In St. Johns County and St. Augustine, which Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once called the "most lawless" city in America, we shall overcome, and we have overcome:
1. Environmental racism
2. Secrecy
3. Homophobia
4. Corruption
5. Environmental depredations
6. First Amendment violations
7. Sunshine violations
8. Open Records violations
9. Purchasing violations
10.Waste, fraud, abuse, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, flummery, dupery and nincompoopery (as best exemplified by the no-bid mosquito control helicopter purchase which Sheriff DAVID BERNARD SHOAR's staff spent "hundreds of hours" aiding and abetting, 2005-2007.
We halted the helicopter purchase and got a refund.
Riberia Street got repaved -- all of it.
A federal judge ordered Rainbow flags to fly on our Bridge of Lions.
Federal judges have remedied First Amendment violations directed against street artists and musicians.
A planned Sunshine violation junket by four Commissioners to Spain was halted.
The Sunshine violating First America Foundation was ended.
Pro bono lawyers, federal and state court judges, elected officials, activists and average residents have combined their talents in many ways to make this a very special place indeed.
On this first day of Spring, we celebrate democracy diversity and know that, as JFK said, "Here on Earth, God's work must truly be our own."
Work tirelessly for a St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore.
Work to empower Pope Francis to visit here next year.
Don't rest until there is Justice for Michelle O'Connell.
What do you reckon?
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