Sunday, September 27, 2026

ROBINSON IMPROVEMENT Co. v. ST. JOHNS COUNTY Federal Court SLAPP Case in settlement posture (September 11, 2026)

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First the rebarbative ROBINSON IMPROVEMENT CO. developer-speculators lost their state court appeal against St. Johns County before Circuit Court Judge Howard O. McGillin.  

Then they filed a federal court Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) against St. Johns County, complete with spurious subpoenas seeking to intimidate, harass and chill First Amendment protected activity by St. Johns County citizens opposed to overdevelopment of farmland and forests by speculators.  

Now developer-speculators of a putative "Agrihood" are prepared to settle their bogus "civil rights" lawsuit against St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners. 

The histrionic developer-speculators are represented by University of Miami Law School Master of Laws in Real Estate Development lawyer JEREMIAH RAY BLOCKER, fetid former St. Johns County Commissioner, -- spouse of two-time Governor DeSANTIS judicial appointee -- and also represented by three-time judicial nomination aspirant ZACHARY WATSON MILLER, scion of DOUG MILLER, co-founder of engineering expert witnesses at ENGLAND-THIMS & MILLER,  a firm with some 300 employees working for both local governments and developers, busily pursuing deforestation-prone "developments" here in Northeast Florida, which we call "God's country."

Here's the U.S. District Court docket sheet:

U.S. District Court
Middle District of Florida (Jacksonville)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:25-cv-01275-TJC-LLL


Robinson Improvement Company v. St. Johns County, Florida
Assigned to: Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan
Referred to: Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert
Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Civil Rights Violation
Date Filed: 10/21/2025
Jury Demand: Both
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Plaintiff 
Robinson Improvement Company
a Florida corporation		represented byJeremiah Ray Blocker 
Douglas Law Firm 
110 North Magnolia Avenue 
Ocala, FL 34475 
352-362-9317 
Email: jeremiah@dhclawyers.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Zachary Watson Miller 
Law Office of Zach Miller 
Florida 
3203 Old Barn Court 
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 
904-651-8958 
Email: zwmillerlaw@gmail.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

V.
Defendant 
St. Johns County, Floridarepresented byJennifer Clifton Barron 
Roper, P.A. 
255 S. Orange Avenue 
Suite 750 
Orlando, FL 32801 
407-897-5150 
Email: jbarron@roperpa.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Mediator 
James R. McCachren
TERMINATED: 08/03/2026		represented byJames Roland McCachren , III 
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP 
50 N Laura St Ste 2600 
Jacksonville, FL 32202 
904/598-6100 
Fax: 904/598-6300 
Email: jmccachren@sgrlaw.com
TERMINATED: 08/03/2026
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Mediator 
Samuel Goren
3099 E. Commercial Blvd.
Suite 200
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308
954/771-4500
TERMINATED: 08/19/2026

V.
Movant 
Diann Wilsonrepresented byDiann Wilson
1297 CR South
St. Augustine, FL 32092
904-806-6254
PRO SE
Movant 
Jay Kamysrepresented byJay Kamys
1315 CR 13 South
St. Augustine, FL 32092
904-501-2674
PRO SE
Movant 
Joseph McAnarneyrepresented byWilliam Bradley Russell , Jr 
Russell & Russell, Attorneys at Law, PA 
Litigation 
300 West Adams Street 
Suite 400 
Jacksonville, FL 32202 
904-527-8813 
Email: brad@russellandrussell.law
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED


