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!
Thursday, September 22, 2016
4-1 VOTE AGAINST FIXING CITY STREETS ABOVE CURRENT D+ LEVEL
Unrebutted public hearing testimony by all eight public hearing witnesses -- Susan Rathbone, B.J. Kalaidi, Bernard Duross, Deltra Long, Dan Holliday, Jay Jubert, Denise Hammond and me (that would be Ed Slavin) supported increasing spending on City streets. Undeterred, the Gang of Four outvoted Mayor Nancy Shaver, voting to rubberstamp the budget prepared by City Manager JOHN PATRICK REGAN, P.E., which will do nothing to improve the quality of city streets, currently rated by the City as a D+. (more later).
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