tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39018484105655050882024-03-05T14:20:05.520-08:00Pensacola Newsletter 3Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-49052377552671990322021-08-01T07:32:00.000-07:002021-08-01T07:32:12.449-07:00<p> <a name="_Hlk78484248" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prepared on July 4, 2021</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><a name="_Hlk78484248"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">From: Mary Mead, 1</span>2525 Meadson Road, Pensacola, Florida 32506</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Sent to: </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Jason R. Coody </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt;">Esq., A</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">cting U.S. Attorney, Tallahassee Headquarters, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">111 North A</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">dams Street, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">4th Floor U.S. Courthouse, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Tallahassee, FL 32301</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Dear Mr. Coody</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I am a 77-year-old woman veteran, and am asking for your help.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">My late husband (of 39 years) and I are veterans and long-time residents of Pensacola – over 70 years each. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">City Officials have committed illegal/criminal actions, mostly felonies, against us since July 1, 1998, when we bought a business, an art gallery/antique shop hosting functions.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">We intended to operate the same business with the same classification and same use to augment our retirement.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">It is located in an historic property in Pensacola which was built in 1883 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">My husband and I relied on the Florida Officials, including Pensacola City Officials, to obey the laws that they are paid to obey and enforce.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">They refused.</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Pensacola City Officials consistently refuse to obey the U. S. Constitution, refuse to obey the Florida Constitution, refuse to obey Florida Laws, and refuse to obey Florida Construction Laws. They have kept our legally authorized business illegally closed down for 18 years out of the 23 years we have owned it.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">About a week after our purchase, Pensacola City Officials used the Certificate of Occupancy (CO) swindle apparently to defraud us and other citizens of Pensacola.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">They refused us the authorized operation of our</span> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">business for almost two years and, repeatedly, trespassed on our property, repeatedly stalked us, took pictures of our historic artifacts, and repeatedly </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">made illegal demands and false charges against us.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">They used extortion to force us to submit to their illegal demands that we pay to have all exterior historic artifacts (spindles, rails, shutter hardware, etc.) removed from the house and pay to have all interior walls and over mantels (8) removed which had been on the house for over 115 years.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">This was apparently to steal our historic artifacts since there was no legal reason to do so.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I repeatedly gave them a copy of the pertinent construction regulation.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">They refused to obey the law.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On November 23, 1998, in answer to my request, the Florida State Building Commission issued a Declarative Statement that our use of the house does not constitute a change of occupancy and that a Certificate of Occupancy is not required. They ruled in my favor. City Off</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">icials ignored the Florida Statutes concerning construction and ignored the decision by the Florida Building Commission which had determined that I was right.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I repeatedly reported the City Official's lawbreaking to Florida authorities (Escambia County Sheriff, State Attorney Golden, etc., all the way up to Governor Jeb Bush) they sided with those breaking the law. It appears that they made Pensacola a Sanctuary City for crime.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Finally, three City Council members (Rita Jones, Hugh King and Debra Thompson) stated that I was right and that City Officials had to stop their illegal/criminal demands, mostly felonies, which were harming property owners and their property, especially historic properties.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">On page 59 of the Pensacola City Council Minutes dated January 27, 2000: “COUNCIL MEMBER KING: I just want to say this is another one of those good situations where, you know, the citizens speak up. This has been – well, I guess I do need to compliment Ms. Mead for being very vigilant in kind of directing us to a point where we can all agree – and even she can even agree that the situation is much better.”</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I had finally publicly proven that I had been right through two years of illegal actions against my husband and me to include: grand theft of irreplaceable historic artifacts, illegal construction demands ($300,000.00) which took our life savings and put us deep in debt, constant harassment, stalking, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">extortion, false statements by City and State officials, illegal closing without a hearing which is required by the U.S. Constitution, threats of suing me </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">for libel, etc. Their actions also appear to constitute </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt;">detrimental reliance since it is reasonable to assume that Pensacola City Officials will not fabricate false requirements to steal private property. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">City Officials refused to make restitution for the harm they had done to us and our historic property.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">In fact, they appeared to seek vengeance on me for exposing their certificate of occupancy scam which they had used to trespass on every property in Pensacola and make illegal demands.</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The contractor, Mr. Miller, confessed to the Escambia County Contractor’s Competency Board Investigator to taking our property.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I repeatedly reported the contractor’s grand theft and the contractor’s confession to the Pensacola Police Department and their boss, City Manager Bonfield.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Pensacola Police Chief Potts refused to arrest the contractor and stated that he could keep our property, including the historic artifacts which were made specifically for our house in 1883.