Update: April 1, 2025. Still waiting on documents re: RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO from our St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners. In a snooty March 13, 2025 E-mail to 5th District Commissioner Ann Taylor, KOMANDO listed additional government legal employment for government agencies (scroll down below), but arrogantly refused to provide a list of his law firm's clients during the period of his work for St. Johns County, I asked for documents on KOMANDO a month ago, and he has not yet properly responded. In the words of the late William F. Buckley, Jr., "Why does baloney reject the grinder?" KOMANDO should NOT be selected a the next St. Johns County Attorney. His evasiveness and conflicts of interest beggar description, and would gag a maggot.The late United States Supreme Court Justice Justice William Brennan would ask all of his new law clerks, all stellar law scholars, "What the most important thing about Constitutional law/. Inevitably, they all had good answers, but he would correct them all and say, "Five votes."
Here in St. Johns County, we have an "Interim County Attorney," RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO, hired after since-defeated Commissioner ROY ALYRE ALAIMO, JR. said to hire his "friend." The developer dupe got his way, and KOMANDO was hired without an application, without a background check, without a background investigation, without a conflicts check, without free and open competition for applicants to apply. One of the "Anonmyice," posting on this blog, madly badly demands attention: "Pete" defends RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's hiring?
Meanwhile, is RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO bragging that he already has "three votes" on County Commission to be hired as County Attorney? What do KOMANDO's "friends" know about how County Commissioners will vote? Are developers stealing the County Attorney job after what's supposed to be a statewide search? Do they still think they command respect in St. Johns County after all they've done to clearcut our beautiful county, which we call "God's country?"
This is so wrong. It is unseemly. There may need to be a civil, criminal and administrative investigation of KOMANDO and all of his work for the County. KOMANDO is County Attorney for three (3) Florida counties. He's apparently counting his chickens before they're hatched. Answer the records requests, St. Johns County. Don't pretend to be fair if you're promising your votes to some parvenu who never applied for the job in the first place. Thanks to three newly elected Commissioners, we have higher standards now. Enough flummery, dupery and nincompoopery from the 'friends" or wealthy ex-Senator TRAVIS JAMES HUTSON & Co.
We reject their works and pomps.
It SJC is too chicken to provide documents on KOMANDO's gift reports, time sheets and other records, why would anyone vote for him?
On March 5, 2025, a committee of the St. Johns County Commission will interview candidates for County Attorney. Will their deliberations be be genuine and reflect our community values? Or will this case be "fixed?" You tell me.
What do you reckon?
May we have our records requests answered? Where's the conflicts check and a list of all of KOMANDO's clients?
Dear Chair Joseph, Vice Chair Murphy, Commissioners Taylor, Whitehurst and Arnold:
1. The list of Interim County Attorney RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's clients during his service as Interim County Attorney, which he provided by e-mail to County Commissioner Ann Taylor on the evening March 16, includes government clients not disclosed to the Board of County Commissioners. Why were these clients not disclosed when he applied for the permanent job? What else is he hiding? This suggests a lack of candor. It shows disrespect for our County Commissioners.
2. Is Interim County Attorney KOMANDO's withholding of the names of of his firm's other clients from the County an appearance of impropriety?
3. Does it disqualify RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO from further consideration to be permanent County Attorney?
4. Please consider requesting written opinions from the Florida Bar, Florida Ethics Commission and State Attorney General.
5. Mr. KOMANDO's rather rude and impertinent response to Commissioner Ann Taylor is, at best facetious. He claims Florida Bar ethics rules prevent you from identifying his law firm's non-governmental clients, presumably including landowners and developers.
6. Please do not select Mr. KOMANDO as County Attorney (in the event that Mr. KOMANDO does not withdraw his application before the March 25, 2025 special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners to choose the next St. Johns County Attorney).
7. With an annual budget of $1.6 billion, rapidly growing St. Johns County deserves a full-time County Attorney, as we have had for decades. It's our money.
8. I have been waiting since February 17, 2025 for documents concerning Mr.KOMANDO (please see e-mails, below).
9. The County Attorney's delays are self-serving and inculpatory.
10. Please refer Mr. KOMANDO's refusal to list his clients to our St. Johns County Inspector General.
11. Conflicts of interest must be scrupulously guarded against. See, e.g., United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co., 364 U.S. 520, 548 (1961)("the 'Dixon-Yates' case," involving TVA rivals' conflicts of interest in a proposed Memphis coal-fired powerplant), citing Matthew 6:24 -- "no [person] can serve two masters," holding that laws and rules preventing conflicts of interest are aimed "not only at dishonor but at conduct that tempts dishonor."