Date Filed#Docket Text
10/21/20251 COMPLAINT against St. Johns County, Florida with Jury Demand (Filing fee $405 receipt number AFLMDC-24020923) filed by Robinson Improvement Company. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet)(Miller, Zachary) (Entered: 10/21/2025)
10/22/20252 NEW CASE ASSIGNED to Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. New case number: 3:25-cv-1275-TJC-LLL. (ARL) (Entered: 10/22/2025)
10/23/20253 NOTICE of Local Rule 3.02(a)(2), which requires the parties in every civil proceeding, except those described in subsection (d), to file a case management report (CMR) using the uniform form at www.flmd.uscourts.gov. The CMR must be filed (1) within forty days after any defendant appears in an action originating in this court, (2) within forty days after the docketing of an action removed or transferred to this court, or (3) within seventy days after service on the United States attorney in an action against the United States, its agencies or employees. Judges may have a special CMR form for certain types of cases. These forms can be found at www.flmd.uscourts.gov under the Forms tab for each judge. (Signed by Deputy Clerk). (TPL) (Entered: 10/23/2025)
11/03/20254 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT under Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rule 3.03 by Robinson Improvement Company. (Miller, Zachary) (Entered: 11/03/2025)
11/05/20255 WAIVER of service returned executed on 11/05/2025 by Robinson Improvement Company as to All Defendants. (Miller, Zachary) (Entered: 11/05/2025)
01/02/20266 NOTICE of a related action per Local Rule 1.07(c) by Robinson Improvement Company. Related case(s): Yes. (Miller, Zachary) Modified text on 1/4/2026 (MCB). (Entered: 01/02/2026)
01/05/20267 NOTICE of Appearance by Jennifer Clifton Barron on behalf of St. Johns County, Florida (Barron, Jennifer) (Entered: 01/05/2026)
01/05/20268 MOTION for Extension of Time by Diann Wilson. (Attachments: # 1 Mailing Envelope)(ELA) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. (Entered: 01/06/2026)
01/05/20269 Second MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply by Diann Wilson. (MGB) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. (Main Document 9 replaced on 1/8/2026) (MGB). Modified to remove blank page on 1/8/2026 (MGB). (Entered: 01/07/2026)
01/05/202610 MOTION to Quash Subpoena or MOTION for an Extension of Time to Consult with Counsel by Jay Kamys. (Attachments: # 1 Attachments, # 2 Mailing Envelope) (WLB) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. (Entered: 01/07/2026)
01/09/202611 ORDER denying without prejudice doc. 10 Motion to Quash and denying as moot motion for extension of time. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert on 1/9/2026. (BJR) (Entered: 01/09/2026)
01/14/202612 ENDORSED ORDER directing plaintiff to file a response to doc. 9 non-party Diann Wilson's request for extra time to respond to subpoena. Plaintiff shall file its response to doc. 9 on or before January 22, 2026. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert on 1/14/2026. (BJR) (Entered: 01/14/2026)
01/23/202613 ORDER granting doc. 9 Non-party Diann Wilson's motion for extension of time to respond to plaintiff's subpoena; denying as moot doc. 8 Ms. Wilsons' first request for an extension of time; and directing plaintiff to show cause in writing on or before January 28, 2026, why it failed to comply with the Court's deadline, doc. 12. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert on 1/23/2026. (BJR) (Entered: 01/23/2026)
01/23/202614 RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE filed by Robinson Improvement Company. (Miller, Zachary) (Entered: 01/23/2026)
01/26/202615 Amended RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE filed by Robinson Improvement Company. (Miller, Zachary) Modified on 1/26/2026 as to docket text (ARL). (Entered: 01/26/2026)
01/26/202616 ENDORSED ORDER discharging doc. 13 order to show cause. Plaintiff represents that it did not received notice of either non-party Diann Wilson's motion or the Court's order, doc. 14 at 2, but that it would have filed a response consenting to the non-party's request had notice been received. Accordingly, plaintiff has demonstrated good cause for its failure to comply with the Court's previous directive, and the Court discharges its order to show cause, doc. 13. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert on 1/26/2026. (BJR) (Entered: 01/26/2026)
02/04/202617 MOTION to Quash Subpoena to Nonparty by Joseph McAnarney. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Russell, William) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. (Entered: 02/04/2026)
02/12/202618 RESPONSE in Opposition re 17 MOTION to Quash Subpoena to Nonparty Joseph McAnarney filed by Robinson Improvement Company. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Blocker, Jeremiah) (Entered: 02/12/2026)
02/13/202619 AMENDED COMPLAINT against St. Johns County, Florida with Jury Demand. filed by Robinson Improvement Company. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Blocker, Jeremiah) (Entered: 02/13/2026)
03/10/202620 CASE MANAGEMENT REPORT. (Miller, Zachary) (Entered: 03/10/2026)
03/10/202621 ORDER granting without prejudice to renewal at a later stage 17 Motion to Quash Subpoena filed by non-party Joseph McAnarney (see order for further direction to plaintiff regarding non-party subpoenas); setting case for in-person status conference on 4/15/2026 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 10D. Signed by Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 3/10/2026. (SRW) (Entered: 03/10/2026)
