• The D.R. Horton lawsuit against the City over the development of the former Baymeadows golf course may be done for good. According to Deputy General Counsel Tracey Arpen, the Florida Supreme Court has declined the request by Horton to review the decision of the First District Court of Appeal. In a memo to City Council President Daniel Davis, Arpen wrote, “The Supreme Court action leaves standing the decision of the First District holding that the City Council’s vote to deny Horton’s Fair Share contract for its Baymeadows property was a legislative, not quasijudicial, action and therefore subject to mayoral veto.”
• H&R Coffee Co. recently earned certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council in partnership with the Women’s Business Development Center of Florida. H&R, and it’s brand names Coffee Perks and SunBelt Springs Bottled Water, is owned and operated by Jacksonville native Susan Hartley. The WBENC was founded in 1997 and works to foster diversity in commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers for women business owners.
• Correction to a City Note last week. The Jacksonville office of Lewis, Longman & Walker is not in Riverplace Tower. It’s in the St. Joe Building on Riverside Avenue.
• The City of Starke is celebrating its 150th anniversary this month and events are planned for Nov. 18-21. The town has declared Nov. 20 as “Government Day.”
“It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.”
– Titus Livius, (59 B.C.–A.D. 17), Roman historian.