12. All conflict of interest laws are based upon Matthew 6:24 ("A man cannot serve two masters"), which the unanimous Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Earl Warren deemed to be both a "moral principle" and a "maxim which is especially pertinent if one of the masters happens to be economic self-interest."
13. Mr. KOMANDO unilaterally refuses to disclose the identity of his law firm clients, not client confidences. His overbearing assertion of privilege is unadorned by any citation to any court or ethics opinions on lawyers who are government employees. This flunks the "laugh test." It also flunks the "smell test." Mr. KOMANDO said he would not apply for the permanent County attorney position. Now, aving applied for the permanent position, Mr. KOMANDO is in no position to withhold information that is materially relevant to his suitability to be our St. Johns County Attorney. Mr. KOMANDO is acting as if he were the judge in his own case. This is so wrong.
14. James Madison wrote in The Federalist No. 10: "No [person] is allowed to be a judge in [his/her] own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time . . . ."
15. The United States Supreme Court held in In re Murchison, 349 U.S. 133, 136 (1955) (Black, J.), "[O]ur system of law has always endeavored to prevent even the probability of unfairness. To this end no man can be a judge in his own case and no man is permitted to try cases where he has an interest in the outcome." See also TWA v. Civil Aeronautics Board, 102U.S. App. D.C. 391, 392, 254 F.2d 90, 91 (1958). Spencer v. Lapsley, 20 How. 264, 266 (1858); Publius Syrus, Moral Sayings 51 (D. Lyman transl. 1856) ("No one should be judge in his own cause."); Blaise Pascal, Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules 182 (Wight transl. 1859) ("It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause."). As William Blackstone wrote, "[I]t is unreasonable that any man should determine his own quarrel," 1 W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 91 citing Dr. Bonham's Case, 8 Rep. 114a (C.P. 1610); see also City of London v. Wood, 12 Mod. 669, 687 (1701)(Lord Holt)(invalidating fine for refusal to serve as sheriff recovered by the city in its own court of Mayor and Aldermen). See also Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Lavoie, 475 U.S. 813 (1986)(overruling case where Chief Justice of Alabama Supreme Court wrongfully sat in judgment of case that would set precedent for his own pending case); Ward v. Village of Monroeville, 409 U.S. 57 (1972); Gibson v. Berryhill, 411 U.S. 564 (1973); Withrow v. Larkin, 421 U.S. 35 (1975); Cinderella Career and Finishing Schools, Inc. v. FTC, 425 F.2d 583 (D.C. Cir. 1970); American Cyanamid Co. v. FTC, 363 F.2d 757 (6th Cir. 1966); SCA Services, Inc. v. Morgan, 557 F.2d 110 (7th Cir.1977). 16. Being a secretive developer "team player" is not a bona fide occupational qualification in hiring a County Attorney.
17. No "team players" are desired or required here. "Team player" is freighted with the speech-chilling implication that one is willing to "go along to get along," say what management wants to hear, and do what one is told by managers, no matter what the ethics or legality of the situation. In the political corruption case of United States v. Salvatti, 451 F.Supp. 195, 197-98 (E.D. Pa. 1978), one witness testified that "when she complained to the Mayor about Mr. Carroll's pressure, and advised him that the proposed payment to the Sylks would be totally improper and probably illegal, the Mayor chided her for not being a team player." See also Fitzgerald v. Seamans, 384 F.Supp. 688,697n7 (D.D.C. 1974), affirmed, 553 F.2d 220, 224 (D.C. Cir. 1977), reversed, Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982); Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) (remarks of President Nixon et al. on need to fire heroic Department of Defense whistleblower A. Ernest Fitzgerald after he testified truthfully before Congress on C-5A transport cost overruns, with Nixon saying Mr. Fitzgerald was "not a team player"); Broderick v. Ruder, 685 F.Supp. 1269 (D.D.C. 1988)(sexual harassment at Securities and Exchange Commission); Tomsic v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co, 85 F.3d 1472, 1474 (10th Cir. 1996); Geddes v. Benefits Review Board, 735 F.2d 1412, 1416, 1420 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority considered workers' compensation claimant not a "team player"); Davis v. California, 1996 WL 271001 (E.D.Cal.1996); Schloesser v. Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment, 766 F.Supp. 984 (D. Kansas 1991); Stradford v. Rockwell International, 48 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 697, 49 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 38,828,1988 WL 159939 (S.D.Ohio); Seymour M. Hersh, "Annals of National Security: The Intelligence Gap -- How the digital age left our spies out in the cold," The New Yorker, December 6, 1999 at 58, 62. 18. Commissioners, please feel free to call me to discuss.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
----- Forwarded Message -----
Dear Commissioner Taylor:
Let's talk soon.
