Never before today has anyone from the City of St. Augustine's crew of henchmen deigned to respond in writing regarding the St. Augustine National Historical Park, National Seashore and National Scenic Coastal Highway Act of 2009. City burghers like WILLIAM B. HARRISS are controllers who don't want to let the National Park Service expand its presence here, and they're willing to say anything to fight it.
Hence, COmmissioner ERROL JONES a/k/a ERRONEOUS JONES claiming at the January 12, 2009 City Commission meeting that the City of St. Augustine would cease to exist with a national park (not true) and that policemen and firemen would lose jobs (not true).
Earlier today, another obsessed "Anonymice" energumen on Plazabum.com, who goes by
"Babbleon" (Cheryl Robitzsch, perhaps?) posted the following screed:
Well here is what I think:
1- We ALREADY have a National Park, and it's already known far and wide to be IN St. Augustine - The Castillo De San Marcos.
NO. It is a National Monument.
2- We ALREADY have a FLORIDA SCENIC COASTAL HIGHWAY, SR A1A. What's the point in spending our national tax dollars to change ALL those nice signs, wasting the STATE tax money already spent on them? For WHAT?????
WHATS THE POINT????
The point is to protect the beach from all of GEORGE McCLURE's clients, so environmental tourtists have beautiful beaches and forests to visit.
3-We ALREADY have an official STATE Seashore - Anastasia State Park. It's NOT Broken. What ARE you trying to fix here?? WHY is Ed Slavin trying to waste our taxes with this pork?? WHATS THE POINT, ED?????
This is not "pork," it's a park, and Congress is in the process of creating more national parks -- as I asked our six St. Johns County state senators and legislators "where's ours?" They understand, even if WILLIAM B. HARRISS and henchmen pretend not to understand. (One top city official told me last year if it were up to him, the City would support the park. Mayor BOLES' mother supports the park and told me so, as reported in my St. Augustine record colum (above).
The point is that we can save money in our city, county and state budgets by combining resources and creating a national park, with the National Park Service (America's favorite government agency) doing a far better job with more resources than the city, county and state can spend (because they can't run deficits).
As Cyndi Stevenson and other Commmissioners understand, marketing our environmental and historic tourism opporunities is a way of growing our economy.
JFK said, "a rising tide lifts all boats.'
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