Current plans:
Won't be in County Administration Building Auditorium (Taj Mahal).
Why?
Won't be televised.
Why?
Won't be videotaped.
Why?
To be held in a conference room in this fancy-bears $16 million building. (Below).
The "Gauze Mahal."
Why?
Because Sheriff "Spends-A-Lot," DAVID BERNERD SHOAR, f/k/a "HOAR," wants it thattaway.
He and his political machine disrespect your Right to Know.
Rights our Founders established.
Rights in our Florida Constitution.
I've filed a complaint against his henchman, County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK. See below.
St. Johns County's all-Republican Commissioners, Administrators and Sheriff "Spends-a-Lot" DAVID SHOAR with $140 pair of scissors at dedication of $16 million County Health and Human Services Building.
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He and his political machine disrespect your Right to Know.
Rights our Founders established.
Rights in our Florida Constitution.
I've filed a complaint against his henchman, County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK. See below.
St. Johns County's all-Republican Commissioners, Administrators and Sheriff "Spends-a-Lot" DAVID SHOAR with $140 pair of scissors at dedication of $16 million County Health and Human Services Building.
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From: easlavin
To: coc; bsimmons
Sent: Wed, May 4, 2016 12:53 pm
Subject: Investigation of St. Johns County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK's Refusal to Broadcast Budget Hearings May 18-20, 2016
To: coc
Sent: Wed, May 4, 2016 12:53 pm
Subject: Investigation of St. Johns County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK's Refusal to Broadcast Budget Hearings May 18-20, 2016
Dear Messrs. Conrad and Simmons:
Please investigate Mr. Wanchick's refusal to broadcast our County Budget Hearings on our $629,000,000 budget -- a violation of ADA and Sunshine, constituting waste, fraud and abuse.
It's our money.
We, the People have a right to televised Budget Hearings. All other County Commission meetings are televised.
As the authors of the Fundamental Laws of West New Jersey wrote in 1676, (Sec. 23): "Justice may not be done in a corner, nor in any covert manner."
Please see below.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
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From: easlavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: mwanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; mryan <mryan@sjcfl.us>; pmccormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Wed, May 4, 2016 11:47 am
Subject: Request No. 2016-177: Your Denial of Service Attack on Our Democracy and Public Participation Rights: Your Refusal of Sunshine & ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Refusal to Hold and Televise May 18-20 Budget Hearings in St. Johns County Auditorium
From: easlavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: mwanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; mryan <mryan@sjcfl.us>; pmccormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Wed, May 4, 2016 11:47 am
Subject: Request No. 2016-177: Your Denial of Service Attack on Our Democracy and Public Participation Rights: Your Refusal of Sunshine & ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Refusal to Hold and Televise May 18-20 Budget Hearings in St. Johns County Auditorium
Request No. 2016-177: Your Denial of Service Attack on Our Democracy and Public Participation Rights: Your Refusal of Sunshine & ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Refusal to Hold and Televise May 18-20, 2016 Budget Hearings in St. Johns County Auditorium
Dear Mr. Wanchick:
1. Yesterday, May 3, 2016, at about 1 PM, during a break in the SJC BCC meeting, in the County Auditorium, you spoke to me (for less than one minute).
2. I inquired about:
A. Your denial of an ADA reasonable accommodation; and
B. Your refusal to televise St. Johns County's May 18-20, 2016 Budget Hearing on COMCAST & AT&T cable television (SJC Government TV channel) and GTV live streaming video on the Internet.
3. Yesterday you claimed that you were "in compliance" with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), you did not articulate any valid legal reason for not televising and not video-archiving three (3) days of Budget Hearings on a $629,000,000 annual budget, then you abruptly turned your back and you walked away. Our discussion was not finished. Please call me today.
4. Your curt behavior in response to my ADA and Sunshine "compliance" concerns yesterday showed a lack of compassion and decorum on your part --- and a lack of dignity, respect and consideration for First Amendment protected activity. How gauche and louche.
5. Please send me today all documents on your consideration (if any) of my ADA and Sunshine request, your consultation with the County Attorney and Commissioners, and all research, e-mails, legal advice and research leading to your maladroit and dismissive response and to Mr. Ryan's written response to Mr. Reynolds dated May 2, 2016 .