03/30/202622 ANSWER and affirmative defenses to Complaint with Jury Demand by St. Johns County, Florida.(Barron, Jennifer) (Entered: 03/30/2026)
03/30/202623 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT under Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rule 3.03 by St. Johns County, Florida. (Barron, Jennifer) (Entered: 03/30/2026)
03/30/202624 NOTICE by St. Johns County, Florida OF PENDENCY OF OTHER ACTIONS (Barron, Jennifer) (Entered: 03/30/2026)
04/01/202625 NOTICE of a related action per Local Rule 1.07(c) by St. Johns County, Florida. Related case(s): Yes (Barron, Jennifer) (Entered: 04/01/2026)
04/15/202626 Minute Entry. In Person Proceedings held before Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan: STATUS CONFERENCE held on 4/15/2026. Court Reporter: Katharine Healey (TPL) (Entered: 04/15/2026)
04/20/202627 FIRST PHASE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER: Selection of mediator due by 5/15/2026; Amended Pleadings due by 8/3/2026; Joinder of Parties due by 8/3/2026; Plaintiff disclosure of expert report due by 11/2/2026; Defendant disclosure of expert report due by 12/1/2026; Discovery due by 2/1/2027; Dispositive motions due by 3/1/2027; Pretrial statement due by 8/20/2027; All other motions due by 8/20/2027; Final Pretrial Conference set for 8/26/2027 at 10:00 AM in Jacksonville Courtroom 10 D before Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan; Bench Trial set for trial term commencing 9/7/2027 at 9:00 AM in Jacksonville Courtroom 10 D before Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan. Signed by Deputy Clerk on 4/20/2026. (TPL) (Entered: 04/20/2026)
04/21/202628 MOTION to Strike 22 Answer to Complaint - Affirmative Defenses 1, 3, 4 and 5 by All Plaintiffs. (Miller, Zachary) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. Modified on 4/22/2026 to edit docket text (ELA). (Entered: 04/21/2026)
05/05/202629 RESPONSE in Opposition re 28 MOTION to Strike Certain Affirmative Defenses 1, 3, 4 and 5 filed by St. Johns County, Florida. (Barron, Jennifer) Modified text on 5/6/2026 (BD). (Entered: 05/05/2026)
05/12/202630 JOINT NOTICE OF SELECTION of James R. McCachren, III as mediator by St. Johns County, Florida. (Barron, Jennifer) Modified on 5/12/2026 to edit text. (JVC) (Entered: 05/12/2026)
05/27/202631 ORDER appointing James R. MacCachren, Esq. as mediator in this action. Conduct mediation hearing by 4/1/2027. Lead counsel to coordinate dates. Signed by Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 5/27/2026. (TPL) (Entered: 05/27/2026)
07/24/202632 NOTICE OF SELECTION of Samuel Goren as mediator by St. Johns County, Florida. (Barron, Jennifer) (Entered: 07/24/2026)
07/30/202633 NOTICE of mediation conference/hearing to be held on 08/14/26 10am before Samuel Goren. (Barron, Jennifer) (Entered: 07/30/2026)
08/03/202634 ORDERED: Samuel Goren, Esq. is hereby substituted for James R. McCachren, Esq. as mediator in this action. Mr. McCachren is relieved as mediator in this case. Signed by Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 7/31/2026. (TPL) (Entered: 08/03/2026)
08/19/202635 MEDIATION report Hearing held on 8/14/2026. Hearing outcome: Impasse. (Goren, Samuel) Modified text on 8/19/2026 (ABM). (Entered: 08/19/2026)
08/21/202636 MOTION to Withdraw from case, filed by Jay Kamys. (Attachments: # 1 Mailing Envelope)(JVC) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. (Entered: 08/21/2026)
08/21/202637 ENDORSED ORDER: The Court has received a letter from a private party (Jay Kamys) asking to be "removed from any association with this case." See Doc. 36. No later than 8/31/2026, the parties shall file a joint notice to advise the Court as to any information they have with regard to Mr. Kamys's request. Signed by Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 8/21/2026. (SRW) (Entered: 08/21/2026)
08/31/202638 RESPONSE re 37 Order filed by Robinson Improvement Company. (Miller, Zachary) (Entered: 08/31/2026)
09/08/202639 Joint MOTION to Amend 27 Case Management Scheduling Order by Defendants and by All Plaintiffs. (Miller, Zachary) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert. (Entered: 09/08/2026)
09/11/202640 ENDORSED ORDER granting 39 Joint Motion to Amend First Phase Case Management and Scheduling Order, which requests a continuance of certain deadlines while the parties seek government approval of preliminary settlement terms. The following deadlines shall now govern: plaintiff's expert disclosure and report due 1/4/2027, defendant's expert disclosure and report due 2/1/2027; plaintiff's rebuttal expert disclosure and report, if necessary, due 3/1/2027; discovery deadline is 4/1/2027; dispositive motion filing deadline is 5/3/2027. No later than 12/10/2026 the parties shall file a joint notice regarding the status of the government approval process. (Because the extensions granted here may not give the Court sufficient time to consider dispositive motions in advance of trial, the Court will likely continue the final pretrial and trial settings as necessary if the settlement efforts are unsuccessful.) Signed by Senior Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 9/11/2026. (SRW) (Entered: 09/11/2026)
09/11/2026 Set / Reset Scheduling Order Deadlines/Hearings: Discovery due by 4/1/2027 Dispositive motions due by 5/3/2027 (JTM) (Entered: 09/14/2026)



