LEEANA FREEMAN MISSES HER FIRST CITY COMMISSION MEETING

City Commissioner LEEANA FREEMAN missed her first City Commission meeting last night, following in the distinguished footsteps of her former law partner, SUSAN BURK, who missed dozens of meetings, sometimes nearly dozing off when she did attend meetings, smirking and rolling her eyes when citizens spoke.

So far, FREEMAN has a 100% record of missing City Commission meetings. Last night, FREEMAN was said to be "on safari." LEEANA FREEMAN was elected to fill BURK's place on August 26, 2008, time enough to know she had a meeting on December 1st.

If LEEANA FREEMAN had attended last night, she could have cast her vote for our new Vice Mayor, ERROL JONES (a/k/a ERRONEOUS JONES a/k/a VICE MAYOR IN CHARGE OF VICE).

LEEANA FREEMAN also might have voted on the procedural rules that govern Commission meetings for the next two years. The new ones raise questions she might have asked. In her absence, there was no one with the perspicacity to ask clarification.

LEEANA FREEMAN also might have heard MAYOR JOSEPH LEROY BOLES, JR. acknowledge two persons in the audience -- former County Commissioner BRUCE MAGUIRE (who spent over $16 per vote in his unsuccessful race for re-election in 2006) and retired advertising milliionaire PHIL McDANIEL (a/k/a PHIL THE SHILL, a/k/a PHILISTINE FOSSIL PHIL, the self-annointed head of the Cultural Council, whose attacks on St. George Street artists and entertainers and St. Augustine Record cartoonist bespeak a toady of WILLIAM B. HARRISS' political machine, not a supporter of arts and culture).

See below for more on PHIL THE SHILL a/k/a PHILISTINE PHIL and his attack on a cartoonist for the St. Augustine Record.