Thanks to government watchdog Tom Reynolds for holding local governments accountable. Mayor Richard O'Brien has a lot of explaining to do about water pollution from his LaFiesta Inn and Suites.
On the morning of October 17, 2016, government watchdog Tom Reynolds reported to federal law enforcement the corporations that own La Fiesta Inn & Suites, owned by St. Augustine Mayor Richard O'Brien and his wife, for its alleged illegal water pollution of our ocean and storm sewers after Hurricane Matthew, October 10-17, using large hoses.
Mr. Reynolds reported the water pollution to the National Response Center in Washington, D.C., operated by fifteen agencies led by the United States Coast Guard.
USCG NRC has designated it as National Response Center Report No. 1161722.
The case will now likely be investigated by criminal investigators with the Environmental Protection Agency and Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Local police allegedly misled and threatened Mr. Reynolds after he raised concerns about water pollution, with Mayor O'Brien claiming that Mr. Reynolds "trespassed" and "interfered with" his hotel maintenance employees.
It appears the pollution may have occurred without an NPDES or 404 permit.
Crimes against nature by government agencies should make us sick at heart, like the time the City of St. Augustine dumped a landfill in a lake, or when massive illegal pollution took place in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and elsewhere, a scourge upon our Nation.
Living in a beautiful small Florida beach town, does Mr. Reynolds have a right to expect complaints to be treated without fear or favor by police?
Does he have a right to expect to be treated with dignity, respect and consideration?
Does he have a right to expect customer service and not coverups from our government?
What do you reckon?
No response yet from Mayor O'Brien.
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