9/1 CABINET MEETING OPEN GOVERNMENT: Letter to Governor RICHARD LYNN SCOTT, AG PAM BONDI, et al:

Governor Scott must allow public comment at our Governor and Cabinet meeting on September 1, 2015.
-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin
To: pat.gleason ; scottopengov
Sent: Mon, Aug 31, 2015 9:51 pm
Subject: URGENT SPEAKER REQUEST; Records Request No. 2015-321: Any legal authority for deleting general public comment from Governor and Cabinet meetings? -- 9 AM 9/1 meeting in St. Augustine


Dear Governor Scott, Ms. Bondi and Ms. Gleason:

1. Please provide, if any exists, any legal authority for deleting general public comment from our Governor and Cabinet meetings, 2011-date.

2. Our Governor and Cabinet meet here in St. Augustine tomorrow morning, September 1, 2015 from 9 am to Noon.

3. I hereby respectfully request to speak tomorrow morning:
A. FOR the proposed St Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore Act, www.staugustgreen.com, about which I briefed our Governor's Deputy Chief of Staff on April 15, 2013, and first proposed by our Mayor, Walter Fraser, and our Senator, Claude Pepper, 76 years ago, in 1939, www.staugustgreen.com, and
B. AGAINST the misuse by our local and state public officials of a controversial biased "Opinion Paper" by five professors of the University of Florida to support a proposed Planned Unit Development that if endorsed by the Courts would allow conversation of our Dow Museum of Historic Homes (eight historic homes) restored with $2.1 million in scarce State of Florida funds to use as a $500/night hotel, ruining our Old City South residential neighborhood. The etiology of this "Opinion Paper" is still under investigation, as UF has not supplied a single page of documentation in response to my August 22 Open Records requests.

4. I object to the current proposed 9/1 agenda, which excludes general public comment (unlike the procedure under prior Governors).

5. This exclusion of public comment appears both illegal and unseemly. Please see the questionable proposed agenda below.

6. Please provide any valid legal authority before the meeting commences at 9AM, and please call to discuss.

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin
www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com
904-377-4998

MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR & CABINET
September 1, 2015 at 9:00am
Treasury on the Plaza
24 Cathedral Place, Suite 111, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
INVOCATION, Father Tom Willis, Cathedral Basilica
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, St. Paul’s School of Excellence, 5 th Grade Class
RESOLUTION – ST. AUGUSTINE’S 450 TH CELEBRATION, Governor Rick Scott
GOVERNOR’S MEDAL OF HEROISM, Governor Rick Scott
FLORIDA BAR ASSOCIATION CONSUMER PROTECTION ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR,
Attorney General Pam Bondi
BUSINESS AMBASSADOR AWARDS, Governor Rick Scott
ECONOMIC GROWTH UPDATE, Executive Director Jesse Panuccio, Department of Economic Opportunity
RESOLUTION – TAMPA BAY UNITED – U.S. YOUTH SOCCER NATIONAL CHAMPIONS,
Attorney General Pam Bondi
RESOLUTION – JFC STORM – U.S. YOUTH SOCCER NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, Attorney General Pam Bondi SHINE AWARDS, Governor Rick Scott
RESOLUTIONS – RESOURCE MANAGERS OF THE YEAR, Commissioner Adam Putnam
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL REGULATION , Commissioner Drew Breakspear 1. Rules – Final Adoption – Consumer Finance
2. Rules – Notice – Financial Institutions
3. Rules – Notice – Financial Institutions
4. FY 2016-17 Legislative Budget Request
HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES , Executive Director Terry Rhodes 1. Minutes – August 5, 2015
2. Agency Measures
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT , Commissioner Rick Swearingen 1. FY 2016-17 Legislative Budget Request
2. Agency Measures
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND , Gary Clark 1. Florida Forever – Five Year Plan/Priority List/Annual Work Plan
DIVISION OF BOND FINANCE , Director Ben Watkins
1. Minutes – August 5, 2015
2. Reports of Award
3. Master Equipment Financing Agreement - $50,000,000
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION , Executive Director Ash Williams 1. Appointment – Investment Advisory Council
2. Rule – Notice – Investment Policy Statement
3. Rule – Notice – Procedures for the FRS Investment Plan
4. Rule – Notice – FRS Investment Plan
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