NOthing in the opinion of State Attorney General Bill McCollum limits its ambit to "charter counties," yet controversial City Attorney RONALD WAYNE BROWN (former law partner of GEOFFREY DOBSON) tried to distinguish it on that basis. Nice try.
Anyone reading the opinion (and City Ordinance 1-8) knows that the City of St. Augustine has been illegally criminalizing legal conduct for decades, including its overt acts of criminalizing art.
It's nice to know that BROWN will now "fully review the opinion," like a farmer closing the barn door after the cows have fled.
BROWN and hired gun MICHAEL KAHN (paid $35,000 for his latest artist suppression ordinances) have violated their oaths.
They have again given the City illegal ordinances, which are unconstitutional under Florida's Constitution (see below).
Don't take my word for it -- read what the State Attorney Genberal said.
City of St. Augustine ordinance 1-8 (and all ordinances based on it for "enforcement") are illegal, null, void and unconstitutional.
How many hundreds of people have been illegally arrested for city-created crimes?
What will the Justice Department do about it?
What will the City Commission do about it?
What will the voters do about it?
How dare they arrest artists based on laws they knew or should have known was unconstitutional, based on a June 15, 2009 State Attorney General opinion (on the web and available to all, including BROWN and KAHN).
As the Attorney General's opinion states the only misdemeanors that may be established are "by law," not by "an administrative agency, and "by law contemplates the FLorida legislature," not local governments.
See below.
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