I am in awe.
After 449 years of (mostly) autocratic rule, under Spanish, British, American and Confederate rule, our Nation's Oldest City, St. Augustine, Florida elected Mayor Nancy Shaver last year.
Tonight Herroner concluded her first year on the job.
Data-based decisions.
Listening to the people.
Keeping cool.
Defending our rights.
Righting wrongs.
Working in a bipartisan manner (even with Governor Scott).
Empowering professionals.
Asking good questions.
Demanding answers.
Thinking.
Planning.
Working to make Our Town a better place for all of us.
Mayor Nancy Shaver may be vertically challenged (she's short), but she's ten feet tall in my book, and long on moxie.
Viva!
Mayor Shaver welcomes the King Felipe VI of Spain, September 2015
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!
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