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">This is documented in the official Pensacola Police Department investigation which is located in Council Files, cityofpensacola.com, Memo dated 08/14/2000, Subj: 520 North Spring Street – Responses to Ms. Mary Mead’s Complaints. The official police report is printed on pages 24 to 32. Investigator Stone stated on page 25, “Miller states in the record he has some materials of Meads he is holding because Mead owes him money.”</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">All of this is illegal.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">We had submitted the contractor’s invoices to the Pensacola Police Department where he had signed them all “paid in full” because we had paid in full.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Even if we owed him money, which we didn’t, grand theft is not allowed, ever.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">If a contractor thinks he is owed money, he must file a mechanic’s lien, not steal.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The historic artifacts belong to us since we did not file for insurance but still own the property and want the items back.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The forests of wood they are made from are extinct and no craftsmen are around to recreate these important parts of our historic property.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">We cleaned up the mess City Officials and the contractor had left and won the award for best restored historic property in the North Hill Historic </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Preservation District for 2000 and were asked to be on the Tour of Historic Homes for 2000.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">We were finally allowed to operate our legally authorized business in May, 2000.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">We operated our business, as we were authorized, as an art gallery/antique shop and hosting functions.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Authorization can be found on line at the City of Pensacola website: see cityofpensacola.com, city </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">government, sunshine center, search available records, click on I </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">understand...Click on “02 council records,” enter 01/11/2001 in the to and from dates and enter “Mary Mead” in the keyword space, click find – page 6, third paragraph, second sentence, states, “The meads propose to use the structure for an art gallery, antiques, crafts and functions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Artists displayed their works in our gallery, we refurbished and sold beautiful antiques, and we had many successful functions.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Our contract called for no hard liquor, less than 100 attendees and all noise abated by the City specified time. My favorite functions were weddings for the young military personnel at the close-by Naval Air Station. I decorated the house with candles and flowers from my yard and charged only a nominal fee. The young couple and a few friends came, usually at dusk for the candlelight setting, and I performed the ceremony since I am authorized as a notary public. Afterward, they usually went for a nice dinner out. These were especially festive events.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Hurricane Ivan hit in September, 2004.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">We worked hard and were able to reopen our business in about a week.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Many wedding venues were closed so we offered our venue to couples who still wanted to marry at this time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">At 7:00 PM on March 19, 2005, out of nowhere, a police cruiser showed up during a wedding causing a disturbance with lights flashing and driving the wrong way on a one-way street. </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pensacola Police Officer loudly declared, in front of many witnesses, that we were not authorized to have functions and stated that our business was closed down. His statement was false and constituted slander. He did not have a single piece of paper or proof of due process of any kind, as required by the </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">United States Constitution – only a verbal demand that we close down. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">This was illegal. The fifth amendment of the United States Constitution </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">states that no one shall “</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt;">be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” We were illegally deprived the use of our property for income from our investment property. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;">I reported this illegal action to Pensacola City Manager Bonfield.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;">We had operated peacefully for almost five years. We had received no complaints or had incidents of any kind. I stated to him that we had been authorized </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;">by the Pensacola City Council, see above, to have functions and that functions had taken place at our location for 25 years, including the </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;">previous owner, with no complaints from City Officials, neighbors or clients. Mr. Bonfield refused to obey the U. S. Constitution and refused to lift the illegal prohibition on us operating our authorized business.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;">This happened the evening before City Officials announced in the Pensacola News Journal that they were going to build a forty-million-dollar Maritime Park at the end of our street.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">City Officials had again refused us the protection of the law and had violated our Constitutional rights. The Florida Constitution Article II Section 5, paragraph (1) requires each elected or appointed official to take an oath which includes “hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida.”</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Florida Statutes 876.09 Scope of law, and 876.10 states, “If any person required by the provisions of ss. 876.05-876.10 to execute the oath herein required executes such oath, and it is subsequently proven that at the time of the execution of said oath said individual was guilty of making a false statement in said oath, he or she shall be guilty of perjury.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Violating our Constitutional rights is especially egregious since my husband and I are both veterans and served our country to defend and protect the U. S. Constitution. My husband was an elderly veteran at the illegal closing. City Officials regularly refuse us our legitimate rights under the United States Constitution. In addition, City Officials appear to have committed perjury once again. </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Instead of due process, City Officials skipped to the punishment stage, illegally closing down our business.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Once again, I repeatedly reported the City Officials' illegal actions all the way to Governor Jeb Bush who was still in office, reporting also that we were an elderly veteran household and business and that our business was closed without due process which is illegal and appears to constitute elder abuse since my husband and equal partner in the property met the requirements for being elderly.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">This is covered in Florida Statutes 415.111 Criminal penalties. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Governor Jeb Bush had one of his people, Ms. Gilley, stall me until he was out of office.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">We repeatedly proved that we were authorized to hold functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>City Officials didn't apologize, rescind their illegal actions and stop the felonies against us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, they changed the false charges against us to other false charges. </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt;">On April 25, 2008, Mr. Thaddeus L. Cohen AIA, Director of the Pensacola Department of Community Development sent me an email changing the reason for our closing three years earlier on March 19, 2005.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt;">“That same connection {art gallery} is not apparent for weddings and other similar social functions which tend to have a large attendance and a greater requirement for the availability of off-street parking; and, therefore is not permitted.”</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">His statement is wrong and I replied on April 28, 2008: </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">“You seem to be confused as we comply with the law regarding parking.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sec. 12-3-1. Off-street parking spaces requirements.…….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(7) The number of off-street parking spaces provided for buildings constructed prior to October 13, 1994, shall be deemed in compliance with the requirements of this code, for as long as the same land use is maintained within the same building footprint.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our building was constructed in 1883 and was used from @1980 on as an art gallery/antique shop holding functions (documented in your records) where the previous owner had many social functions there, as part of her business, as I have previously indicated. There are no changes in the </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">building footprint (since initial construction in 1883) and the same land use </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">has been maintained at least since 1980. . .In addition to being grandfathered, our parking lot (off-street parking) exceeds 20 spaces and we are required, by current ordinance, to have only 14 spaces so we are doubly covered for parking authorization. In addition, there is designated, demarked on-street parking on both sides of Spring Street to accommodate over 100 parking spaces, within 500 feet of our building.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Cohen’s reference to a large attendance is false since we had put a limit of 100 in our contract for weddings since we didn’t want a large crowd </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">or alcohol in our beautiful building.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Cohen did not answer.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I sent a monthly email to Mr. Cohen requesting that he follow the United States </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Constitution and Pensacola Ordinances and lift the illegal prohibition on us operating our business as we were legally authorized.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">He did not answer any of these. I also sent a monthly email directly to his supervisor, Mr. Coby, requesting that he obey the law.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Coby never responded – only a response to my delivery notification request, each month, that the email was deleted without being read.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Year after year, I continued to request from Officials at City Hall, Escambia County Sheriff (Mr. Morgan) and the Governor of Florida (Mr. Crist and then Mr. Scott) that the illegal prohibition on me operating my legally authorized business be lifted so I could operate my business as legally authorized and earn an income from my investment property. All refused.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">On June 21, 2009, I became elderly as defined in Florida Statutes.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">City Officials mostly remained silent from this time on.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">It appeared that they had decided to stop communicating and would wait until we died since we were both elderly.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">My husband passed away from cancer on 5/5/2010.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">On Sep 9, 2010, it appears that the new Florida State Attorney, Mr. Bill Eddins, the Pensacola City Attorney, Mr. Wells, and Pensacola Community Development Department employee, Ms. Morris, conferred and discussed the answer Mr. Wells was going to send to Mr. Ramage of the FDLE regarding my reporting to FDLE, again, the illegal closing of our small business, an art gallery/antique shop holding functions, on March 19, 2005.</span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">It appears that they decided to send false statements and false charges about me to FDLE instead of the real facts. It appears the above individuals deliberately conspired to and, in fact, did lie to FDLE about me to guarantee that I remained closed down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, City Officials changed the false charges against us to other false charges.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I have enclosed the letter Mr. Wells wrote to Mr. Ramage and the letter Mr. Ramage wrote to me showing the false statements Mr. Wells made about me and the false statements Mr. Ramage made to me since he quoted from Mr. Wells’ letter and did not investigate the situation.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">On December 18, 2018, I reported the above illegal/criminal actions, mostly felonies, against me to our new Governor, Governor Ron DeSantis.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The reply on March 4, 2019, stated that I should get a lawyer.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">In my answer I stated:</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Florida Statutes covering the Executive Branch state in 14.01 </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Governor;…authority to protect life, liberty, and property…states </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">”The Governor may employ as many persons as he or she, in his or</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">her discretion, may deem necessary to procure and secure protection </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">to life, liberty, and property of the inhabitants of the state…” </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please show me where it states in the Florida Constitution that the Governor </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">of Florida cannot stop criminal actions against me, a law-</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">abiding widowed elderly woman veteran, who has repeatedly reported </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">these criminal actions (mostly felonies) to public officials, including law </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">enforcement, all the way up to each Florida Governor since </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">1998. Each Governor has refused to stop the Public Officials from</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">breaking the law and harming me, harming my late husband and </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">harming our historic property.