6. Are you willing to agree to mediation by Florida Assistant Attorney General Patricia Gleason?
_____ Yes _______ No
Thank you for your prompt response today.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998
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From: easlavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: pmccormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>; mwanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; mryan <mryan@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Wed, May 4, 2016 8:24 am
Subject: Request No. 2016-176: Photo, fire marshall occupancy rating and diagram of SJC HHS Building Conference Room, including furniture, electrical, PA, telecommunications and camera outlet locations
To: pmccormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>; mwanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; mryan <mryan@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Wed, May 4, 2016 8:24 am
Subject: Request No. 2016-176: Photo, fire marshall occupancy rating and diagram of SJC HHS Building Conference Room, including furniture, electrical, PA, telecommunications and camera outlet locations
Please send. Thank you.
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From: easlavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: mwanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; pmccormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>; bcc1jjohns <bcc1jjohns@sjcfl.us>; bcc2jsmith <bcc2jsmith@sjcfl.us>; bccd3 <bccd3@sjcfl.us>; bccd4 <bccd4@sjcfl.us>; bccd5 <bccd5@sjcfl.us>; coc <coc@sjccoc.us>; arimel <arimel@sjcfl.us>; mryan <mryan@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Mon, May 2, 2016 2:43 pm
Subject: ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Sunshine Law Request on St. Johns County Budget Hearings May 18-20, 2016; Request No. 2016-175
Sent: Mon, May 2, 2016 2:43 pm
Subject: ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Sunshine Law Request on St. Johns County Budget Hearings May 18-20, 2016; Request No. 2016-175
Dear Chairman Smith, County Commissioners and Messrs. Wanchick, McCormack and Ryan:
A. No response to my 5/1 requests. Why?
B. I just received the response Mr. Ryan sent to Mr. Reynolds e-mail today.
C. His pretexts are at best facetious and "not worthy of belief." DeFord v. TVA, 700 F.2d 281, 283 (6th Cir. 1983).
D. Your "historically" holding meetings at inconvenient times and places is a stench in the nostrils of our Nation.
E. What County ordinance allows or requires such evasion of television?
F. Why hold a meeting in a cramped conference room instead of the County Auditorium?
G. This is undemocratic and a blatant attempt to avoid public scrutiny.
H. One of you (Commissioner Morris) publicly insulted and stigmatized me at the June 16, 2015 meeting on the proposed 16.66% sales tax for opposing waste fraud and abuse but not attending the untelevised Budget Hearings. Once again, BCC is still holding Budget Hearings away from tv scrutiny. Why? Again:
1. Please assure that there is live streaming internet, live cable TV video and archived video of the May 18-20, 2016 Budget Hearing of the St. Johns County Commission.
2. Why is the important annual budget meeting not being held at the County Commission Auditorium? Please explain and provide documents.
3. This is a request for reasonable accommodation pursuant to ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and for using best available technology to comply with reasonable expectation of probity under Florida's Sunshine laws, enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 24, Fla. Constitution by vote of 3.8 million people (83% of voters) in 1992.
4. Please honor your duties under your constitutional oath, pursuant to Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, to "support, protect and defend the Constitution and laws…."
5. Please send all documents concerning this and my prior ADA and Sunshine requests to open all public meetings to public scrutiny via live streaming video and archived video.
6. St. Johns County has a custom, usage, practice and procedure violating First Amendment rights by holding BCC and Board meetings at the most inconvenient times and places, so that we won't be able to go and discuss government actions, just as our Founders complained in the Declaration of Independence (1776), listing the offensives against democracy of King George III.
