Wednesday, September 09, 2026

READ Ed Slavin letter to Clerk of Courts on Sheriff Hardwick allegedly calling residents "spoiled" over enhanced security




My September 9, 2026 e-mail to Clerk of Courts Brandon Patty's Records Management Director:

On Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 04:22:40 PM EDT, Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com> wrote:

Dear Mr. Shuler:
1. Wrong.

2. Sheriff Hardwick allegedly used the word "spoiled" to describe residents.  

3. Please redact the exempt portions of the documents and let me have his pejoratives. 

4. These are our documents.

5. This is our Courthouse.,

6. These are our elected officials 

7.  I've lived in St. Johns County since November 5, 1999.

8. I've seen and reported on corruption here and helped expose the City of St. Augustine's anti-Gay bigotry and dumping of a landfill in a lake.

9. Please don't ever again patronize me or talk down to me, Mr. Shuler.

10. Please provide a Vaughn index instanter.

11. This is America.  

12. My late Father helped to liberate the first French town from Hitler on D-Day, before the sun rose that day.  The South Jersey Chapter of the 82nd ABN DIVN ASSN, INC. is named for him, the "CPL EDWARD A. SLAVIN CHAPTER."

13, My Father taught me, as JFK's and RFK's and EMK's Father taught them, that you have to stand up to people with power or else they walk all over you.  EMK was my first boss, commencing on the day before my first
 class at Georgetown University -- I volunteered and walked in with a Navy SEAL, Terrence McShane. 

14. The St. Johns County Clerk of Courts abusing "security" as a crutch for concealing the Sheriff's pejoratives is overbroad and offensive. Please cease and desist. 

15. Florida Attorney General Special Counsel for Open Government Patricia Riste Gleason is available to mediate. 

16.  General Patricia Riste Gleason may be reached on 850-414-3973.  I left word for her to expect your call today.

Thank you!
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
(904) 377-4998


On Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 03:18:14 PM EDT, b19ca5eb-75aa-4221-841a-10a0fad9233c.StJohnsClerk@request.justfoia.com <b19ca5eb-75aa-4221-841a-10a0fad9233c.StJohnsClerk@request.justfoia.com> wrote:

Request Number: PRR-2026-3800
Submitted on: 09/04/2026
Description of records requested: EMAILED REQUEST || SUBJECT: Memos on Courthouse Security Enhancements || BODY: Dear Clerk Patty and Sheriff Hardwick: 1. Please send me PDFS of the documents on the second Courthouse security layer and any responses to it. 2. Please send me PDFs of Sheriff Hardwick's memo(s) on Courthouse Security attacking allegedly "spoiled" St. Johs County residents, along with all documents on its etiology, drafts, responses and apologies, if any there be. Thank you. With kindest regards, I am, Sincerely yours, Ed Slavin Box 3084 St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084 www.edslavin.com http://www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com http://www.staugustgreen.com (904) 377-4998


Mr. Slavin,

Please be advised that the type of public records that you are requesting to receive copies of are confidential and exempt from public disclosure pursuant to s. 119.071(3)(a), Fla. Stat.

As such, the St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller's Office is not authorized to disclose any responsive records to this request.

If you have any questions, please reply to this email.


Thank you,

Matt Shuler, FCRM
Records Management Director
St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller
4010 Lewis Speedway
St. Augustine, Florida 32084
Ph: 904-819-3600
Email: PRR@stjohnsclerk.com
Web: https://stjohnsclerk.com

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