In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
St. Augustine Whistleblower Protection Ordinance
In the wake of Ceballos v. Garcetti, we need a City whistleblower ordinance to protect the right of City employees to protect us against waste, fraud, abuse, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, pollution, civil rights violations and mismanagement. Our City has a $45 million annual budget. Our City government put 20,000 cubic yards of contaminants in the Old City Reservoir. In the midst of a pending criminal investigation, our City Commissioners voted 5-0 back in March to express their undying confidence in City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS. What message does that send to City employees who are interviewed by FDEP investigators? Lets see our City Commissioners vote up or down on a whistleblower protection ordinance.
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