FDEP INVESTIGATING SAB MAYOR RI¢HARD BURTT O'BRIEN'S DUNE AND VEGETATION DESTRUCTION AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW

Let justice be done. No state or federal government money should be spent to repair the dune and vegetation that St. Augustine Beach Mayor O'BRIEN, his wife and their corporations illegally destroyed after Hurricane Matthew. Let them pay for the full cost of the response and remediation of their environmental crimes.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: Raiford.Rollins
Sent: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 3:25 pm
Subject: National Response Center Report No. 1161722 re: Damaged vegetation and dunes in the City of St. Augustine Beach following Hurricane Matthew

Dear Special Agent Rollins:

1. Here's the link to the video: http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2016/11/richard-burtt-obrien-st-augustine-beach.html
2. Here's the FDEP Secretary's order violated by Respondents, FDEP OGC 16-1327: https://www.dep.state.fl.us/mainpage/em/2016/matthew/files/SignedEFO_16-1327.pdf

3. Efforts to obtain a response from Respondents RICHARD BURTT O'BRIEN, his wife, LAUREN RINGHAVER and their corporations LAFIESTA INN & SUITES, GRACIE HOLDING LLC and BEACH DEVELOPMENT LLC.et al. have been unavailing.  

4. No government funds should be spent to fix a dune- and restore vegetation destroyed by Respondents.

5. Respondents must bear all response and remediation costs.

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com

www.edslavin.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: comrobrien <comrobrien@cityofsab.org>
Sent: Sun, Oct 30, 2016 8:41 am
Subject: EO Relief Stormwater Effects Hurricane Matthew FDEP OGC No. 16-1327

Dear Commissioner O'Brien:

1. What steps have you and your corporations -- including LAFIESTA INN & SUITES, GRACIE HOLDING LLC and

BEACH DEVELOPMENT LLC. -- taken to date in compliance with the October 8, 2016 FDEP Order OGC 16-1327, including restoring the vegetation and dune that your employees destroyed?

https://www.dep.state.fl.us/mainpage/em/2016/matthew/files/SignedEFO_16-1327.pdf

2. Please don't ask the federal, state or county governments to pay for your own overt acts -- deliberate, willful, reckless, heedless dune and vegetation damage.  

3. If you do seek reimbursement, please be assured that I shall file complaints with the respective Inspectors General.  

4. Will you and your conflicted developer law firm (ST. JOHNS LAW GROUP, conflicted former law firm for the City of St. Augustine Beach) kindly cease and desist from your election year campaign of state court "stalking injunction" retaliation against environmental whistleblower Thomas F. Reynolds, Jr. in retaliation for his reporting your unpermitted ocean dumping and dune destruction to local and federal authorities? 

5. FEMA, Army Corps of Engineers and FDEP Inspectors General have jurisdiction over that meretricious effort to chill, coerce and restrain First Amendment protected activity, and might begin civil, criminal and administrative investigations sua sponte.

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com

www.edslavin.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Rollins, Raiford <Raiford.Rollins@dep.state.fl.us>
To: easlavin <easlavin@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 2:25 pm
Subject: Damaged vegetation and dunes in the City of St. Augustine Beach following Hurricane Matthew

Mr. Slavin,

Here’s my email address to send the video link to our office.  Raiford.Rollins@dep.state.fl.us. Thanks.

Best regards,

Inv. Rollins

Investigator Raiford Rollins, Jr.  CIGI
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Office of Inspector General
Internal Investigations Section
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard,  MS-51
Tallahassee, Florida  32399-3123
850-245-2530 (Direct Office Line)
850-245-2994 (Fax) 

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