Tuesday, February 18, 2025

CONFLICTED $T. JOHNS COUNTY LOBBYI$T THOMAS MARTIN FIORENTINO, JR. 2025 LOBBYING CLIENT$

Update: Chair Krista Joseph took this off Consent Agenda. It is now Item 3. 

Our County lobbyist also works for developers.  His latest lucrative contract is on Consent Agenda for February 18, 2025.  Hope Commissioners speak out and vote it down.  From Florida lobbyist reports online: 

T. Martin Fiorentino Jr.

Mailing Address:

2120 Oak Street
Jacksonville, FL 32204

Phone Number:

(904) 358-2757

Principals:

• Lobbyists registered to lobby the House and Senate will not display any chamber reference.
• Lobbyists registered to lobby one chamber and/or the PSCNC (Public Service Commission Nominating Council) will display the names of the entity(ies) next to their names (e.g., (Senate, PSCNC)) within the principal's information.
• Lobbyists registered to lobby all three legislative entities will display all entity names (e.g., (House, Senate, PSCNC)).
Alivia Care Inc.

4266 Sunbeam Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32257-2425
Industry Code: 621610 Home health agencies
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
AT&T

150 S Monroe St
Ste 400 
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Industry Code: 517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
CareerSource Northeast Florida, Inc.

1845 Town Center Blvd
Suite 250 
Fleming Isle, FL 32003-4304
Industry Code: 611710 Educational guidance counseling services
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Cathedral Arts Project

207 N Laura St
Suite 300 
Jacksonville, FL 32202-3508
Industry Code: 611610 Fine arts schools (except academic)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Ceres Environmental Services, Inc.

6968 Professional Pkwy
Lakewood Rch, FL 34240-8414
Industry Code: 562119 Debris removal services
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Changing Homelessness

660 Park St
Jacksonville, FL 32204-2933
Industry Code: 813319 Social service advocacy organizations
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
City of Atlantic Beach

800 Seminole Rd
Atlantic Bch, FL 32233-5444
Industry Code: 921120 Legislative assemblies
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
City of Jacksonville

117 W Duval St
Ste 400 
Jacksonville, FL 32202-3700
Industry Code: 921120 Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Clay County

825 North Orange Avenue
Green Cove Springs, Florida 32043
Industry Code: 921130 Controllers' and comptrollers' offices, government
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Inc

4266 Sunbeam Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32257
Industry Code: 621610 Home Health Care Services
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Crowley Maritime

9487 Regency Square Blvd
Jacksonville, Florida 32225
Industry Code: 483111 Deep sea freight transportation to or from foreign ports
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
CSX Transportation

500 Water St J130
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Industry Code: 482111 Line-Haul Railroads
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Duval County Public Schools

1701 Prudential Dr
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Industry Code: 611110 Elementary and secondary schools
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
First Coast Community Development, Inc

525 N Newnan St
Jacksonville, FL 32202-3121
Industry Code: 624190 Community health education services (except health care services)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Five Stars Veterans Center

40 Acme Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
Industry Code: 813319 Community action advocacy organizations
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Flagler College

74 King St
St Augustine, FL 32084
Industry Code: 611310 Colleges, universities, and professional schools
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Flagler County

1769 E Moody Blvd
Bldg. 2 
Bunnell, FL 32110
Industry Code: 921190 General accounting offices, government
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Flagler County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller

1769 E Moody Blvd
Building 1 
Bunnell, FL 32110-5991
Industry Code: 921130 Controllers' and comptrollers' offices, government
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers

3544 Maclay Blvd
Tallahassee, FL 32312
Industry Code: 813920 Professional membership associations
Effective Date: 1/2/2025 (Withdrawn on: 02/05/25 )
Florida Crystals Corporation

One N Clematis St
Ste 200 
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Industry Code: 311312 Cane Sugar Refining
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Florida East Coast Railway

7150 Philips Hwy
Jacksonville, FL 32256-6802
Industry Code: 482111 Freight railways, line-haul
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Florida Maritime Partnership

