(From Art in the Market Website)
MAYOR JOSEPH LEROY BOLES, JR., Mayor of St. Augustine Florida, Faces Ethics Probe
MAYOR JOSEPH LEROY BOLES, JR. and VICE MAYOR DONALD W. CRICHLOW are under state ethics investigation by the Florida Ethics Commission.
Lawyer BOLES and architect CRICHLOW recused themselves from representing a developer whom they represented in the matter, yet insisted on sitting at the Commissioners' table throughout the discussion and voting.
I requested that they voluntarily leave the table during discussion and voting, but supercilious St. Augustine CITY ATTORNEY RONALD BROWN (former law partner of GEOFFFREY DOBSON), stated that it was legal. Was BROWN right or wrong?
For the Mayor and Vice Mayor to be sitting at the Commission table after they had recused themselves for representing the applicant was, (at best). an appearance of impropriety that cheapened our Nation's Oldest City and made us look corrupt in the eyes of the world.
The Ethics Commission has served each of them with a copy of a complaint.
Shame on CRICHLOW and BOLES for representing people before the City.
Shame on us for electing them.
Enough flummery and dupery in our Nation's Oldest City.
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