Thank you!!
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
HI Ed,
I received permission from Rich to share his reply. Please see the following response when I asked about his client list.
Best,
Ann
| Ann Taylor Commissioner, District 5 St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine FL 32084 P: (904) 209-0305 | C: (904) 325-3924 www.SJCFL.us |
PLEASE NOTE: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners and employees regarding public business are public records available to the public and media through a request. Your e-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure.
From: Rich Komando <rkomando@sjcfl.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 10:19 AM
To: Commissioner Ann Taylor <ataylor@sjcfl.us>
Subject: Re: Client list
Good morning Commissioner,
Below for your convenience is Rule 4-1.6 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. As you can see in the Rule, based upon the confidentiality of client information, I am unable to provide you with a list of our firm's clients, Even the existence of an attorney-client relationship is held and recognized as confidential. However, my work with public entities is publically known. Those are: Baker County; Bradford County; Putnam County; St. Johns County; City of Keystone Heights; Town of Penney Farms; Central Florida Tourism Oversight District; Housing Finance Authority of Clay County; Housing Finance Authority of St. Johns County.
RULE 4-1.6 CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
(a) Consent Required to Reveal Information. A lawyer must not reveal information relating to a client’s representation except as stated in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), unless the client gives informed consent.
(b) When Lawyer Must Reveal Information. A lawyer must reveal confidential information to the extent the lawyer reasonably believes necessary to:
(1) prevent a client from committing a crime; or
(2) prevent death or substantial bodily harm. (
c) When Lawyer May Reveal Information. A lawyer may reveal confidential information to the extent the lawyer reasonably believes necessary to:
(1) serve the client’s interest unless it is information the client specifically requires not to be disclosed;
(2) establish a claim or defense on the lawyer’s behalf in a controversy between the lawyer and client;
(3) establish a defense to a criminal charge or civil claim against the lawyer based on conduct in which the client was involved;
(4) respond to allegations in any proceeding concerning the lawyer’s representation of the client;
(5) comply with the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar;
(6) detect and resolve conflicts of interest between lawyers in different firms arising from the lawyer’s change of employment or from changes in the composition or ownership of a firm, but only if the revealed information would not compromise the attorney-client privilege or otherwise prejudice the client; or
(7) respond to specific allegations published via the internet by a former client (e.g. a negative online review) that the lawyer has engaged in criminal conduct punishable by law.
(d) Exhaustion of Appellate Remedies. When required by a tribunal to reveal confidential information, a lawyer may first exhaust all appellate remedies.
(e) Inadvertent Disclosure of Information. A lawyer must make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information relating to the client’s representation.
(f) Limitation on Amount of Disclosure. When disclosure is mandated or permitted, the lawyer must disclose no more information than is required to meet the requirements or accomplish the purposes of this rule.
| Rich Komando Interim County Attorney Ofice of the County Attorney St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine FL 32084 904-209-0805 | www.sjcfl.us rkomando@sjcfl.us . . |
Hi Rich,
Please provide a complete list of your firm’s clients going back to the day you began as interim county attorney for St. John’s County.
| Ann Taylor Commissioner, District 5 St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine FL 32084 P: (904) 209-0305 | C: (904) 325-3924 www.SJCFL.us Compassionate - Trustworthy – Innovative |
PLEASE NOTE: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners and employees regarding public business are public records available to the public and media through a request. Your e-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure.
Dear Mr. Komando and Ms. Dixon::
Kindly respond and provide documents on pending requests ASAP,
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
Good morning Mr. Slavin
Thank you for your emails. I will ask Ms. Dixon to begin working on the responsive documents. As you know, a number of your questions will not have a document responsive to your request. However, I would be happy to sit down with you and answer your questions.