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I have repeatedly reported the false charges against me and the illegal closing of our authorized business to our current Mayor, Mayor Grover C. Robinson IV.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">He refuses to lift the illegal prohibition of me operating my legally authorized business so I can earn an income from our investment property.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I have been paying all of the expenses for our business from our retirement since March 19, 2005.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Mayor Robinson stated that since I said I was right, (I said that the closing was illegal), I should open anyway.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">This made no sense to me and appeared to be entrapment or something like that.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I have received hundreds of letters from government officials from the Mayor to the Governor and all of them stand behind the illegal closing.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> None of them have agreed that I was right.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">As I stated above, I reported the City Official’s illegal/criminal actions against me to Governor DeSantis on December 18, 2018.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">His answer on March 4, 2019 was to get a lawyer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I again reported the City Official’s illegal/criminal actions against me to Governor DeSantis on August 5, 2019.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">His answer on August 7, 2019 was to get a lawyer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I again reported the City Official’s illegal/criminal actions against me to Governor DeSantis on August 29, 2019.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">He and/or his office never answered this reporting of apparent crimes against me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I reported three times that it is glaringly conspicuous that our current Public Officials are abusing their authority and refuse to obey the established laws. Refusing due process to elderly veterans, which both my late husband and I are, is especially egregious and should not be tolerated by Governor DeSantis or anyone. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">My late husband and I loved our historic building and worked hard to maintain our beautiful building.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Public Officials have used illegal/criminal actions, mostly felonies, to keep us from earning any income from our business for 16 years this time – since March 19, 2005.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Our beautiful building is falling into disrepair.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I need help.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0in 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr. <span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coody, I am asking you as Acting U.S. Attorney to </span>stop the crimes, mostly felonies, against me and my historic property.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mary Mead <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></p>Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-80992745032629807572021-08-01T07:14:00.000-07:002021-08-01T07:14:37.887-07:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><a name="_Hlk532663839"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><a name="_Hlk78484248"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><a name="_Hlk78484248"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Prepared on July 4, 2021</span></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><a name="_Hlk78484248"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">From: Mary Mead, 1</span>2525
Meadson Road, Pensacola, Florida 32506</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sent to: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jason
R. Coody </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Esq., A</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">cting U.S. Attorney, Tallahassee Headquarters, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">111 North A</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">dams Street, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">4th Floor U.S. Courthouse, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Tallahassee, FL 32301</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dear Mr. Coody</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I am a 77-year-old
woman veteran, and am asking for your help.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">My late husband (of 39 years) and I are veterans and long-time residents
of Pensacola – over 70 years each. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">City
Officials have committed illegal/criminal actions, mostly felonies, against us since
July 1, 1998, when we bought a business, an art gallery/antique shop hosting
functions.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We intended to operate
the same business with the same classification and same use to augment our
retirement.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is located in an historic
property in Pensacola which was built in 1883 and listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">My husband and I relied
on the Florida Officials, including Pensacola City Officials, to obey the laws
that they are paid to obey and enforce.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">They refused.</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Pensacola City Officials
consistently refuse to obey the U. S. Constitution, refuse to obey the Florida
Constitution, refuse to obey Florida Laws, and refuse to obey Florida
Construction Laws. They have kept our legally authorized business illegally
closed down for 18 years out of the 23 years we have owned it.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">About a week after our purchase, Pensacola City
Officials used the Certificate of Occupancy (CO) swindle apparently to defraud us
and other citizens of Pensacola.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">They
refused us the authorized operation of our</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">business
for almost two years and, repeatedly, trespassed on our property, repeatedly stalked us, took pictures of our historic artifacts, and repeatedly </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">made
illegal demands and false charges against us.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">They used extortion to force us to submit to their illegal demands that
we pay to have all exterior historic artifacts (spindles, rails, shutter
hardware, etc.) removed from the house and pay to have all interior
walls and over mantels (8) removed which had been on the house for over 115
years.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This was apparently to steal our
historic artifacts since there was no legal reason to do so.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I repeatedly gave them a copy of the
pertinent construction regulation.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">They
refused to obey the law.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
November 23, 1998, in answer to my request, the Florida State Building
Commission issued a Declarative Statement that our use of the house does not
constitute a change of occupancy and that a Certificate of Occupancy is not
required. They ruled in my favor. City