1301 Riverplace Blvd
Suite 1300 
Jacksonville, FL 32207-9027
Industry Code: 813920 Professional associations
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Florida Power & Light Company

134 W Jefferson St
Tallahassee, FL 32301-1713
Industry Code: 221122 Distribution of electric power
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Girl Scouts of Gateway Council

1000 Shearer Ave
Jacksonville, FL 32205-6055
Industry Code: 813410 Scouting organizations
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
HDR Engineering, Inc

2202 N Westshore Blvd
Ste 250 
Tampa, FL 33607
Industry Code: 541330 Engineering Services
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc

126 W Adams St
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Industry Code: 541110 Legal aid services
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Jacksonville Aviation Authority

Po Box 18018
Jacksonville, FL 32229-0018
Industry Code: 488119 Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Jacksonville Port Authority

PO Box 3005
Jacksonville, FL 32206-3005
Industry Code: 488310 Port and Harbor Operations
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Mitchell International, Inc

14295 Midway Rd
Ste 300 
Addison, TX 75001
Industry Code: 524291 Claims Adjusting
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc

7807 Baymeadows Rd E
Ste 205 
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Industry Code: 813319 Other Social Advocacy Organizations
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Motorola Solutions, Inc.

800 West Sunrise Blvd. 
Plantation, Fl 33322-9947
Industry Code: 423690 Communications equipment merchant wholesalers
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Nassau County Economic Development Board

76346 William Burgess Blvd
Yulee, FL 32097-5447
Industry Code: 926110 Economic development agencies, government
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
North Florida School of Special Education

223 Mill Creek Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32211-8205
Industry Code: 611110 Schools for the intellectually and developmentally disabled (except preschool, job training, vocational rehabilitation)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Othram

2829 Technology Forest Blvd
Suite 100 
Spring, TX 77381-3913
Industry Code: 541380 Biological (except medical, veterinary) testing laboratories or services
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
PARC Group, The

4314 Pablo Oaks Ct
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Industry Code: 236117 New Housing Operative Builders
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
PGA Tour

1 PGA Tour Blvd
Pointe Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Industry Code: 813990 Athletic leagues (i.e., regulating bodies)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
St. Johns County

500 San Sebastian View
St Augustine, FL 32084
Industry Code: 921120 Legislative Bodies
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
St. Johns County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller

4010 Lewis Speedway
St Augustine, FL 32084
Industry Code: 921130 Controllers' and comptrollers' offices, government
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
St. Johns County Property Appraiser

4030 Lewis Speedway
Suite 203 
St Augustine, FL 32084-8687
Industry Code: 531320 Real estate appraisers' offices
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Stellar

2900 Hartley Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32257-8221
Industry Code: 236220 Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Superior Construction

7072 Business Park Blvd N
Jacksonville, FL 32256-2749
Industry Code: 236220 Construction management, commercial and institutional building
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
The Jacksonville Historical Society

314 Palmetto St
Jacksonville, FL 32202-2619
Industry Code: 813410 Historical clubs
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Transportation Infrastructure Partners

1739 Castille Dr
Jacksonville, Fl 32003
Industry Code: 483111 Deep sea freight transportation to or from foreign ports
Effective Date: 1/14/2025
Uber Technologies, Inc. and Affiliates

1455 Market Street
Suite 400 
San Francisco, CA 94103
Industry Code: 485320 Automobile rental with driver (except shuttle service, taxis)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
UF Health Jacksonville

655 W 8th St
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Industry Code: 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
VidaCann, LLC.

4844 Race Track Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32259-2090
Industry Code: 453998 Marijuana stores, medical or recreational
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
Vulcan Materials Company

155 E 21st St 5th Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Industry Code: 212321 Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
Effective Date: 1/2/2025
YMCA of Florida's First Coast

40 East Adams Street
Suite 210 
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Industry Code: 624110 Youth centers (except recreational only)
Effective Date: 1/2/2025

BLURRED ETHICAL LINES? THREE (3) COUNTIES HAVE SAME COUNTY ATTORNEY, RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO


RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO was hired as Interim County Attorney on the recommendation of then-commissioner ROY ALYRE ALAIMO, JR., who lost his election bid in 2024 after being appointed to the job by his former boss, Congressman RONALD DION DeSANTIS,  now Governor. ALAIMO recommended hiring KOMANDO, whom he openly and notoriously identified as his "friend."

