Saturday, November 25, 2017

St. Johns County as "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight"

St. Johns County resembles the dysfunctional mafia family in journalist Jimmy Breslin's "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight."




Case in point:  St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners' Tourist Development Council, has no information on the county website more current than March.

Inept TDC staff fails to provide proper public notice of meetings and is below the standard and behind the times on transparency.  

Democracy dies in the dark.

Bed tax funded TDC needs an Inspector General audit and investigation.

TDC is  recipient and distributor of millions of dollars in wasted, misdirected bed tax revenues (squandered on advertising instead of public benefits like a new pier).

Read the inevitable and inimitable e-mail correspondence from government watchdog Tom Reynolds has not been answered.  I agree with Tom -- the County Administrator, MICHAEL DAVID WANCHICK is incompetent.  Will he be fired?



-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: thomasfreynolds ; mwanchick ; tmeeks
Cc: bcc5hdean ; bcc2jsmith ; bcc1jjohns ; bcc3pwaldron ; bccd4 ; pmccormack
Sent: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 1:33 pm
Subject: Re: WHY CAN"T YOU GET THIS CORRECT?

I agree.  

Pitiful.  

The autocrats in our St. Johns County BoCC Administration Building remind me of Jimmy Breslin's "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight."  

Enough flummery, dupery and nincompoopery. 

With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
904-377-4998






-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Reynolds <thomasfreynolds@yahoo.com>
To: Michael Wanchick <mwanchick@sjcfl.us>; Tera Meeks <tmeeks@sjctdc.com>
Cc: Dean Henry <bcc5hdean@sjcfl.us>; Commissioner Jeb Smith <bcc2jsmith@sjcfl.us>; Commissioner James K. Johns <bcc1jjohns@sjcfl.us>; Waldron Paul <bcc3pwaldron@sjcfl.us>; Commissioner Jay Morris <bccd4@sjcfl.us>; Patrick McCormack <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 9:57 am
Subject: WHY CAN"T YOU GET THIS CORRECT?

PLEASE RESIGN MIKE, YOU CAN'T SEEM TO MANAGE! 
A SIMPLE TASK OF UPDATING AND YOUR MANAGERS CAN'T DO THEIR JOBS! 

Meetings, Agendas & Minutes
Meeting Notices
The Tourist Development Council is required by the authorizing legislation to meet at least four times per year, but has chosen to meet monthly. The meetings are held on the third Monday of every month in the County Auditorium at 500 San Sebastian View at 1:30 p.m. Notices of meeting dates and times are furnished to members of the media well in advance of scheduled meetings. Any changes in dates, times, or meeting rooms will be posted. Meeting schedule.
NOT UPDATED SINCE MARCH 2017! 
WOW, DUDE!  

PLEASE FIRE WHO IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB! 

Meeting Minutes
For the current meeting agenda, please see the TDC calendar.
2017
2016
More Information
For archived audio files or more information, please contact Dena Masters, dmasters@sjctdc.com.
















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