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Mosquito Control and Overdevelopment



I am running for Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County in the November 3, 2026 election.  May I please have your vote?

Flooding is increasing.  Increased flooding flows from every single proposed "development" here. Mosquitoes flourish amid flooding. 

The frequency and severity of storms and flooding is increasing.  We must use good science to prepare for the storms and remediate the flooding.  

We must protect people from persistent flooding, evidenced by testimony at government meetings.  

Whenever a development (sic) proposal is discussed, residents testify about flooding.  Too often, our governments are flummoxed, failing to present scientific evidence in response. 

Our Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County does its best to apply good science to mosquito control.  It has five Ph.D. scientists.

But our St. Johns County Commission has no Chief Scientist, no Chief Economist, and makes decisions substantially unencumbered by good data and good science.  

Poorly-staffed County Commissioners rather remind me of what Sir Winston Spencer Churchill said in 1937, "The Government simply cannot make up their mind, or they cannot get the Prime Minister to make up his mind. So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful to be impotent. So we go on preparing more months and years – precious, perhaps vital to the greatness of Britain – for the locusts to eat."

Mosquitoes are eating us alive.  Building "developments" in mosquito swamps is unwise and unscientific.  It needs to stop. 

Our St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners and our Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County are two separate local government agencies, with their own boards.  

SJC abolished its Intergovernmental Relations Committee under  controversial former County Administrator MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK (2007-2019), who sought a County takeover of mosquito control.  We, the People stopped him. 

Our County must better regulate "development" by greedy "developers," who build homes in swamps, exposing residents to hordes of mosquitoes. 

Worldwide, some 1,000,000 people die every year after mosquito bites. My Father was bitten by a mosquito in Sicily in 1943, contracting malaria.  We saw his suffering.  Due to the effects of malaria, I was born fourteen (14) years later, after my parents prayed to Saint Jude (patron Saint of hopeless causes).. 

Our County's "Growth Management (sic)" staff must consult with experts with our Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County and AMCD's scientists and professionals.  

Every single "development (sic) order" must include a mosquito control plan. Every single one. No excuses. Protection against mosquito-borne diseases must not be a "hopeless cause."

I am running for Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County (Seat 2) in the November 3, 2026 election.  

May I please have the honor of your vote?


Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
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Saturday, September 26, 2026

FIGHTING CORRUPTION in St. Johns County -- Let's make this magical place safe for democracy. (1470 words)(DRAFT)

Tom Wicker's journalism professor at the University of North Carolina said, "If you're telling a story about a bear, bring on the bear."  The bear here in what we call "God's country" is CORRUPTION, my friends. 

Reforming St. Johns County starts with you.  

And it starts with Mosquito Control. 

We love this beautiful place.  Rose Kennedy's favorite Bible verse was "to whom much is given, much is expected."

President Woodrow Wilson said we "must make the world safe for democracy."

"The love of money is the root of all evil." 1 Timothy 6:10.

Corruption is the root of all evil in our governments. Everywhere. Americans agree.

I am running for Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County (seat 2) and I would be honored to have your vote on or before November 3, 2026.  Help me help you.  Let's fight corruption together.

I've been investigating, reporting on and exposing corruption since 1978.  

From Appalachia to Washington, D.C.  to California to Florida, I've investigated corruption and empowered Americans to resist waste, fraud, abuse, discrimination and petty boodling.

Here in St. Johns County, a corrupt former Sheriff was fired by the Florida Senate under Article IV section 7 of our Florida Constitution for corruption.  But Sheriff David Shoar's website lied to us for years  that corrupt Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis was "exonerated" by our Florida Senate, which removed him from office by 44-2 vote in 1971. 