Off</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">icials ignored the Florida Statutes concerning
construction and ignored the decision by the Florida Building Commission which
had determined that I was right.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I
repeatedly reported the City Official's lawbreaking to Florida authorities
(Escambia County Sheriff, State Attorney Golden, etc., all the way up to
Governor Jeb Bush) they sided with those breaking the law. It appears that they
made Pensacola a Sanctuary City for crime.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Finally,
three City Council members (Rita Jones, Hugh King and Debra Thompson) stated
that I was right and that City Officials had to stop their illegal/criminal
demands, mostly felonies, which were harming property owners and their
property, especially historic properties.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">On page 59 of the Pensacola City Council Minutes dated January 27, 2000:
“COUNCIL MEMBER KING: I just want to say this is another one of those good
situations where, you know, the citizens speak up. This has been – well, I
guess I do need to compliment Ms. Mead for being very vigilant in kind of
directing us to a point where we can all agree – and even she can even agree
that the situation is much better.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I had
finally publicly proven that I had been right through two years of illegal
actions against my husband and me to include: grand theft of irreplaceable
historic artifacts, illegal construction demands ($300,000.00) which took our
life savings and put us deep in debt, constant harassment, stalking, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">extortion,
false statements by City and State officials, illegal closing without a hearing
which is required by the U.S. Constitution, threats of suing me </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">for
libel, etc. Their actions also appear to
constitute </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">detrimental reliance since it is reasonable to
assume that Pensacola City Officials will not fabricate false requirements to
steal private property. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">City Officials refused to make restitution for the
harm they had done to us and our historic property.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In fact, they appeared to seek vengeance on
me for exposing their certificate of occupancy scam which they had used to
trespass on every property in Pensacola and make illegal demands.</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The contractor, Mr. Miller, confessed to the
Escambia County Contractor’s Competency Board Investigator to taking our
property.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I repeatedly reported the
contractor’s grand theft and the contractor’s confession to the Pensacola
Police Department and their boss, City Manager Bonfield.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Pensacola Police Chief Potts refused to
arrest the contractor and stated that he could keep our property, including the
historic artifacts which were made specifically for our house in 1883.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This is documented in the official Pensacola
Police Department investigation which is located in Council Files,
cityofpensacola.com, Memo dated 08/14/2000, Subj: 520 North Spring Street –
Responses to Ms. Mary Mead’s Complaints. The official police report is printed
on pages 24 to 32. Investigator Stone stated on page 25, “Miller states in the
record he has some materials of Meads he is holding because Mead owes him
money.”</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">All of this is illegal.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We had submitted the contractor’s invoices to
the Pensacola Police Department where he had signed them all “paid in full”
because we had paid in full.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Even if we
owed him money, which we didn’t, grand theft is not allowed, ever.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">If a contractor thinks he is owed money, he
must file a mechanic’s lien, not steal.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The
historic artifacts belong to us since we did not file for insurance but still
own the property and want the items back.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The forests of wood they are made from are extinct and no craftsmen are
around to recreate these important parts of our historic property.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We cleaned up the mess City Officials and the
contractor had left and won the award for best restored historic property in
the North Hill Historic </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Preservation District for 2000 and were asked to
be on the Tour of Historic Homes for 2000.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We were finally allowed to operate our legally authorized business in
May, 2000.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We operated our business, as we were authorized,
as an art gallery/antique shop and hosting functions.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Authorization can be found on line at the
City of Pensacola website: see cityofpensacola.com, city </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">government, sunshine center, search available
records, click on I </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">understand...Click on “02 council records,”
enter 01/11/2001 in the to and from dates and enter “Mary Mead” in the keyword
space, click find – page 6, third paragraph, second sentence, states, “The
meads propose to use the structure for an art gallery, antiques, crafts and
functions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Artists displayed their works in our gallery, we
refurbished and sold beautiful antiques, and we had many successful functions.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Our contract called for no hard liquor, less
than 100 attendees and all noise abated by the City specified time. My favorite
functions were weddings for the young military personnel at the close-by Naval
Air Station. I decorated the house with candles and flowers from my yard and
charged only a nominal fee. The young couple and a few friends came, usually at
dusk for the candlelight setting, and I performed the ceremony since I am
authorized as a notary public. Afterward, they usually went for a nice dinner
out. These were especially festive events.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hurricane Ivan hit in September, 2004.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We worked hard and were able to reopen our
business in about a week.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Many wedding
venues were closed so we offered our venue to couples who still wanted to marry
at this time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">At 7:00 PM on March 19, 2005, out of nowhere, a
police cruiser showed up during a wedding causing a disturbance with
lights flashing and driving the wrong way on a one-way street. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Pensacola Police Officer loudly declared, in front of many witnesses, that we
were not authorized to have functions and stated that our business
was closed down. His statement was false and constituted slander. He did not have a single piece of
paper or proof of due process of any kind, as required by the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">United States Constitution – only
a verbal demand that we close down.
