|
130 Saint George St
|
(904) 808-1311
|
Noelle
|
Fitting
|
Pink Petunia
|
$701,000.00
|
7
|
97 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-9363
|
Cheryl
|
Mawhinney
|
Pirate Store
|
$509,000.00
|
2
|
162 Saint George St
|
(904) 217-7246
| ||
Pizzalley's
|
$2,251,000.00
|
40
|
117 Saint George St
|
(904) 825-4100
|
Tom
|
Sheltra
|
Pizzalley's Chianti Room
|
$844,000.00
|
15
|
60 Charlotte St
|
(904) 825-4100
| ||
Re/Max
|
$2,446,000.00
|
13
|
69 Cordova St
|
(904) 826-1770
| ||
Rembrandtz Gifts
|
$601,000.00
|
6
|
131 King St
|
(904) 829-0065
|
Lynne
|
Doten
|
Rendezvous Imported Beers
|
$3,077,000.00
|
10
|
106 Saint George St # H
|
(904) 824-1090
|
Kim
|
Smith
|
Royal St Augustine Golf
|
$1,604,000.00
|
4
|
166 Marine St
|
(904) 460-2516
| ||
Sailor's Exchange Inc
|
$2,594,000.00
|
6
|
222 W King St
|
(904) 808-0667
|
Clay
|
Henson
|
Saltwater Property Management
|
$940,000.00
|
5
|
81 King St
|
(904) 829-2002
|
Joe
|
Hatin
|
San Sebastian Winery
|
$6,536,000.00
|
20
|
157 King St
|
(904) 826-1594
|
Charles
|
Cox
|
Sangrias Wine & Piano Bar
|
$955,000.00
|
15
|
35 Hypolita St # 3201
|
(904) 827-1947
|
Kelley
|
Neilsen
|
Savannah Sweets
|
$3,046,000.00
|
10
|
81 Saint George St # A
|
(904) 825-0711
|
Crystal
|
Kessler
|
Scarlett's Inc
|
$2,229,000.00
|
35
|
70 Hypolita St
|
(904) 824-6535
|
Jhon
|
Arbazzanni
|
Scenic Cruise
|
$755,000.00
|
15
|
111 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 824-0558
| ||
Schooner Freedom Charters Inc
|
$895,000.00
|
7
|
111 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 810-1010
|
John
|
Zaruba
|
Shark Shack Sunglasses
|
$684,000.00
|
5
|
162 Saint George St # 7
|
(904) 819-9429
|
Scott
|
Ecklands
|
Shell Shop-Sunburst Trading Co
|
$601,000.00
|
6
|
148 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-8778
|
Michael
|
Pounds
|
Silver Feather Jewelry & Gifts
|
$1,124,000.00
|
5
|
6 Saint George St # 110
|
(904) 808-7138
|
Ellen
|
Dewsbury
|
Solar Stik
|
$6,409,000.00
|
5
|
195 W King St
|
(904) 429-9303
| ||
Solar Stik Inc
|
$6,409,000.00
|
5
|
226 1/2 W King St
|
(904) 808-0510
|
Albert
|
Zaccor
|
Solar Stlk Inc
|
$2,473,000.00
|
20
|
226 W King St
|
(904) 429-7640
| ||
Solidus Co
|
$4,700,000.00
|
2
|
106 Saint George St # F
|
(904) 826-0021
| ||
Spanish Dutch Convoy
|
$597,000.00
|
2
|
60 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-8053
|
Alphons
|
Vygen
|
Spanish Military Hospital
|
$1,886,000.00
|
11
|
3 Aviles St
|
(904) 342-7730
|
Barbara
|
Wilson
|
St Augustine Appliance Repair
|
$2,305,000.00
|
15
|
98 Saint George St
|
(904) 758-2516
|
Gregory
|
Hefner
|
St Augustine Bike Rental
|
$1,574,000.00
|
4
|
125 King St
|
(904) 547-2074
| ||
St Augustine Cable
|
$1,688,000.00
|
4
|
153 King St
|
(904) 201-3202
| ||
St Augustine Candy & Nuts
|
$609,000.00
|
2
|
162 Saint George St # 2
|
(904) 825-4090
|
Regina
|
Joseph
|
St Augustine Foundation
|
$592,000.00
|
3
|
45 Cuna St
|
(904) 217-7347
| ||
St Augustine Locksmith
|
$768,000.00
|
6
|
133 King St
|
(904) 748-2087
|
Noam
|
Maok
|
St Augustine Old Town Trolley
|
$7,417,000.00
|
58
|
44 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 810-5837
| ||
St Augustine Scenic Cruise Inc
|
$977,000.00
|
6
|
111 Avenida Menendez
|
(904) 824-1806
|
Michael
|
Usina
|
St Augustine Textiles
|
$7,756,000.00
|
3
|
58 Saint George St
|
(904) 823-9764
| ||
St Augustine Tobacco Co
|
$969,000.00
|
3
|
123 Saint George St # 9
|
(904) 827-1510
|
Brian
|
Youman
|
St Francis Inn
|
$1,486,000.00
|
14
|
279 Saint George St
|
(904) 824-6068
|
Joe
|
Finnegan
|
St George Inn
|
$1,380,000.00
|
13
|
4 Saint George St # 101
|
(904) 827-5740
|
Irving
|
Kass
|
St George Street Invstmnt LLC
|
$1,856,000.00
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2
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4 Saint George St # 101
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(904) 808-4635
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St George Tavern
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$1,069,000.00
|
19
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116 Saint George St
