Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida

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!

Sunday, September 07, 2014

Ventriloquist act?

Mayor JOSEPH LESTER BOLES, JR. had former Mayor CLAUDE LEONARD WEEKS, JR. answer all questions from FOLIO WEEKLY about their no-bid lease contract for 81 St. George Street, which has netted them some $2-3 million over 25 years. Reminds me of the old Vaudeville ventriloquist act, EDGAR BERGEN and CHARLIE McCARTHY.
BOLES is a lawyer.
Intelligent.
Literate.
He can't answer questions?
He won't sit down with FOLIO WEEKLY and talk about his lease?
He has to use WEEKS to answer for him?
At least EDGAR BERGEN AND CHARLIE McCARTHY were not elected officials -- they were a comedy act.
St. Augustine is not laughing at the BOLES-WEEKS ventriloquist act.
We are mortified.
And, as LBJ said after Selma, "We SHALL overcome!"
What do y'all reckon?