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This was illegal. The fifth amendment of the United States
Constitution </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">states that no one
shall “</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law.” We were illegally deprived
the use of our property for income from our investment property. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I reported this illegal action to Pensacola
City Manager Bonfield.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We had operated
peacefully for almost five years. We had received no complaints or
had incidents of any kind. I stated to him that we had been authorized </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">by the Pensacola City Council, see
above, to have functions and that functions had taken place
at our location for 25 years, including the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">previous owner, with no complaints
from City Officials, neighbors or clients. Mr. Bonfield refused to obey
the U. S. Constitution and refused to lift the illegal prohibition on us
operating our authorized business.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This happened the evening before
City Officials announced in the Pensacola News Journal that they were going to
build a forty-million-dollar Maritime Park at the end of our street.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">City Officials had again refused us the
protection of the law and had violated our Constitutional rights. The
Florida Constitution Article II Section 5, paragraph (1) requires each elected
or appointed official to take an oath which includes “hereby solemnly swear or
affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the
State of Florida.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Florida Statutes
876.09 Scope of law, and 876.10 states, “If any person required by the
provisions of ss. 876.05-876.10 to execute the oath herein required executes
such oath, and it is subsequently proven that at the time of the execution of
said oath said individual was guilty of making a false statement in said oath,
he or she shall be guilty of perjury.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Violating our Constitutional rights is
especially egregious since my husband and I are both veterans and served our
country to defend and protect the U. S. Constitution. My husband was an elderly veteran at the
illegal closing. City
Officials regularly refuse us our legitimate rights under the United
States Constitution. In addition, City Officials appear to have committed
perjury once again. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Instead of due process, City Officials
skipped to the punishment stage, illegally closing down our business.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Once
again, I repeatedly reported the City Officials' illegal actions all
the way to Governor Jeb Bush who was still in office, reporting also that
we were an elderly veteran household and business and that our business was
closed without due process which is illegal and appears to constitute elder
abuse since my husband and equal partner in the property met the requirements
for being elderly.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This is covered in
Florida Statutes 415.111 Criminal penalties. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Governor
Jeb Bush had one of his people, Ms. Gilley, stall me until he was
out of office.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">We repeatedly proved that we were authorized to hold
functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>City Officials didn't
apologize, rescind their illegal actions and stop the felonies against us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, they changed the false charges against
us to other false charges. </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">On April 25,
2008, Mr. Thaddeus L. Cohen AIA, Director of the Pensacola Department of
Community Development sent me an email changing the reason for our closing
three years earlier on March 19, 2005.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">“That same connection {art gallery} is not apparent for weddings and
other similar social functions which tend to have a large attendance and a
greater requirement for the availability of off-street parking; and, therefore
is not permitted.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">His statement is
wrong and I replied on April 28, 2008: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">“You seem to be
confused as we comply with the law regarding parking.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sec. 12-3-1.
Off-street parking spaces requirements.…….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(7) The number of
off-street parking spaces provided for buildings constructed prior to October
13, 1994, shall be deemed in compliance with the requirements of this code, for
as long as the same land use is maintained within the same building footprint.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our building was
constructed in 1883 and was used from @1980 on as an art gallery/antique shop holding
functions (documented in your records) where the previous owner had many social
functions there, as part of her business, as I have previously indicated. There
are no changes in the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">building
footprint (since initial construction in 1883) and the same land use </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">has been
maintained at least since 1980. . .In addition to being grandfathered, our
parking lot (off-street parking) exceeds 20 spaces and we are required, by
current ordinance, to have only 14 spaces so we are doubly covered for parking
authorization. In addition, there is designated, demarked on-street parking on
both sides of Spring Street to accommodate over 100 parking spaces, within 500
feet of our building.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Cohen’s
reference to a large attendance is false since we had put a limit of 100 in our
contract for weddings since we didn’t want a large crowd </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">or alcohol in our
beautiful building.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Cohen did not
answer.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I sent a monthly email to Mr.