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(904) 824-4204
|
Pat
|
Whelan
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St John's Housing Partnership
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$6,139,000.00
|
12
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525 W King St
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(904) 824-0902
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Bill
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Lazar
|
St Johns Printing & Office
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$1,402,000.00
|
4
|
107 King St
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(904) 824-1496
|
Roger
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Madore
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St Johns Realty Group
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$752,000.00
|
4
|
134 King St # A
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(904) 217-0565
|
Donna
|
Wendler
|
Strega Pirate Shop
|
$677,000.00
|
3
|
26 Cuna St
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(904) 217-4505
| ||
Superior Real Estate Svc LLC
|
$752,000.00
|
4
|
44 Avenida Menendez
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(904) 810-5758
| ||
Surf Culture
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$744,000.00
|
4
|
136 Saint George St
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(904) 823-9666
|
Chris
|
Medley
|
Swedish Clogs
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$761,000.00
|
5
|
5 Saint George St # B
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(904) 824-6965
|
Bonnie
|
Johansson
|
Tasting Room
|
$956,000.00
|
17
|
25 Cuna St
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(904) 810-2400
|
Michael
|
Lugo
|
Theater Magic
|
$828,000.00
|
6
|
112 Saint George St
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(904) 814-8098
| ||
Tradewinds Tropical Lounge
|
$637,000.00
|
10
|
124 Charlotte St
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(904) 826-1590
|
Janet
|
Leonard
|
USA Vintage
|
$1,807,000.00
|
8
|
30 Saint George St
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(904) 342-0187
| ||
Venamp, Michelle
|
$674,000.00
|
3
|
27 Cuna St
|
(904) 824-0116
|
Michelle
|
Venamp
|
Vino Del Grotto
|
$615,000.00
|
2
|
46 Saint George St
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(904) 429-7767
| ||
Vino Del Grotto
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$1,307,000.00
|
4
|
35 Hypolita St # 102
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(904) 824-7962
| ||
Vino Delgrotto
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$4,615,000.00
|
15
|
1 King St # 102a
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(904) 824-1855
| ||
Wells Fargo Bank
|
$6,720,000.00
|
15
|
42 Avenida Menendez
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(904) 824-7530
|
Deji
|
Gidado
|
Wells Fargo Bank
|
$4,928,000.00
|
11
|
33 King St
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(904) 495-0007
| ||
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
|
$1,590,000.00
|
6
|
33 King St
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(904) 808-2307
| ||
WFCF
|
$1,800,000.00
|
10
|
31 Cordova St
|
(904) 829-0669
|
Dan
|
Mccook
|
Whetstone Chocolate Factory
|
$3,046,000.00
|
10
|
139 King St
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(904) 217-0275
|
Corry
|
Connors
|
Whetstone Chocolates
|
$1,827,000.00
|
6
|
42 Saint George St
|
(904) 825-1720
|
Jose
|
Lopez
|
Whetstone Chocolates
|
$828,000.00
|
5
|
139 King St
|
(904) 825-1710
| ||
White Lion Restaurant & Pub
|
$1,125,000.00
|
20
|
20 Cuna St
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(904) 829-2388
|
Mark
|
Alexander
|
White Willow Inc
|
$801,000.00
|
8
|
105 Saint George St
|
(904) 825-0412
|
Richard
|
Pinto
|
X Change R
|
$2,594,000.00
|
6
|
222 W King St
|
(904) 829-1800
|
Mike
|
Hansen
|
Yamit Electronics
|
$652,000.00
|
2
|
162 Saint George St # 7
|
(904) 826-1522
|
Krumbein
|
Arnold
|
$457,076,000.00
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