Sadly Sheriff Robert Hardwick, the current Sheriff, abuses our Sheriff's website to pay homage to Sheriff Shoar, who with State's Attorney Ralph Joseph Larizza was  culpable in the coverup of the September 2, 2010 murder of a Sheriff's deputy's girlfriend, Ms. Michelle O'Connell.  That deputy is still on the payroll in 2026.  

County Court Judge Charles Tinlin and U.S. District Court Judge Brian J. Davis both found probable cause that Jeremy Banks committed homicide, killing Ms. Michelle O'Connell on September 2, 2010.  Sheriff Shoar declared it was as "suicide" before the sun even rose.  

Robert Hardwick was the investigator for the State's Attorney Ralph Joseph Larizza. Investigator Hardwick and his Assistant both thought Banks committed homicide and wanted an exhumation and autopsy.  

Larizza conveniently recused himself from the Michelle O'Connell case while Hardwick was at the FBI National Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia.  

When Michelle O'Connell's family finally arranged for an exhumation and independent autopsy, it found Michelle's jaw was broken. She was a victim of domestic violence.  Her killer remains employed by the County Sheriff and can retire in 2027.  It's our money.

We in the reality-based community disdain deception and condemn dangers to democracy, like promiscuous proliferation of FLOCK cameras and wasteful, out-of-control spending on edifice complexes for the Sheriff and Mosquito Control Commission.

We in the reality-based community don't approve of wasteful spending or harmful rhetoric.d

We don't need more overpriced Taj Mahals, no-bid contracts needless flubdubs or dishonesty.

Massive cost overruns and self-dealing must stop.

County Commissioners make more than $100,000 per year.

Mosquito Control Commissioners make $400 a month, but voted to give themselves illlgal "Christmas bonuses of $1000, violating Florida law pay cap of  $4800/year.  Thanks to WJCT/Jacksonville Today and reporter Noah Hertz for publicizing it.  It's our money.  

In the spirit of the 27th Amendment, it's wrong for public officials to raise their own pay during their current term of office. 

It was good enough for James Madison and it's good enough for St. Johns County.  

Let snollygosters go elsewhere. 

I am against wasting your money on self-aggrandizement, sweetheart contacts, domestic and foreign travel and conventions without trip reports or valid government purpose.

Our County elected officials sold out our citizens to the likes of private equity taking over Bayview, the beloved Skilled Nursing Facility Commissioners unanimously voted July 20, 2021 to sell its lease with the County to dodgy private equity interests that control dozens of nursing homes.'

Our elected officials in 2016 actually voted to allow PARC GROUP, controlled by the greedy WINN-DIXIE DAVIS FAMILY, to erase its legal commitment to dedicate 40 acres of Nocatee development to affordable housing, for the lucre of $800,000.  

This vicious vote violated our citizens' civil rights.  

So did the WINN-DIXIE DAVIS FAMILY's 2021 demand to alter state law to allow development of "agricultural enclaves" on demand. That dopey, dubious devilish  proposition was rejected 3-2 by our newly empowered St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, which voted against the rebarbative, ridiculous ROGERS TOWERS' corporate law firm's rote demand to muck up some 4420 acres of mostly old growth forest.

Our elected officials voted 3-2 in 2025 without a conflicts check to hire a corporate lawyer, RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO,  as County Attorney, while allowing him to represent private clients, including the SLAUGHTER BROTHERS, roofers convicted in federal court for defrauding IRS and workers. It's time for KOMANDO to go.  

The odious otiose oleaginous corporate lawyer lied, in writing, to reform County Commissioner Ann Taylor, extravagantly claimed that his client list was secret and somehow protected by attorney-client privilege.  This louche liar needs to clean out his desk and get out of the County Commission building. Now.

Both our Anastasia Mosquito Control District Director and our County Administrator are Chinese Americans. Each of them have taken vacations in Communist China each year. Both are imperious, vastly overpaid potential security risks and treat our local government employees as servants, serfs and vassels. 

In the annals of St. Johns County's legendary corruption, in the history of its sins, crimes and torts many at the behest of bootleggers, organized crime devious developers, the case of Trey Alexander Asner is instructive.  

