Saturday, March 01, 2025

St. Augustine Port Commissioner Sandy Flowers Sues Port District for Violating Our Constitutional Right to Government Records. (Case No. CA25-0025)



Our indefatigable St. Augustine Port, Waterway and Beach District Commissioner Ms. Sandy Flowers,is still trying to obtain our government records, after all these years.  It's our money. Commissioner Flowers was twice elected to the St. Augustine Port, Waterway and Port District board.  On February 19, 2025 Commissioner Flowers filed suit against the Port and Waterway District, asking Circuit Courty to enforce her state law constitutional rights under Article I, section 24 of our Florida Constitution, which was enacted by landslide vote of 3.8 million Florida voters on a constitutional amendment (83%).  Let justice be done at last. Commissioner Sandy Flowers is represented by Jacksonville attorney Rook Elizabeth Ringer. The Port's lawyer is Volusia County attorney Clay Linford Meek, who allegedly obstructed Commissioner Flowers' requests. Port Commissioner Flowers' Complaint and other documents will be found here:  https://apps.stjohnsclerk.com/Benchmark/CourtCase.aspx/Details/1209663?digest=IzJgpsfC%2FNusIPGI4W6LkQ


St. Augustine Port, Wateway and Beach District Commissioner Sandy Flowers


Commissioner Flowers' Attorney, Rook Elizabeth Ringer


St. Augustine Port, Waterway and Beach District Attorney Clay Linford Meek

3 comments:

Bob said...

There's certain people out there in government and out who could care less if they get sued. The prospect that they or their organization might seem less reputable as a result, they don't view things that way. Getting sued is merely a minor inconvenience or like the short wait in between dinner and desert. It's just a fleeting moment like a bird flying through the air and out of view. If anything, them winning such a suit would allow them to justify certain behavior in the future, which is really what they hope for. To be able to do whatever in the hell they want to.

Ed Slavin said...

You are right: So true that so many American governments waste our treasure and destroy our people. They are profligate. They impulsively spend our tax money to defend against valid lawsuits. USDOL Chief Administrative Law Judge Nahum Litt, my boss, told me in 1986 that government agencies were willing to spend millions of dollars to chill free speech rights in the workplace.

Ed Slavin said...

Honored to represent a majority of the Administrative Law Judges in the U.S. Department of the Interior, who challenged discrimination. The Indian Probate Judges were treated disdainfully, Published peer-reviewed article in ABA publication (Judges' Journal) about their cause. ABA Journal ran a cover story about attacks on ALJs. One Nixonian political appointee at DOI told an ALJ, "It costs us nothing to litigate."