Cohen requesting that he follow the United States </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Constitution and
Pensacola Ordinances and lift the illegal prohibition on us operating our
business as we were legally authorized.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He did not answer any of these. I also sent a monthly email directly to
his supervisor, Mr. Coby, requesting that he obey the law.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Coby never responded – only a response to
my delivery notification request, each month, that the email was deleted
without being read.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Year after year,
I continued to request from Officials at City Hall, Escambia County Sheriff (Mr.
Morgan) and the Governor of Florida (Mr. Crist and then Mr. Scott) that the
illegal prohibition on me operating my legally authorized business be lifted so
I could operate my business as legally authorized and earn an income from my
investment property. All refused.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">On June 21, 2009, I became elderly as defined in
Florida Statutes.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">City Officials mostly
remained silent from this time on.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It
appeared that they had decided to stop communicating and would wait until we
died since we were both elderly.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">My
husband passed away from cancer on 5/5/2010.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">On Sep 9, 2010, it appears that the new Florida State Attorney, Mr.
Bill Eddins, the Pensacola City Attorney, Mr. Wells, and Pensacola Community
Development Department employee, Ms. Morris, conferred and discussed the answer
Mr. Wells was going to send to Mr. Ramage of the FDLE regarding my reporting to
FDLE, again, the illegal closing of our small business, an art gallery/antique
shop holding functions, on March 19, 2005.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">It appears that they decided to send false statements and false
charges about me to FDLE instead of the real facts. It appears the above
individuals deliberately conspired to and, in fact, did lie to FDLE about me to
guarantee that I remained closed down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Once again, City Officials changed the false charges against us to other
false charges. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I have enclosed
the letter Mr. Wells wrote to Mr. Ramage and the letter Mr. Ramage wrote to me
showing the false statements Mr. Wells made about me and the false statements
Mr. Ramage made to me since he quoted from Mr. Wells’ letter and did not
investigate the situation.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">On December 18,
2018, I reported the above illegal/criminal actions, mostly felonies, against
me to our new Governor, Governor Ron DeSantis.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The reply on March 4, 2019, stated that I should get a lawyer.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In my answer I stated:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Florida Statutes covering the Executive
Branch state in 14.01 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Governor;…authority to protect life, liberty,
and property…states </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">”The Governor may employ as many persons as he
or she, in his or</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">her discretion, may deem necessary to procure
and secure protection </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">to life, liberty, and property of the
inhabitants of the state…” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please show me where it states in the
Florida Constitution that the Governor </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">of Florida cannot stop criminal
actions against me, a law-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">abiding widowed elderly woman veteran,
who has repeatedly reported </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">these criminal actions (mostly felonies) to
public officials, including law </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">enforcement, all the way up to each
Florida Governor since </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1998. Each Governor has refused to
stop the Public Officials from</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">breaking the law and harming me,
harming my late husband and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">harming our historic property.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I have repeatedly
reported the false charges against me and the illegal closing of our authorized
business to our current Mayor, Mayor Grover C. Robinson IV.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He refuses to lift the illegal prohibition of
me operating my legally authorized business so I can earn an income from our
investment property.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I have been paying
all of the expenses for our business from our retirement since March 19,
2005.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mayor Robinson stated
that since I said I was right, (I said that the closing was illegal), I should
open anyway.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This made no sense to me
and appeared to be entrapment or something like that.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I have received hundreds of letters from
government officials from the Mayor to the Governor and all of them stand
behind the illegal closing.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> None of them have agreed that I was right.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">As I stated above, I reported the City
Official’s illegal/criminal actions against me to Governor DeSantis on December
18, 2018.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">His answer on March 4, 2019
was to get a lawyer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I again reported
the City Official’s illegal/criminal actions against me to Governor DeSantis on
August 5, 2019.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">His answer on August 7,
2019 was to get a lawyer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I again reported
the City Official’s illegal/criminal actions against me to Governor DeSantis on
August 29, 2019.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He and/or his office
never answered this reporting of apparent crimes against me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I reported three
