Wednesday, August 30, 2017

RECORD EDITOR CRAIG RICHARDSON: NEW ST. JOHNS COUNTY INSPECTOR GENERAL "NOT NEWS"!?

Record Editor says its "not news" that St. Johns County now has an Inspector General to ferret out waste, fraud, abuse, misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance. So I asked Clerk of Courts Hunter Conrad and Inspector General J. Bradley to send Record Editor a press release, since The St. Augustine Record Editor apparently doesn't consider anything "news" unless he gets a press release or phone call from an advertiser, government agency or businessman.
Pitiful.
I think that this speaks volumes about this stinky little corner of the MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS empire.
Mark your calendar: October 2 is Liberation Day, when GateHouse takes over the St. Augustine Record from the nutty MORRIS family.
Since 2007, I've been calling for creation of an Inspector General here.
Now that we have one, the St. Augustine Record's editor says it's "not news."
Is he a newsman?
Or what?

FRANK CRAIG RICHARDSON, JR.





-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: coc ; bsimmons
Cc: craig.richardson
Sent: Wed, Aug 30, 2017 1:51 pm
Subject: Request No. 2017-526: Clerk of Courts and Comptroller's office press release on St. Johns County Inspector General


Dear Messrs. Conrad and Simmons:
1. Please send me a copy of the St. Johns County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller's office press release on the new Inspector General office.
2. If no press release exists yet, will you kindly create one?

3. St. Augustine Record Editor Craig Richardson earlier today allegedly told a Lincolnville resident, former U.S. Army Capt. Kirk Dougal, that the creation of the IG office was "not news."  
4. Evidently, the St. Augustine Record still does not consider anything "news" without a press release or a phone call from an advertiser, businessman or government official.  Thus, in the public interest in exposing wrongdoing, would you kindly send the Record a press release on the new IG, including the pertinent e-mail  and street addresses and telephone number(s)?
5. For ten years, I've been advocating creation of an Independent Inspector General for St. Johns County, to investigate waste, fraud, abuse, misfeasance,  malfeasance and nonfeasance in all governments in St. Johns County.  
6. Thank you for listening, Mr. Conrad.  Congratulations, Mr. Simmons.  We're part way there.  
7. How can local people help you?
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998




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