"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Thinking back on my speaking out against government retaliation against ethical employees, and on waste, fraud, abuse, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, flummery, dupery and nincompoopery, I am reminded of this quote, sometimes attributed to Mahatma Gandhi and union leader Nicholas Klein.
In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!
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