Mr. Asner was the County's historic preservationist, but he did his job "too well" for corrupt County officials, who fired him for preserving African-American history (Canright House and the 1953 St. Johns County Jail Annex, where the Rev. Dr. Maartin Luther King, Jr. and some 1000 civil rights protesters were incarcerated 1963-1964).  The building is now preserved, but Andrews wanted to demolish it. It's time for her to go.

Paid $360,000/year, maladroit County Administrator Junyao "Joy" Andrews still won't meet with Mr. Asner, and neither will criminally-charged Commissioner Sarah Salley Arnold.  

Pray for them. 

Vote for qualified candidates who will stand up to corruption in our town and our time.

I would be honored to be your voice standing up to corruption and self-dealing, starting with Mosquito Control.

My Father helped liberate the first French town from the Nazis on D-Day, June 6, 1944, before the sun even rose that day.

The late David Brian Wallace and I first visited St. Augustine in 1992 and fell in love with the place and its history. We were then living in Washington, D.C., where Brian worked for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and I graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and was honored to represent American whistleblowers.

Brian and I moved to St. Augustine on November 5, 1999.  A few weeks later, the truth emerged; Brian said, "it's crooked around here!"  He was right.  

We were ashamed when we realized the level of corruption here.  Ever since, I've worked to solve the problem. 

When the City of St. Augustine dumped a landfill in the Old City Reservoir a coquina pit lake, friends informed me and I helped them resolve the problem of environmental racism in West Augustine.  I reported the City to the National Response Center, which assigned the Environmental Protection Agency and Florida Department of Environmental Protection to investigate. The coquina pit lake was cleaned up and the 80 acre site off Holmes Blvd. Extended will soon feature affordable housing.

.In 2006-2007, my mentor, League of Women Voters leader Robin Nadeau, recruited me to help oppose Mosquito Control's $1.800,000 no-bid TEXTRON Bell Jet Helicopter incapable of killing a single skeeter. It was freighted with waste, fraud and abuse.  I asked my Mother, a longtime former Purchasing Secretary for corporations and a county college. She would not buy a helicopter without competitive bidding.  

But our Mosquito Control Commission voted 3-2 to buy the fancy-bears helicopter.  Mosquito Control Commission Director Dr. Xue likes to spend money and too often gets his way.  We, the People defeated his wasteful spending. After ten months, Mosquito Control Commissioners voted unanimously cancel the illegal no-bid helicopter and got a full refund of our 10% deposit.  We, the People won!

When Mosquito Control illegally used pesticides near Bald Eagle nests, I reported AMCD to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  

When a negligently piloted Mosquito Control helicopter allegedly nearly killed six golfers with a helicopter at a county golf course, one of the near-victims told me. No helicopter will ever again endanger our wildlife or people.

I am appalled at the alleged fake Voter Guides scandal afflicting both parties, apparently.

I have been your watchdog on Mosquito Control for twenty years.  Help me help you.

The next global pandemic could be a mosquito-borne disease,  We will be prepared with good science, sound planning and resistance to wasteful spending.  It is up to us to reject 41% cost overruns and other irregularities. 


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CORRUPTION?: SECRECY IS FOR LOSERS: Please send all records on writ of prohibition sought by Heritage Development Company of NE Florida LLC (September 26, 2026 6:09 AM Ed Slavin e-mail)

Why isn't a copy of this politically-connected developer's last-minute motion for writ of prohibition available for a hearing set for Monday morning?

Waiting for a response from our conflicted St. Johns County Attorney, our political St. Johns County Clerk of Courts, politically-connected developer CHRISTOPHER SHEE or the robotic developer-friendly Jacksonville Daily Record.  

As Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said "Secrecy is for losers.  For people who don't understand the value of the information."

READ September 26, 2026 6:09 AM Ed Slavin e-mail:




Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998


On Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 06:09:06 AM EDT, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:

Good morning:
1. On Monday, September 28, 2026, County Commissioners will hear a motion by Commissioner Christopher Gregory Whitehust that is the subject of a pending motion in Circuit Court before Judge Smith

2. On September 23, 2026, Heritage Development Company of NE Florida LLC filed a motion for writ of prohibition with the St. Johns County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller, reported September 24, 2026 in Jacksonville Daily Record (corrected).  

3. Oddly, the documents associated with the writ of prohibition are not yet on our St. Johns Clerk of Courts website.  

4. Why?  Please send me every single one of to me this morning by e-mailed PDFs.

5. Please place all of the documents on the Clerk's webpage this morning.  We have a Right to Know. Now.

6. In 1676, Chapter XXIII of the Fundamental Laws of West New Jersey stated, "Justice may not be done in a corner, nor in any covert manner."

