Tuesday, January 06, 2015

JOE BOLES IS NO LONGER ST. AUGUSTINE MAYOR: SUNSHINE STATE NEWS LAYS AN EGG

A January 6, 2015 article in Sunshine State News says JOE BOLES is Mayor of St. Augustine. He lost the election to Nancy Shaver on November 4, 2014 and lost the job on December 1, 2014.

As JFK said during the Cuban Missile Crisis, "There's always some poor SOB who doesn't get the word."

Here's my letter to Sunshine State News.

To Nancy Smith:

Dear Ms. Smith:
1. Your January 6, 2015 article, "Gussied-Up St. Augustine Expecting a Royal Visit for Its 450th Birthday" erred. JOE BOLES is not our Mayor. Nancy Shaver is our Mayor.   
2. Mayor Shaver was sworn in on December 1, 2014 before a huge crowd, with the oath administered by Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince.  
3. I reckon the St. Augustine City Commission may be the only elected legislature in the world with 80% women -- four of five City Commissioners here are women. They are Mayor Nancy Shaver, Vice Mayor Roxanne Horvath, Commissioners Nancy Sikes-Kline, Leana Freeman and Todd Neville. 
4. That's a higher percentage of women running any government, corporation or newsroom that I can find.  
5. And none of them is named "JOE BOLES."   WHY DID YOU REPORT HE WAS STILL MAYOR?  WHAT HAPPENED?
6. The story of why he lost involves greed, corruption, no-bid contracts and Our Nation's Oldest City calling an end to them.  
7. For you to report that the old mayor was still on the job is reminiscent of the 1948 "Dewey Beats Truman" headline in the Chicago Tribune, which President Truman held high, grinning. Rest assured that St. Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver has a delightful sense of humor and will take your story with aplomb and good graciousness.  PLEASE CALL HER, 303-877-6995.
PLEASE COVER OUR CITY'S RECOVERY FROM THE BOLES YEARS.
Sincerely,
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998


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1 comment:

  1. Warren Celli5:58 AM

    Ed Slavin said; 3. I reckon the St. Augustine City Commission may be the only elected legislature in the world with 80% women -- four of five City Commissioners here are women. They are Mayor Nancy Shaver, Vice Mayor Roxanne Horvath, Commissioners Nancy Sikes-Kline, Leana Freeman and Todd Neville.

    Hay Pollyanna. So what!!!!!!!!!

    Four women have risen above the immoral suppression of women and now reside over one of the most immoral and repressive governments in Scamerica.

    I will spare you the litany of oppression as I am pressed for time....

    Miles to go before we sleep...

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