St. Johns County Still Needs an Ombuds and an Inspector General

St. Johns County badly needs an Ombuds and an Inspector General, to scrutinize the county government, includig the Sheriff's Department and other Constitutioanl officers. Other notoriously corrupt places, including Miami-Dade County (Florida), Wayne County (Detroit, Michigan) and New Orleans Parish (Louisiana) all have recently added. Inspectors General. Where's ours?
I proposed an Ombuds and Inspector General (among five pages of proposed strengthening amendments) in 2008 when the St. Johns County Commissioners were debating a County Charter.
Yes, I wrote five pages of proposed strengthening amendments to the Charter.
Then-Chairman Tom Manuel of the SJCBCC graciously gave me twelve minutes to speak to them, saying "you have extra time."
But none of these proposed amendments were even discussed Commissioners, not even the modest one to add "sexual orientation" to sec. 10.06, the non-discrimination provision (when Sheriff SHOAR rightly bans such discrimination in his department, see below). Thus, I am proud to have helped defeat that "starter Charter" -- twice -- in 2008 (they actually put it on the ballot twice, once in the Primary and once in the General Election.
That pitiful "starter Charter" for SJC would not have covered any of our five Constitutional officers, including the Sheriff. Everyone (including the Democratic Party) was afraid of the big bad wolves and their Republican Political Machine - mainly the Sheriff, but also including the Property Appraiser, Tax Collector, Supervisor of Elections and Clerk of Courts.
A St. Johns County Charter would be highly desirable, if it one that will be a charter of limited government, protecting civil liberties and civil righs, in the spirit of James Madison (and not Boss William Marcy Tweed, Boss Hogg or Boss DAVID SHOAR).
Speaking of Boss Hogg, Sheriff DAVID SHOAR's extravagant $180 million "wish list" would likely require an increase n the sales tax, the most regressive tax known (and heavily favored in Southern cornpone politics). Sheriff SHOAR and his "Edifice Complex" both "bear watchin'," as they say in East Tennessee. See below.