DOES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TESTIMONY JUNE 17th SUGGESTS SENATOR MARTINEZ' BILL ON ST. AUGUSTINE HISTORY IS ETHNOCENTRIC AND OVERBEARING?

Please read the bold emphasis in the testimony below. What were they thinkin'?

Not only did Senator Martinez' bill exclude Native Americans from the "celebration," they ran afoul of the appointments clause and proposed a commission that might be unconstitutional!

Thanks to career NPS professionals for fine testimony!

We know that Senator Martinez is a homophobe from his nasty primary campaign anti-Gay attacks on Bill McCollum (now Florida's Attorney General). Writing a bill about St. Augustine without acknowledging either Native American or Gay contributions is, at best, facetious. St. Augustine's founder, Florida's first Attorney General, ordered the murder of a Gay man in 1566. The history of St. Augustine must be "honest," as UF Professor Michael Gannon said at a kickoff event for the 450th here Wednesday.

Senator Martinez' bill must be amended or it is unacceptable.

We need a St. Augustine National Historical Park, National Seashore and National Scenic Coastal Highway, not a boondoggle.

What do you reckon?