7. in 1992, 83% of Florida voters (3.8 million) adopted Article I, Section 24 of our Florida Constitution, adopting our Sunshine and Open Records laws..

 Thank you.
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Heritage Development seeks to block St. Johns County from reconsidering enclave certifications

The county is scheduled to revisit its August approvals at a special meeting Sept. 28.

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The developer of two previously certified agricultural enclaves in St. Johns County is asking the court to block the county from reconsidering them.The developer of two previously certified agricultural enclaves in St. Johns County is asking the court to block the county from reconsidering them.


Heritage Development Company of NE Florida LLC is asking the circuit court to block the county from reconsidering two agricultural enclave certifications it approved in August.

Developer Chris Shee, who owns MasterCraft Builder Group LLC, a single-family homebuilder in St. Johns County, leads Heritage Development Company.

The company filed a petition for writ of prohibition Sept. 23 in the 7th Judicial Circuit, asking the court to block the county from reconsidering the certifications at a special meeting scheduled Sept. 28.

Heritage submitted two applications to the county July 1 seeking agricultural enclave certification under Florida Senate Bill 686, the Agricultural Enclave Law that took effect July 1. The enclaves are:

• Heritage Development East, 615 acres, east of Interstate 95 and south of Florida 207.

• Heritage Development West, 550.78 acres, west of Interstate 95 and south of Florida 207.

County staff reviewed the applications and determined July 31 that both appeared to satisfy the law’s requirements. The Board of County Commissioners approved both Aug. 19, each on a 3-2 vote, with Commissioners Krista Joseph and Ann Taylor dissenting.

Nearly a month later, at the board’s Sept. 15 regular meeting, Commissioner Christian Whitehurst made a motion during his commissioner report to hold a special meeting to reconsider both applications.

According to Heritage’s petition, the motion came without a published agenda item and without notice to the company. It passed 4-1, with Commissioner Clay Murphy dissenting.

Heritage argues in its petition that SB 686 does not give the county authority to revisit a certification once it has been approved. The law lays out a specific process: local governments must issue a written report on an application within 30 days, then hold a public hearing to approve or deny certification within 30 days after that. If a local government denies certification, it must issue a written decision, which the applicant can then appeal. 

But the statute includes no similar process for reconsidering or appealing an approval, according to the petition.

Heritage contends that once the county approved the certifications Aug. 19, it lost jurisdiction over the matter and any further hearing on the certifications would exceed the county’s authority under the law.

The company is asking the court to issue the writ before the Sept. 28 meeting.

St. Johns County has not responded to the filing as of this report.

The case is the latest legal development in the county’s response to SB 686. Commissioners voted 3-2 Sept. 15 to pursue outside counsel and seek an injunction against the law itself. That vote came the same day the board denied an unrelated enclave application from BR4700 LLC, tied to the Davis family, founders of Winn-Dixie.


AP26-0005 - HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NE FLORIDA LLC vs. ST JOHNS COUNTY
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Judge:SMITH, R. LEE Case Number:AP26-0005 Clerk File Date:9/23/2026 Total Fees Due:0.00 Agency Report Number: 
Court Type:Appeals Uniform Case Number:552026AP000005A000MX Status Date:9/23/2026  Custody Location: 
Case Type:Appeal to Circuit Court Status:OPEN  Waive Speedy Trial:Agency: 
 
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9/25/2026
PAYMENT $400.00 RECEIPT #2026041420 
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9/24/2026
MINUTES OF MEETING- SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 AT 9:00 AM 
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EMAIL SENT TO: T. DAVIS/STAFF ATTORNEYS REGARDING SERVICE OF COURT DOCUMENT – AP26-0005, HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NE FLORIDA LLC VS. ST JOHNS COUNTY WITH 1 ATTACHMENTS FROM DOCKET: PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION-9/22/2026 
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JUDGE SMITH, R. LEE: ASSIGNED 
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9/23/2026
MINUTES OF MEETING- JULY 21, 2026 AT 9:00 AM 
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OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR APPLICATION 
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ATTORNEY: BURHANS, GLENN THOMAS JR ASSIGNED TO HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NE FLORIDA LLC 
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CASE FILED 09/23/2026 CASE NUMBER AP26-0005 
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PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION 


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