In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Saving Echo House in St. Augustine, Florida
Still no response to my request to Rev. Ronald Rawls and St. Paul A.M.E. Church for any accounting records or timeline reflecting any efforts to restore, preserve and protect Echo House during the last four (4) years. Last Thursday, Rev. Rawls emitted racist tropes at our Historical Architecture Review Board, demanding he be permitted to tear down Echo House for a church parking lot for 50 cars. The racist tropes were undeserved, unkind, uncouth, unChristian, and a stench in the nostrils of our Nation's Oldest City. Upon closer examination of Rev. Rawls' YouTube video, Rev. Rawls emits homophobic substitutes for pastoral leadership. Bigotry . No work for four (4) years to restore Echo House for a school. Roof tiles sold. Interior furnishings, including book cases, removed. Copper downspouts, gone where? It's time for an accounting. It's time for the City of St. Augustine to take back Echo House and work with the National Park Service to restore it, as part of St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore. www.staugustgreen.com What do you reckon?
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