Williamsburg Virginia Mayor Jeanne Zeidler, after St. Augustine's kickoff to our 450th anniversary Wednesday night, was asked if she would recommend St. Augustine support a proposed St. Augustine National Historical Park, National Seashore and National Scenic Coastal Highway as part of our celebration.
She said yes, definitely!
There was no mention of the St. Augustine National Historical Park, National Seashore and National Scenic Coastal Highway during the kickoff, even though the park is supported by Mrs. Maurine Boles, mother of St. Augustine Mayor JOSEPH LEROY BOLES, JR., who told her to keep quiet about the park after she said she supports it.
Our other-directed Mayor JOSEPH LEROY BOLES, JR. is perhaps too busy raising campaign contributions from rich guys to care about any ole park. With a primary to pick the next Mayor on August 26th -- pitting BOLES against William Lennon and Roger Jolley -- BOLES would rather talk about glib generalities than
MAYOR JOSEPH LEROY BOLES said he "plagizrized" a quote used to begin and end the evening. Yep, MAYOR BOLES He did steal one of my favorite quotes to begin and end his shindig, a quote I've parapharsed in front of City Commission (with attribution). Here's the correct quote, from architect Daniel Burnham, who designed Union Station in Washington, D.C.:
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Think big.
Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect. (1864-1912)
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