I hope you have a good day.
Dear Chair Joseph, Vice Chair Murphy, Commissioners Taylor, Whitehurst and Arnold:
1. Under the Restatement of Contracts, 2nd, section 178 (Contract violations of public policy), a contract in violation of public policy is void ab initio..
2. That's how We, the People got the Anastasia Mosquito Control Commission of St. Johns County to vote unanimously in 2007 to cancel an illegal $1.8 million no-bid helicopter contract with Textron's Bell Helicopter Co. for a luxury jet helicopter incapable of killing a single skeeter. AMCD got a full refund of our deposit.
3. We the People need stricter scrutiny of our County government spending. Our budget questions must be answered by our staff. In the past, staff has obstructed answers, refusing answer any of the 104 questions that I submitted on our FY 2024 budget before the 2023 TRIM hearings, while refusing to provide a list of our internal controls in the wake of $786,785 in SJSO embezzlement over fice years. The errant County Budget director in quo, Jesse Dunn, has now been promoted to Deputy St. Johns County Administrator by County Administrator Joy Q. Adams
See Florida Statute 129.08 (County commissioner voting to pay illegal claim or for excess indebtedness); F.S. 129.09 (County auditor not to sign illegal warrants)
4. Please feel free to call me to discuss.
5. Please vote to request a State AG opinion re: .RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's representation of three (3) different counties.
6. Please request staff to provide prompt responses to my pending Open Records requests.
7. It's our money. It's our government.
Thank you!
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
Dear SJC BoCC Chair Joseph, Vice Chair Murphy, Commissioners Taylor, Whitehurst and Arnold:
Our Florida Constitution prohibits dual officeholding: "Article II, section 5(a), of the Florida Constitution, provides in part: No person holding any office of emolument under any foreign government, or civil office of emolument under the United States or any other state, shall hold any office of honor or of emolument under the government of this state. No person shall hold at the same time more than one office under the government of the state and the counties and municipalities therein, except that a notary public or military officer may hold another office, and any officer may be a member of a constitution revision commission, taxation and budget reform commission, constitutional convention, or statutory body having only advisory powers." https://www.myfloridalegal.com/attorney-general-opinions/dual-officeholding
1. Would you please be so kind as to provide PDF(s) of any 2024-2025 Florida Attorney General opinion or St. Johns County AG opinion request re: RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO working as County Attorney for St. Johns County, Putnam County and Bradford County?
2. IF no such documents exist, please so state.
3. Please vote to place this urgent matter on the Commission's agenda. Please discuss and vote on the text of a request for a legal opinion by the Florida Attorney General.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
Good morning:
Would you please be so kind as to send me RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's client list 1999-date? Please provide any conflicts check. Please provide any documents where Mr. Komando ever informed St. Johns County of his work as County Attorney for at least two (2) other counties? If none exist, please so state.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
Good afternoon:
Would you please be so kind as to send me summary electronic security and time sheet records showing precisely when RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO has been in St. Johns County buildings since February 1, 2024?
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
Good afternoon:
Would you please be so kind as to send me a spreadsheet showing the total value of all payroll, travel and expense reimbursement, summary of benefits showing the grand total of all money or other valuable things paid to Interim County Attorney RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO? Please include time records showing all hours worked for St. Johns County, as opposed to his other legal employment, e.g., for at least two (2) other Florida county governments, for corporations or for NGOs).
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
Good afternoon:
Would you please be so kind as to send me Interim County Attorney RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO's gift reports, and spreadsheets of his expense, time and telephone records, February 20, 2024 to the date of your response?
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
www.edslavin.com
(904) 377-4998
52 comments:
Oh my God, people aren't supposed form relationships within professional circles? People hire people they don't like instead of people they do? If he's qualified then perhaps it's you who isn't his friend therefore you don't want to see him get hired!
If I could vote for Komando, I would, because he has demonstrated competency, ability, aptitude, and suitability for the position. That and if we stopped ALL development, that would negatively impact the county. Simply having someone in there who says NO all the time isn't what we need. I have trust in Komando to make the right decision.
Did anyone watch the three televised Interviews this morning?
KOMANDO wants to keep his private law practice and be our County Attorney? That dawg won't hunt.
Because he deals with a larger case load that means something negative? Some people like to work Slavin. They like a challenging life and like to think a lot and accomplish as much as possible. You can't identify with that?
