Vilano Beach residents staged something of a whiteout at Tuesday’s St. Johns County Commission meeting with the intent of convincing commissioners not to support a proposal for a luxury resort to be called Watermarke along Florida A1A. They had to wait until the daylight waned for the answer, but it was the one they wanted. After hours of presentations and debate, the Watermarke plan failed to gain approval and was formally withdrawn before a motion to deny could be considered. read more