Law Enforcement Referral of Disturbance of 16th Century Church Burials -- Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios Roman Catholic Church. (1571-1702)

I told City Manager John Patrick Regan, P.E. last week and again Monday that if the City of St. Augustine did not refer this case to law enforcement, I would.

He did not do so.

I just did, referring it to our Florida Department t of Law Enforcement, State Attorney General, Statewide Prosecutor, State's Attorney and St. Augustine Police Department:

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From: Executive Investigations Complaints
To: Ed Slavin
Sent: Wed, Sep 25, 2019 1:29 pm
Subject: Florida Department of Law Enforcement

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
Sent: Wed, Sep 25, 2019 1:30 pm
Subject: Fwd: Request No. 2019-429: F.S. 872 referral re: Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios burials -- illegal disturbance of 16th century burials in St. Augustine, Florida

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: Pat.Gleason ; ashley.moody ; Jim.Schneider ; Nick.Cox ; Julie.Hogan ; Kelsey.Bledsoe ; Tammy.Wade ; Nicholas.Weilhammer ; citizenservices ; larizzar ; shorsteinb ; dgalambos ; bfox ; executiveinvestigationscomplaints ; governorron.desantis
Sent: Wed, Sep 25, 2019 1:29 pm
Subject: Request No. 2019-429: F.S. 872 referral re: Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios burials -- illegal disturbance of 16th century burials in St. Augustine, Florida

Dear Governor DeSantis, Commissioner Swearingen, Generals Moody, Gleason, Schneider, Cox, Hogan, Bledsoe, Wade & Weilhammer, Messrs. Larizza and Shorstein, Chief Fox and Ms. Galambos, et al.:

1. Please send me the law enforcement referral(s) by the St. Augustine City Manager John Patrick Regan, P.E., concerning himself, the City Public Works Director, Michael Cullum  P.E., other City staff and City contractor G & H Underground Construction, Inc. working on August 25-26 on Charlotte Street, disturbing Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios burials on a Sunday, without an archaeological monitor present, below two feet and outside the previously defined work zone.  F.S. 872.

2. If no such referral(s) exists yet, please assign investigators and commence a criminal, civil and administrative investigation of the City officials who appear to have:

• kept City Archaeologist Dr. Andrea White, Ph.D. in the dark about their nighttime work, preventing her from doing her job in compliance with F.S. 872, and 
• violated F.S. 872, disturbing human remains without archaeological monitors present on August 25-26, 2019,
• showed scienter and possible obstruction of justice, when a truthful factual narrative in her August 28, 2019 report to the Secretary of State was materially altered under management pressures -- a September 23, 2019 report to City Commissioners omitted key inculpatory details.  (See September 22, 2019 e-mail below)

3. Please see enclosures and document below. Kindly watch the video, item 7B in September 23, 2019 City Commission meeting, here:

http://staugustinefl.swagit.com/play/09232019-735

4.  NO public comments or questions were allowed by St. Augustine City Commission, violating F.S. 286.0114(2); Mayor Tracy Upchurch stated, "This is NOT a public hearing."  

5. City Commission again violated our free speech rights to public comment under state and federal law, and showed possible consciousness of guilt.

6. Thomas Jefferson said, "A public office is a public trust."

7. Is this the worst environmental crime since the City of St. Augustine dumped a landfill in a lake, 2005-2006, and resisted our efforts to move it to a Class I landfill?

Thank you,

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com

www.edslavin.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
Sent: Sun, Sep 22, 2019 12:58 am
Subject: Request No. 2019-423: Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios Burials Disturbed: Who Made Material Alterations in Dr. Andrea White's Chronology?

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From: Ed Slavin
To: mcullum ; dbirchim ; jpiggott ; tfleming ; tgrant ; awhite ; pwilliamson ; jregan ; lfountain ; mbreidenstein
Sent: Sun, Sep 22, 2019 12:55 am
Subject: Request No. 2019-423: Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios Burials Disturbed: Who Made Material Alterations in Dr. Andrea White's Chronology?

Dear Mr. Regan, Ms. Breidenstein, Ms. Fountain, Dr. White, Ms. Galambos, Ms. Lopez and Messrs. Cullum,  Birchim,  Piggott, Grant, Cary and Williamson:

1. Concerning the City contractor's  alleged illegal disturbance of dead human bodies from Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios on Charlotte Street outside the approved work zone, please explain and provide the document(s) showing the date, time and editor(s) responsible for the material alterations in Dr. Andrea White's chronology of the events involving dead human bodies disturbed on Charlotte Street between two versions of it:

A. Dr. White's August 28, 2019 complete, candid memo for the State of Florida and 

B. Dr. White's memo for the City Administration bearing the date of September 23, 2019, to be presented to City Commission at the September 23, 2019 meeting.  

2. Specifically, I am wondering about words that do not show up in the September 23, 2019 document:

August 28 memo:  

• Construction work did not resume on Charlotte Street until August 12, 2019.
• Since that time, a new water line has been successfully installed within the footprint previously investigated by the City’s Archaeology Program without any impacts to burials.Over this past weekend, construction work occurred without archaeological monitors present. This included removing approximately 20 feet of an 8” pipe from an area previously uninvestigated. Disturbance likely extended beyond two feet in depth. We do not know what, if any, impacts to internments and archaeological deposits occurred, and this area has already been backfilled.
• Now, there has been a change to the scope of work. To ensure the new roadbed will not slump, engineering requirements now necessitate the removal of the old 8” waterline within the uninvestigated area, which sits below 24” in depth. It is the removal of this old pipeline that is exposing/impacting additional burials.

September 23, 2019 memo:  

• Sunday, August 26, 2019, construction work resumed. This work included connecting the old and new waterlines, conducted overnight to minimize disruption of water service.
• Tuesday morning, when work resumed with archaeological monitors present, additional burials were observed, and work ceased.

3. The second version omits the fact that G & H Underground Construction worked without archaeological supervision and worked below two feet.  

4. Who edited, altered and censored Dr. Andrea White's August 28, 2019 memo to make her chronology incomplete in the September 23, 2019 version?  Why?

5. Please provide all versions of both memos, and intermediate memos, bearing edits, including metadata.

6. Please provide copies of the relevant appointment calendars establishing with whom Dr. White met and spoke, August 28-date, on the Charlotte Street project.

7. No more coverups, please.  Scientific integrity must be protected and encourged.

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com

www.edslavin.com