On February 6, 2024, ALAIMO said KOMANDO was not interested in the job permanently.

KOMANDO has now applied for the job permanently. 

Triple-dipping Interim County Attorney RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANO (Florida Bar No. 181366) is now the current Putnam County Attorney, and the Bradford County Attorney and the Interim St. Johns County Attorney!

Who knew?

Is this illegal dual officeholding, a conflict of interest, or wasteful spending?

We have a Right to Know.

It's our money.

It's our government.

It's about our forests.

It's about our time on this planet in this special place. 

It's about overdevelopment and its effects on our schools, on our roads, on our quality of life, and on our democratic institutions in this constitutional republic.

Corruption junction, what's your function?

County Attorneys in Florida are often lapdogs for wealthy landowners.  

In this case, three (3) counties have the same County Attorney: St. Johns, Bradford and Putnam.

Conflict of interest?  

Dual offieeholding in violation of Florida's Constitution?

We need to know the etiology, nature, structure and performance of this close community of interests resulting in one-man being County Attorney for three Florida counties.

Here's my February 14, 2025 e-mail to St. Johns County government:

On Friday, February 14, 2025 at 08:30:51 PM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Good evening:
Would you please be so kind as to send me instanter any legal research on Florida's Constitution dual officeholding prohibition and Richard Komando's current service as the Putnam County Attorney, the Bradford County Attorney and St. Johns County Attorney ad interim?  Please include any correspondence with the Florida Attorney General and Florida Ethics Commission on related dual officeholding and conflict of interest issues.
Thank you.








Ed Slavin letter to SJC Commissioners on priorities. (February 18, 2025)

Dear Commissioners:  

Thank you for moving public comment to the beginning of our meetings.

We, the People have rejected the mean-spirited attitude that the late Arkansas U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright called, "The arrogance of power."  
 
I've lived in St. Johns County for 25 years.  We've seen a lot of the arrogance of power here in what we call "God's country"

We don't even have a lobbying disclosure ordinances because lobbyists opposed it, and prior Commissioners clicked their heels.  One former Commissoine, Jay Morris, said lobbyist disclosure would be "burdensome."  That dog won't hunt. A $25 annual registration fee is not "burdensome."  But governments run by corporate oligarchs are "burdensome," and we're seeing it  today, everywhere, all at once.

Our County government oligarchs canned Trey Alexander Asner for seeking to enforce the law and protect our precious cultural heritage, including African-American history.  Was that a sin, a crime or a tort against democracy?  You tell me.  The unjust stewards who did that to Mr. Asner are still here, and the County Administrator, Ms. Andrews and Commissioner Arnold would not even meet wth Mr. Asner. Every other Commissioner has met with him.  But some officials practice willful blindness.  

Always remember "hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue."   

During Black History Month, we learned that Administration applied for a demolition permit to tear down the old county jail where Dr. King and other civil rights leaders were illegally incarcerated for demonstrating in support of civil rights laws.  Shame on them. Last year, I advised the Sheriff to take the matter to our SJC Cultural Resources Review Board.  But the current County Administrator in her unmitigated arrogance did not do so; Administration sought a demolition permit.   Too many County managers do not give a fig about civil rights. 

It's time for them to go,  

Our County hired a Interim County Attorney who is County Attorney for three counties. No other candidates were considered.  Why?

It's time for him to go.

 

ED SLAVIN 2025 Records request re: County Attorney

xxxxx 

On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 08:18:43 AM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Dear Mr. Komando and Ms. Dixon::
Kindly respond and provide documents on pending requests ASAP,


On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 08:10:55 AM EST, Rich Komando <rkomando@sjcfl.us> wrote:


Good morning Mr. Slavin

Thank you for your emails. I will ask Ms. Dixon to begin working on the responsive documents. As you know, a number of your questions will not have a document responsive to your request. However, I would be happy to sit down with you and answer your questions.