Is Komamdo moral, sane, and qualified? Ok then. He's good and you should feel the same way considering that a good portion of the population doesn't meet those standards. Let's stop splitting hairs.
He can't handle three counties, and he demonstrated that yesterday when he left the SJC BOCC meeting for an extended period of time, and he was more focused on his phone than on our meetng. It's unprofessional to take on more clients than he can handle.
I was there and Komando seemed arrogant. Murphy is the swing vote.
That's not sufficient evidence that suggests he can't handle his duties. You don't know why he left the meeting and "focus on phone" is meaningless really. That's what people who work hard do. Like, sorry he couldn't meet your sensory or cosmetic expectations.
I agree. We need a County Attorney for our County. It is a full-time job. Waiting on KOMANDO's time records. Lavish salaries for a conflicted developer mouthpiece? No, thank you.
Ok well your perception isn't a good guide as we've seen on the other thread... asked for actual proof and evidence and given nothing but "I think so" which isn't. So people shouldn't support him because of your perception, and just in case that doesn't make a difference, bogus claims? By God if anything that might cause people to go ahead and support him if he's qualified. Don't you see how they've used things like that to gain support for Trump?
What is his salary and do you have proof and evidence that he has profited from a relationship with a developer?
"Pete" continues with ad hominems, nostrums and truth-twisting. "Pete" won't identify himself. Wonder why? I sign my name to what I write, including some 70 letters and columns in the St. Augustine Record. Why does "Pete" perseverate. And "why do the heathen rage?"
KOMANDO's salary for this County is some $216,000 year. That's a full-time job. But he works for other governments, too. No background check. No conflicts check. No application. Hired without an interview on the recommendation of rebarbative reprobate RONALD DION DeSANTIS appointee ROY ALYRE ALAIMO, Jr. who was defeated when he sought election. Three cheers for former highway patrolman Clay Murphy for defeating this empty suit.
What rough beasts would hire a County Attorney who never applied? Four (4) developer-funded County Commissioners hired KOMANDO without even an interview, application or background check. Two are gone. The two who remain wanted to keep KOMANDO. This is coup behavior.
KOMANDO is still a partner in a law firm.
You're getting subject and object confused again Slavin. Simply offer proof and evidence of hiring because friends instead of competence, experience, and credentials or just pile on the aggression with more bogus claims. God forbid you admit to yourself that you consider "because I thought it" to be proof and evidence.
So basically he makes $216,000 for working 3 jobs and you think he gets paid too much? What happened to saving the taxpayer money and "it's our money?" You'd rather see three different people make $216,000 in taxpayer money than just one?
So you're suggesting that people should work for either government or the private sector... but they can't do both because of the CHANCE of corruption? What prevents people from doing corrupt things in government even when they DO NOT also work in the private sector? How will preventing people from working in the private sector while they work in government prevent corruption? If an individual is corrupt then it would seem that it wouldn't matter what sort of restrictions were placed on them prior to entrance into anything.... they'll be corrupt regardless...or crooks in the private sector. If you can't put your finger on a specific corrupt act by a specific individual then there's no corruption.
Waiting on County documents on KOMANDO.
Perseverating "Pete" -- that's $216,000 for one job. KOMANDO has multiple employment. Organizational conflicts of interest. He still has a law firm. This stinks. Our other County Attorneys were full-time employees. As Thomas Jefferson said, "a public office is a public trust." KOMANDO is a walking conflict of interest. He was hired due to support from developers. No search. No convicts check. No respect for our Right to Know. ROY ALYRE ALAIMO, JR. was as cat's paw for developers, and he pushed for KOMANDO to be hired, starting KOMANDO was his "friend."
The new County Attorney's independence and integrity must be zealously protected with a County ethics ordinance and Ethics Commission, like in other counties. Conflicts of interest must be scrupulously guarded against. See, e.g.,United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co., 364 U.S. 520, 548 (1961)("the 'Dixon-Yates' case," involving TVA rivals' conflicts of interest in a proposed Memphis coal-fired powerplant), citing Matthew 6:24 -- "no [person] can serve two masters," holding that laws and rules preventing conflicts of interest are aimed "not only at dishonor but at conduct that tempts dishonor." All conflict of interest laws are based upon Matthew 6:24 ("A man cannot serve two masters"), which the unanimous Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Earl Warren deemed to be both a "moral principle" and a "maxim which is especially pertinent if one of the masters happens to be economic self-interest." We need a full-time County Attorney, not someone with other employment.