7. Why do you hold meetings that are not televised? Please explain and provide documents.
8. Why are virtually all of your meetings during the workday? Please explain and provide documents.Please call me to discuss.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998
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From: Tom Reynolds <thomasfreynolds@yahoo.com>
To: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, May 2, 2016 2:12 pm
Subject: Fw: Budget meetings
On Monday, May 2, 2016 12:51 PM, Michael Ryan <mryan@sjcfl.us> wrote:
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To: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, May 2, 2016 2:12 pm
Subject: Fw: Budget meetings
On Monday, May 2, 2016 12:51 PM, Michael Ryan <mryan@sjcfl.us> wrote:
Mr. Reynolds,
Thank you for contacting St. Johns County with your inquiry about the Administrator Budget Hearings. Mr. Wanchick asked me to respond on his behalf due to my involvement in the division that operates GTV. Because the design of BCC Auditorium is not conducive to the round table discussions that occur during the Administrator’s Budget Hearings, the meetings have historically been held at other County facilities. The hearings mentioned in your email will be held in the Health and Human Services building conference room. The County does not currently possess the technology or equipment to live broadcast off-site meetings. In addition, while we can video record in the field, we do not have the capabilities to capture audio at an off-site meeting that would be adequate for a rebroadcast on GTV. The Administrator’s Budget Hearings are open to the public and will be noticed in the media, on the St. Johns County website, and through a variety of other communication tools. We look forward to seeing you there. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any additional questions regarding GTV.
Thank You,
Michael Ryan
Director of Communications
St. Johns County, Florida
Office: 904.209.0549 / Cell: 214.493.2983 / www.sjcfl.us
From: Tom Reynolds [mailto:thomasfreynolds@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 9:29 AM
To: Michael Wanchick
Cc: Commissioner Jeb Smith; Commissioner James K. Johns; Commissioner Bill McClure; Commissioner Jay Morris; Commissioner Rachael Bennett; Patrick McCormack
Subject: Budget meetings
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 9:29 AM
To: Michael Wanchick
Cc: Commissioner Jeb Smith; Commissioner James K. Johns; Commissioner Bill McClure; Commissioner Jay Morris; Commissioner Rachael Bennett; Patrick McCormack
Subject: Budget meetings
To: Mr Michael Wanchick, County Administrator of St Johns County, Florida
From: Tom Reynolds, a very concerned Citizen, St Johns County, Florida
Re: Budget Hearings
Mr Wanchick, will the Budget Hearings that are going to be held starting May 18th 2016 and going through May 20th 2016 going to be Televised on our County GTV ?
Thank You,
Tom Reynolds
From: easlavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: mwanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; pmccormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>; bcc1jjohns <bcc1jjohns@sjcfl.us>; bcc2jsmith <bcc2jsmith@sjcfl.us>; bccd3 <bccd3@sjcfl.us>; bccd4 <bccd4@sjcfl.us>; bccd5 <bccd5@sjcfl.us>
To: mwanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; pmccormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>; bcc1jjohns <bcc1jjohns@sjcfl.us>; bcc2jsmith <bcc2jsmith@sjcfl.us>; bccd3 <bccd3@sjcfl.us>; bccd4 <bccd4@sjcfl.us>; bccd5 <bccd5@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Sun, May 1, 2016 3:44 pm
Subject: ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Sunshine Law Request on St. Johns County Budget Hearings May 18-20, 2016; Request No. 2016-175
Dear Chairman Smith, County Commissioners and Messrs. Wanchick and McCormack:
Subject: ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Sunshine Law Request on St. Johns County Budget Hearings May 18-20, 2016; Request No. 2016-175
Dear Chairman Smith, County Commissioners and Messrs. Wanchick and McCormack:
1. Please assure that there is live streaming internet, live cable TV video and archived video of the May 18-20, 2016 Budget Hearing of the St. Johns County Commission.
2. Why is the important annual budget meeting not being held at the County Commission Auditorium? Please explain and provide documents.
3. This is a request for reasonable accommodation pursuant to ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and for using best available technology to comply with reasonable expectation of probity under Florida's Sunshine laws, enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 24, Fla. Constitution by vote of 3.8 million people (83% of voters) in 1992.
4. Please honor your duties under your constitutional oath, pursuant to Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, to "support, protect and defend the Constitution and laws…."
5. Please send all documents concerning this and my prior ADA and Sunshine requests to open all public meetings to public scrutiny via live streaming video and archived video.
6. St. Johns County has a custom, usage, practice and procedure violating First Amendment rights by holding BCC and Board meetings at the most inconvenient times and places, so that we won't be able to go and discuss government actions, just as our Founders complained in the Declaration of Independence (1776), listing the offensives against democracy of King George III.
7. Why do you hold meetings that are not televised? Please explain and provide documents.
8. Why are virtually all of your meetings during the workday? Please explain and provide documents.Please call me to discuss.
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