Saturday, October 11, 2014

OSHA Listens re: 62A Spanish Street Destruction by Ex-Mayor LEN WEEKS

I spoke for more than an hour yesterday with Mr. Benjamin Ross, Acting Regional Administrator of the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration, based in Atlanta, re: LEN WEEKS CONSTRUCTION.
On September 25, 2014 I reported to OSBA on LEN WEEKS CONSTRUCTION and its possible violation of the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 in his actions at 62A Spanish Street that day.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Jordan Barab, Esq. and Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels, M.D., M.P.H, are following and are being briefed on the overt acts of former St. Augustine Mayor CLAUDE LEONARD WEEKS, Jr. a/ka "LEN WEEKS."
1. LEN WEEKS owns -- and as his own contractor destroyed -- a 210-year old historic building and putting workers' lives at risk by trenching all the way around the building, violating City of St. Augustine ordinances by working without any permits.
2. A City report finds that LEN WEEKS admittedly disobeyed instructions and requirements of City employees, including City Planning and Building Director David Birchim, City Historic Preservation Planner Jennifer Wolfe, City Archaeologist Carl Halbirt, City Building Inspector Inspector William Franke.
3. LEN WEEKS also failed to follow the advice of his own engineer, William Freeman and his own architect Jerry Dixon.
4. This is not the first time that LEN WEEKS has worked without a permit in the historic area of Our Nation's Oldest City.
5. LEN WEEKS chairs the City of St. Augustine Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB).
6. LEN WEEKS also chairs the City of St. Augustine Parking and Traffic Committee.
7. LEN WEEKS also serves on the all-white St. Augustine Visioning Committee.
8. LEN WEEKS is partner with Mayor JOSEPH LESTER BOLES, JR. in a no-bid lease from the City of St. Augustine for 81 St. George Street, at 1/5 to 1/10 of market rates, sublet without City permission to the current owners of FLORIDA CRACKER CAFE and SAVANNAH SWEETS.
9. MAYOR JOE BOLES IS LEN WEEKS' ATTORNEY AND BUSINESS PARTNER.
10. LEN WEEKS has a Master's degree in Construction from the University of Florida, has been a licensed general contractor since 1977, chairs the Historic Area Council of tbe Chamber of Commerce and has long demanded arrests and criminal prosecution of artists and musicians and entertainers on St. George Street, while seeking special rights for property owners.











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