So you'd rather them pay three different people with taxpayer money than one? And the guy should ONLY be allowed to make taxpayer money? He should be limited in his ability to work and make money is what I understand your argument to be if I follow the reasoning and its effect.
"Pete" is a sock puppet, posting errant nonsense. Where did "Pete" get his law degree? In what peer-reviewed legal publications has "Pete" published? Where did "Pete" study ethics or evidence? His misleading statements are in defense of the indefensible. "Pete" began posting on this blog in defense of KOMANDO. Never posted before. Wonder why?
I agree that conflicts of interest should be guarded against, but you'll have to be specific in how that applies to Mr. Komando or any of the people who would like to obtain that job. You can't go restricting people's ability to work and acquire income outside of civic duties. That goes against freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. What's next... prohibition to prevent drunk driving?
👆 More fallacy in the absence of proof and evidence... and more bogus claims. Might have had a point but undermined it with bogus claims.
Two current Commissioners funded by developers who voted for KOMANDO wanted a "team player." Being a "team player" is not a bona fide occupational qualification in hiring a County Attorney.No "team players" are desired or required. "Team player" is freighted with the speech-chilling implication that one is willing to "go along to get along," say what management wants to hear, and do what one is told by managers, no matter what the ethics or legality of the situation. In the political corruption case of United States v. Salvatti, 451 F.Supp. 195, 197-98 (E.D. Pa. 1978), one witness testified that "when she complained to the Mayor about Mr. Carroll's pressure, and advised him that the proposed payment to the Sylks would be totally improper and probably illegal, the Mayor chided her for not being a team player." See also Fitzgerald v. Seamans, 384 F.Supp. 688,697n7 (D.D.C. 1974), affirmed, 553 F.2d 220, 224 (D.C. Cir. 1977), reversed, Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982); Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) (remarks of President Nixon et al. on need to fire heroic Department of Defense whistleblower A. Ernest Fitzgerald after he testified truthfully before Congress on C-5A transport cost overruns, with Nixon saying Mr. Fitzgerald was "not a team player"); Broderick v. Ruder, 685 F.Supp. 1269 (D.D.C. 1988)(sexual harassment at Securities and Exchange Commission); Tomsic v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co, 85 F.3d 1472, 1474 (10th Cir. 1996); Geddes v. Benefits Review Board, 735 F.2d 1412, 1416, 1420 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority considered workers' compensation claimant not a "team player"); Davis v. California, 1996 WL 271001 (E.D.Cal.1996); Schloesser v. Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment, 766 F.Supp. 984 (D. Kansas 1991); Stradford v. Rockwell International, 48 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 697, 49 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 38,828,1988 WL 159939 (S.D.Ohio); Seymour M. Hersh, "Annals of National Security: The Intelligence Gap -- How the digital age left our spies out in the cold," The New Yorker, December 6, 1999 at 58, 62.
"How trite," as my mother would say. Perseverating, sock puppet "Pete" has posted on only one (1) subject on this blog: RICHARD CHRISTIAN KOMANDO. Wonder why?
Trite my buttocks. I'm being more of a friend to you than anyone on that commission...as they have probably noticed what you do with some of the public records requests (use them to then turn around and make negative suggestions and assumptions that don't involve proof or evidence.) Simply put, you have an assumption, doesn't matter if you find out that your assumption isn't correct or find actual proof or evidence of it... you'll still make the claim. They aren't doing you any favors by letting you off the hook when you do that.
Inarticulate sock puppet "Pete" perseverates and refuses to identify himself. Obsessed.
Being a team player doesn't imply that they want someone corrupt and unethical. I think you're upset about past development to the point of irrationality and paranoia.
Name calling is proof and evidence for "hired because friends" and not because he can perform the job well? What's the point in me giving you my ID and meeting in public to discuss the issue? I'm just gonna ask for actual proof and evidence, you're still not gonna have it, and I'm gonna walk. Why would I waste gasoline on something like that?
Hold on. Pete just wrote that Komando "makes $216,000 for working 3 jobs." That is closer to what St. Johns County pays him. ($180,000 plus an hourly fee for additional work) Multiply that times THREE for three counties!! LOL At most, his firm would keep 30%. And don't forget any other clients he may have at the firm. Big oops Pete!!
