Smarmy answers from scared people -- St. Augustine Beach City burghers won't answer about their failure to obtain competitive bids for insurance, which has forever gone to the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust, affiliated with the Florida League of Cities. This situation stinks. What do y'all reckon? I'm waiting for an answer from JAMES PATRICK WILSON, City Attorney, and his partners at the COQUINA LAW GROUP:
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: jpwilson
Cc: comrobrien
Sent: Fri, Jun 16, 2017 11:57 am
Subject: Re: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
Dear Messrs. Wilson, Underhill and Mulligan:
1. Do the City of St. Augustine Beach's evident evergreen sweetheart no-bid contracts with the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT), related to the Florida League of Cities, violate City and State competitive bidding requirements, antitrust and other laws?
1. Do the City of St. Augustine Beach's evident evergreen sweetheart no-bid contracts with the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT), related to the Florida League of Cities, violate City and State competitive bidding requirements, antitrust and other laws?
2. Was there ever competitive bidding?
3. St. Augustine Beach City Clerk Ms. Beverly Raddatz, presumably at the direction of City "Manager" Royle refuses to answer easy questions, citing a hoary, inapposite Attorney General's opinion that government officials don't have to answer questions. Really?
4. This is an unAmerican response to a citizen journalist. How trite. How gauche and louche. How irrefragably revealing of the City's obsessive secrecy. As the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, "Secrecy is for losers."
5. To whom do all of y'all think you're talking?
6. Did you or your law firm ever advise any St. Augustine Beach City employees not to answer my questions?
7. Please share all requested documents on insurance and your advice to Commissioners and staff, including any advice to remain silent.
8. Is the City's refusal to answer based on the Fifth Amendment constitutional privilege against self-incrimination?
9. Is the Coquina Law Group aware that it cannot represent any City employees as individuals, and has a fiduciary duty to the people.
Please call to discuss.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>
To: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
Cc: Jim Wilson <jpwilson@cityofsab.org>; Max Royle <mroyle@cityofsab.org>
Sent: Fri, Jun 16, 2017 10:38 am
Subject: FW: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
-----Original Message-----
From: Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>
To: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jun 15, 2017 2:30 pm
Subject: RE: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
From: Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>
To: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
Cc: Jim Wilson <jpwilson@cityofsab.org>; Max Royle <mroyle@cityofsab.org>
Sent: Fri, Jun 16, 2017 10:38 am
Subject: FW: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
Mr. Slavin:
After a reasonable review, the City has found no records responsive to your request.
Additionally, under Florida law, the City of St. Augustine Beach is not required to answer questions regarding records (Attorney General Opinion 92-38). Therefore, the City does not respond to questions about records that are included in public records requests.
Beverly Raddatz, MMC
City Clerk
City of St. Augustine Beach
2200 A1A South
St. Augustine Beach, FL 32080
(904) 471-2122 FAX (904) 471-4108
Confidentiality Notice: This Email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, and that you have received this E-Mail and any accompanying files in error. You should notify the City of St. Augustine Beach immediately by replying to this message and deleting them from your system. City of St. Augustine Beach does not accept responsibility for changes to E-Mails that occur after they have been sent.
From: Ed Slavin [mailto:easlavin@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 2:42 PM
To: Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>
Cc: Max Royle <mroyle@cityofsab.org>; Jim Wilson <jpwilson@cityofsab.org>; serdelyi@marksgray.com; thomasfreynolds@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 2:42 PM
To: Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>
Cc: Max Royle <mroyle@cityofsab.org>; Jim Wilson <jpwilson@cityofsab.org>; serdelyi@marksgray.com; thomasfreynolds@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
Dear Ms. Raddatz:
When did the City of St. Augustine Beach last solicit bids for insurance?
Please send me the bid spreadsheet and bid award decision minutes/documents, resulting in the National League of Cities Trust obtaining the City's business.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>
To: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jun 15, 2017 2:30 pm
Subject: RE: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
Mr. Slavin:
As the public records request is currently phrased, we are unable to identify what you are requesting. Please clarify the documents requested.
Sincerely,
Beverly Raddatz, MMC
City Clerk
City of St. Augustine Beach
2200 A1A South
St. Augustine Beach, FL 32080
(904) 471-2122 FAX (904) 471-4108
Confidentiality Notice: This Email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, and that you have received this E-Mail and any accompanying files in error. You should notify the City of St. Augustine Beach immediately by replying to this message and deleting them from your system. City of St. Augustine Beach does not accept responsibility for changes to E-Mails that occur after they have been sent.
From: Ed Slavin [mailto:easlavin@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 1:14 PM
To: mlitzinger@citystaug.com; Max Royle <mroyle@cityofsab.org>; mwanchick@sjcfl.us; Jim Wilson <jpwilson@cityofsab.org>; mbreidenstein@citystaug.com; pmccormack@sjcfl.us; jpiggott@citystaug.com; Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>; serdely@marksgray.com
Cc: thomasfreynolds@yahoo.com
Subject: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 1:14 PM
To: mlitzinger@citystaug.com; Max Royle <mroyle@cityofsab.org>; mwanchick@sjcfl.us; Jim Wilson <jpwilson@cityofsab.org>; mbreidenstein@citystaug.com; pmccormack@sjcfl.us; jpiggott@citystaug.com; Beverly Raddatz <braddatz@cityofsab.org>; serdely@marksgray.com
Cc: thomasfreynolds@yahoo.com
Subject: Request No 2017-275: Competitive bidding for City and County insurance
Good afternoon, everyone:
Please send me the spreadsheets and bid awards for the last time(s) that our two Cities and our County ever sought competitive bids for each type of insurance.
Thank you.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
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