THE STRANGE ROMANCE BETWEEN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA SPECULATOR ROBERT MICHAEL GRAUBARD AND OUR COMMISSIONERS REQUIRES INVESTIGATION

THE STRANGE ROMANCE BETWEEN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA SPECULATOR ROBERT MICHAEL GRAUBARD AND OUR COMMISSIONERS REQUIRES INVESTIGATION

On June 11, 2007, during a recess in a St. Augustine City Commission meeting, in a nearly-empty City Commission room, ROBERT MICHAEL GRAUBARD walked halfway across the room. City Commissioner SUSAN BURK walked across the room. He leaned over and kissed her. The two once dated. BURK has never recused herself from voting on GRAUBARD projects and investments.

No City Commmissioner ever answered my question at Commission meetings about any "agreements, understandings or relationships" with GRAUBARD.

St. AUGUSTINE COMMISSIONERS like SUSAN BURK, ERROL JONES AND GEORGE GARDNER, among others, have been close to GRAUBARD.

GRAUBARD contributed to GARDNER's campaign last year and has contributed to other campaigns..

CITY COMMISSIONERS forgave a $15,000 tree-killing fine against GRAUBARD without good reason and without allowing citizens to be heard.

Want to build condos and a strip mall on top of a 3000-4000 Indian village with raised mounds signifying what the University of Florida considers significant human history at RED HOUSE BLUFF on RED HOUSE BRANCH? No problem. ST. AUGUSTINE CITY COMMISSIONERS approved 3-2 a GRAUBARD project (his Planned Unit Development or PUD has thankfully expired).

Want to clear-cut trees in support of other speculative developments? No problem, Our incurious pror County Commissioners allowed it to happen.

Now it can be told -- reform County Commission Chair Ben Rich was right -- the speculators were worse than the worst carpetbagger. ROBERT MICHAEL GRAUBARD is a landraping scalawag now caught in a web of his own lies.

GRAUBARD's kind of "g:overnment relations" require Federal Grand Jury subpoenas.