Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Will Florida Governor Suspend Sheriff DAVID SHOAR From Office? See Florida Constitution, Article IV, Section 7

I've written to Florida's Governor and U.S. Senator-elect, Rick Scott, and to Florida's Governor-elect, Ron DeSantis, about the mushrooming scandals in our St. Johns County Sheriff's office.  

More than $700,000 embezzled by Sheriff DAVID SHOAR's direct report, Finance Director RAYE ANNETTE BRUTNELL.

Which elected Governor will suspend SHERIFF DAVID SHOAR from office?  

Will it be current Florida Governor RICHARD LYNN SCOTT?  

Or Governor-elect RONALD DION DeSANTIS, who takes office in January?

You tell me.





-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: rddesantis ; scottopengov
Cc: flaudgen_localgovt ; flaudgen ; scottopengov ; cyndi.stevenson ; jdunn ; mwanchick ; pmccormack ; coc ; hconrad ; mryan ; dshoar ; bjimmerson ; mcline ; waltbog
Sent: Wed, Nov 21, 2018 7:27 am
Subject: Request No. 2018-500: Florida Constitution, Article IV, Sec. 7 -- $700,000 embezzlement by St. Johns County Sheriff's Office Finance Director RAYE ANNETTE BRUTNELL, et al.

Dear Governor Scott and Governor-elect DeSantis:
1. Congratulations on your elections!
2. Please send me any documents from your respective offices responsive to this request (below), also sent to others.
3. Please call me to discuss your ongoing evaluation of the nature, structure and performance of the St. Johns County Sheriff's office in light of the Governor's constitutional powers and duties pursuant to Article IV, Section 7 of our Florida Constitution:
Section 7:
Suspensions; Filling Office During Suspensions
(a) By executive order stating the grounds and filed with the custodian of state records, the governor may suspend from office any state officer not subject to impeachment, any officer of the militia not in the active service of the United States, or any county officer, for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony, and may fill the office by appointment for the period of suspension. The suspended officer may at any time before removal be reinstated by the governor.
(b) The senate may, in proceedings prescribed by law, remove from office or reinstate the suspended official and for such purpose the senate may be convened in special session by its president or by a majority of its membership.
(c) By order of the governor any elected municipal officer indicted for crime may be suspended from office until acquitted and the office filled by appointment for the period of suspension, not to extend beyond the term, unless these powers are vested elsewhere by law or the municipal charter.[1]

Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998

Dear Governor Scott, Messrs. Shoar, Conrad, Norman, Dunn, Wanchick and McCormack, Representative Stevenson and Senator Hutson:
1. Please send me all Florida Governor's St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, Clerk of Courts and Comptroller's, County Administrator's, State Auditor General's, State Senate and House documents evidencing proposed and actual legal, substantive, political, PR and factual response(s) to the first arrest on November 20, 2018 for alleged embezzlement in the St. Johns County Sheriff's office -- nearly $700,000 over five (5) years, allegedly stolen by the Finance Director, who reports directly to St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar, a member of the Florida Criminal Justice Standards Commission. 
2. Please include any Florida Auditor General plans to investigate all past audits of the St. Johns County Sheriff's Department, 2000-2018. 
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998

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