"Would you please be so kind as to inquire, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, about the status of my January 23, 2023 and February 29, 2024 HUD Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act Title VI complaints concerning our St. Johns County Board of Commissioners? Without explanation, justification or excuse, SJC BoCC refused HUD's offer of conciliation. Two of five SJC County Commissioners were defeated for re-election. Two new County Commissioners were sworn in on November 19, 2024. It's time for SJC to respond to HUD's offer of conciliation in good faith. SJC BoCC rejected a Public Housing Agency while giving discriminatory reasons about not wanting to help "the kind of people" receiving HUD Section 8 vouchers to find housing opportunities here, necessitating people traveling to Jacksonville to get them. Outside of the ordinary course of business, SJC hired [by 4-1 vote] as our County Attorney, one Richard Komando, who did not apply for the job, with no background investigation, no c.v.. no resume no references and no interview, on the only admitted and stated basis that he was the "friend" of one of our County Commissioners! That Commissioner was defeated for re-election and is no longer on BoCC. I look forward to HUD conciliating these complaints in the public interest, without further interference, obstruction, delay or desuetude by SJC BoCC. Let justice be done."
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