I hope you have a good day.

Rich Komando

On Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:24:33 AM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Dear Chair Joseph, Vice Chair Murphy, Commissioners Taylor, Whitehurst and Arnold:
1. Under the Restatement of Contracts, 2nd, section 178 (Contract violations of public policy), a contract in violation of public policy is void ab initio.. 
2. That's how We, the People got the Anastasia Mosquito Control Commission of St. Johns County to vote unanimously in 2007 to cancel an illegal $1.8 million no-bid helicopter contract with Textron's Bell Helicopter Co. for a luxury jet helicopter incapable of killing a single skeeter. AMCD got a full refund of our deposit.  
3. We the People need stricter scrutiny of our County government spending.  Our budget questions must be answered by our staff.  In the past, staff has obstructed answers, refusing answer any of the 104 questions that I submitted on our FY 2024 budget before the 2023 TRIM hearings, while refusing to provide a list of our internal controls in the wake of $786,785 in SJSO embezzlement over fice years. The errant County Budget director in quo, Jesse Dunn, has now been promoted to Deputy St. Johns County Administrator by County Administrator Joy Q. Adams
See Florida Statute 129.08 (County commissioner voting to pay illegal claim or for excess indebtedness); F.S. 129.09 (County auditor not to sign illegal warrants)
4. Please feel free to call me to discuss.
5. Please vote to request a State AG opinion re: .RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's representation of three (3) different counties.
6. Please request staff to provide prompt responses to my pending Open Records requests. 
7. It's our money. It's our government.

 
On Monday, February 17, 2025 at 10:03:04 AM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Dear SJC BoCC Chair Joseph, Vice Chair Murphy, Commissioners Taylor, Whitehurst and Arnold:
Our Florida Constitution prohibits dual officeholding: "Article II, section 5(a), of the Florida Constitution, provides in part: No person holding any office of emolument under any foreign government, or civil office of emolument under the United States or any other state, shall hold any office of honor or of emolument under the government of this state. No person shall hold at the same time more than one office under the government of the state and the counties and municipalities therein, except that a notary public or military officer may hold another office, and any officer may be a member of a constitution revision commission, taxation and budget reform commission, constitutional convention, or statutory body having only advisory powers."  https://www.myfloridalegal.com/attorney-general-opinions/dual-officeholding

1. Would you please be so kind as to provide PDF(s) of any 2024-2025 Florida Attorney General opinion or St. Johns County AG opinion request re: RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO working as County Attorney for St. Johns County, Putnam County and Bradford County?  
2. IF no such documents exist, please so state.  
3. Please vote to place this urgent matter on the Commission's agenda.  Please  discuss and vote on the text of a request for a legal opinion by the Florida Attorney General. 



On Monday, February 17, 2025 at 09:50:49 AM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Good morning:
Would you please be so kind as to send me RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's client list 1999-date?  Please provide any conflicts check.  Please provide any documents where Mr. Komando ever informed St. Johns County of his work as County Attorney for at least two (2) other counties?  If none exist, please so state.


On Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 04:20:57 PM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Good afternoon: 
Would you please be so kind as to send me summary electronic security and time sheet records showing precisely when RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO has been in St. Johns County buildings since February 1, 2024?
Thank you.


On Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 04:14:44 PM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Good afternoon:
Would you please be so kind as to send me a spreadsheet showing the total value of all payroll, travel and expense reimbursement, summary of benefits showing the grand total of all money or other valuable things paid to Interim County Attorney RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO?  Please include time records showing all hours worked for St. Johns County, as opposed to his other legal employment, e.g., for at least two (2) other Florida county governments, for corporations or for NGOs).

Thank you.


On Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 12:19:04 PM EST, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:


Good afternoon: 
Would you please be so kind as to send me Interim County Attorney RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's gift reports, and spreadsheets of his expense, time and telephone records, February 20, 2024 to the date of your response?