Here Slavin, there are bigger fish to fry and and complain about. I've not seen you post about just how big a crook and grifter that Trump is... only threats to democracy and so on and so forth. Perhaps I missed it.
"People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago." https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/
No, Slavin said he makes whatever... the amount wasn't the point of my response. The point is that I asked him if he would rather see three people make $216K rather than one person. There is no "oops" other than you not understanding the point and Ed not giving answers to most of my questions. By all means come here and make a point of your own every now and then as well.
Pete can't admit he got anything wrong, no matter how obvious his error. Komando earns far more than $216,000 working for 3 counties. And yes, it would be better to see three different attorneys working for 3 counties rather than one trying to do the work of all three, and failing. Komando said in his interview he's adding an associate. So we'll get some unknown quantity if he's selected.
Ok troll. I can't get anything right but you can't tell me exactly how much he earns? Brilliant. I wasn't the one who pointed out his earnings so you should be saying that to Ed Slavin. Drink another bottle of wine.
Ed Slavin never said that was the salary for all three county attorney jobs. The fact that this arrogant, hate-filled attorney is tight with Komando is the scariest thing of all.
I didn't say he did! HE said it was for one attorney, and I asked him if he'd rather see more people get paid more money. Would he rather see three people make that much money rather than just one? If so...so much for "it's our money" and "small government" etc. You want three different people in there to "prevent corruption" then you're gonna pay three times more in this case. Proof and evidence for corruption as it sits is zero... only Ed wants to see perhaps a million dollars spent so he can sleep at night without paranoid delusions...or a chance to have a Democrat in there like that's gonna make a difference in North Florida.
Was prevaricating, perseverating, pitiful "Pete" born with a silver foot in his mouth?
What rough beasts want to keep Komando as County Attorney? Those who want clearcutting, lax regulations and lackadaisical leaders, that's who. Our Commissioners work for us, for a change. Say goodnight, graceless.
Now you're backing other people's bogus claims. You said he made X amount of money and I asked if you'd rather see three people make that amount. It's all here for people to read. That drunk said that I said something I didn't, then said that I said that you said something...but I didn't. That person can't follow a conversation and you're trying to play off that. That's pretty sad. Still no proof or evidence for hired because friends only playing off the comments of drunks.
Bogus claims sure aren't gonna oust the man. If anything that keeps people in place. Hand your keys into the DMV office and get you a prescription for some kind of pills.
Pete wrote: "So basically he makes $216,000 for working 3 jobs..." Then he claimed he made no mistake even though that is obviously a mistake.
There's a question mark on the comment that I made. Word for word, "So basically he makes $216,000 for working 3 jobs and you think he gets paid too much?" That's not me making a statement of fact. I'm asking him if that's the case and asking questions. The comment you just made where you quoted me didn't have a question mark did it? Have you been drinking this morning already?
That's a compound sentence consisting of a statement and a question. No one would interpret the first half of that sentence to be a question. The question mark follows "and you think..." Your alcohol accusations show how little faith you have in the validity of your arguments. Why don't you throw in cocaine and meth and see if that helps you?
He brought up the figure, I assumed it was correct and asked him a question with the information. And that's the end of it. And here you come adding really nothing to the conversation so.. yeah that along with your misunderstanding is why I suspected alcoholism. Not because I'm not confident in my argument... which is that he doesn't have actual proof or evidence for his claims. You show me where it is since you got involved.
Anyone following this can see that you refuse to own a mistake and you instead twist it into my "misunderstanding," so go ahead and have your last word as I'm sure you will.
No, you can't follow a conversation and fail to grasp the point of what you're reading. Plus you're just coming in here breaking people's balls over petty stuff that has nothing to do with anything... thinking that's going to discredit someone. Everyone sees that since you want to play that silly "i have imaginary people in my side" card. You've really made no point whatsoever here regarding the topic.
And you've made such insightful points!: "Hand your keys into the DMV office and get you a prescription for some kind of pills." All you have is insults revolving around substance abuse and mental illness. Project much?
Again, you're not saying much relevant to the topic only bashing me for shaming a guy who won't give evidence for his claims when asked. And he's called more names than I have! And you coming in here apparently drunk now playing the victim when call out your drunkenness? How about you just comment on the topic already? Stop wasting people's time with petty nonsense.
Who is "Pete?"
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