By Mike Lednovich At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor David Sturges called out two ethics complaints filed against him as a group of disgruntled individuals running a …
By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor David Sturges said the commission's firing of City Manager Dale Martin, combined with the operators of Brett's Waterway Cafe's rejection of a proposed …
By Mike Lednovich A Florida Commission on Ethics Advocate ruled that because Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor David Sturges and his business partner Todd Ericksen had no ongoing business ventures there …
By Brett L. Steger, attorney The Florida Commission on Ethics has entered a public report pertaining to the ethics complaint filed by Faith Ross against David Sturges. Mrs. Ross, a current member on …
CRAAB waterfront park plan. By Mike Lednovich When the city commission convenes on Jan. 16 they will be presented with the seventh iteration of a waterfront park project in recent decades and also …
By Mike Lednovich The late Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda once said, "Opinions are like noses, everybody has one." There were fine examples of Lasorda's observation at the …
By Mike Lednovich Now after more than a year in office, how did the 2023 version of the Fernandina Beach City Commission perform? Let's count the ways by starting with January through Dec. 31. …
By Mike Lednovich A circuit court judge has ruled there is "no plausible explanation for the City’s erroneous interpretation" of the Fernandina Beach Land Development Code (LDC) and said a …
By Mike Lednovich The Fernandina Beach City Commission will be presented today with a proposed severance package totaling $50,000 for ex-City Manager Ty Ross, who resigned last Friday after holding …
Charlie George By Mike Lednovich What many folks don't realize is that over the past 12 months, there have been five different city managers running the city. Dale Martin served 9 weeks before being …
By Mike Lednovich Tringali homes on South Fourth Street in Fernandina. The Fernandina Beach Building Department slapped a "stop work" order on the demolition of three downtown neighborhood homes …
By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross verbally resigned Friday morning effective immediately in the wake of controversy following his Oct. 29 alcohol-related biking accident and his …
By Mike Lednovich The Fernandina Beach city administration promised to work hand-in-hand with its Golf Course Advisory Committee on revising the group's mission following last week's …
By Mike Lednovich The Fernandina Beach City Commission has approved negotiating a new lease for a replacement building for Atlantic Seafood that would be three times the size of the existing …
By Mike Phillips The truth takes its own sweet time. We know the truth that City Manager Ty Ross got drunk one evening in late October. We know the truth that he tried to ride his bicycle home but …
Fernandina Beach Police body camera video of new City Manager Ty Ross’ bicycle accident two weeks into the job on Oct. 29. Ross said he had too much to drink downtown when he began riding his bike …
By Mike Lednovich Editor's note: This is a running summary of the police bodycam footage of the Oct. 29 bicycle accident involving City Manager Ty Ross. We hope it helps citizens debating this …
By Mike Lednovich Responding to withering calls for his resignation, new Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross gave an emotional explanation of what led to his Oct. 29 bicycle accident after …
By Mike Lednovich Police body camera video of Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross' alcohol-related bicycle accident just two weeks into the job is being held up by redaction of possible privacy …
By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach City Commissioners will see a "Waterfront Resiliency System" conceptual design that is intended to prevent riverfront area flooding but has huge gaps in the wall …