times that it is glaringly conspicuous that our current Public
Officials are abusing their authority and refuse to obey the established
laws. Refusing due process to elderly veterans, which both my late
husband and I are, is especially egregious and should not be tolerated by
Governor DeSantis or anyone. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">My late husband
and I loved our historic building and worked hard to maintain our beautiful
building.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Public Officials have used
illegal/criminal actions, mostly felonies, to keep us from earning any income
from our business for 16 years this time – since March 19, 2005.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Our beautiful building is falling into
disrepair.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I need help.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr. <span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coody, I am
asking you as Acting U.S. Attorney to </span>stop the crimes, mostly felonies,
against me and my historic property.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mary Mead <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk532663839;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-39553302801003352312015-09-11T08:20:00.000-07:002015-09-11T08:39:57.820-07:00EMAIL FROM ME TO THE AUTHOR OF "RENAISSANCE MAYOR" AND THE STAFF AT HUFFINGTON POST<div>
Below is a copy of the email I sent to Ms. Warner, the author of <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Renaissance Mayor, and Huffington Post staff </span>regarding my experiences with and knowledge of Mayor Ashton Hayward</div>
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<span style="color: #0066cc;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Warner, my late husband and I own an historic property, built in 1884, in the North Hill Preservation District which has been used as an art gallery/antique shop holding functions since 1980, including the previous owners (over 25 years). </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">On March 19, 2005, City Officials used the Pensacola Police Department to close our legally authorized business down – without prior notice and without due process. The closing Police Officer closed our business during a wedding and said that we were not authorized to have functions. I told him that we were officially authorized to have functions (recorded in City records online – easy to check). He said we were closed anyway and that was that. This was the day before City Officials announced in the Sunday newspaper that they were going to build a forty-million-dollar Maritime Park at the end of our street. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">The United States Constitution, Amendment 5, requires due process in this situation. City Officials gave no prior warning or had any kind of a hearing where we could have pointed out that we were authorized to have functions. City Officials were in violation of our Constitutional rights and were required to cease and desist. They refused. City Officials (Mayor Hayward, his City Administrator) and City Council Members (including all current members) I have contacted about this apparent illegal/criminal action refuse to honor our constitutional rights in violation of the Florida State Constitution. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The Florida Constitution Article II Section 5, paragraph (1) requires each elected or appointed official to take an oath which includes “hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida.”<br />. . .<br />876.09 Scope of law.—<br />(1) The provisions of ss. 876.05-876.10 shall apply to all employees and elected officers of the state, including the Governor and constitutional officers and all employees and elected officers of all cities, towns, counties, and political subdivisions, including the educational system.<br /> (2) This act shall take precedence over all laws relating to merit, and of civil service law.<br /> History.—ss. 5, 7, ch. 25046, 1949.<br /> 876.10 False oath; penalty.—If any person required by the provisions of ss. 876.05-876.10 to execute the oath herein required executes such oath, and it is subsequently proven that at the time of the execution of said oath said individual was guilty of making a false statement in said oath, he or she shall be guilty of perjury.<br /> History.—s. 6, ch. 25046, 1949; s. 1141, ch. 71-136; s. 1415, ch. 97-102.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">It appears that each elected or appointed official who refuses to stop the violation of our rights is refusing to support the Constitution of the United States and is committing perjury. This includes City Officials (especially Mayor Hayward), all members of the Pensacola City Council, law enforcement agencies and other Florida State Agencies (including Governor Scott) I have contacted. I have repeatedly informed these individuals that they are in violation of the law and must lift the illegal prohibition on us operating as we were legally authorized. They refuse. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Our business had operated, including the previous owner, at the same location – for over 25 years - with no complaints from City Officials, neighbors, or clients . We have been illegally closed down for over 10 years when we have never been in violation of any rule or regulation. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were law-abiding citizens, paying our taxes on time, keeping our property up and dutifully obeying Pensacola Ordinances. City Officials refusing us our constitutional rights is especially egregious since my late husband and I are veterans and served our country to defend and protect the United States Constitution and yet Government Officials refuse us our legitimate rights under the United States Constitution. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have been denied the legal income from our legally authorized business/commercial property and our historic building, which my late husband and I lovingly restored (we were awarded the honor of being the best restored historic property in 2000). Our beautiful house is again falling into disrepair due to the apparent illegal/criminal actions against us on the part of City Officials. Even without income from our investment downtown, we were able to keep the property up for 5 years after the illegal closing but it has been much harder since my husband’s death in 2010. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">I have received code enforcement citations twice, now (September, 2015) and last year. I worked hard last year to meet the enforcement deadline and suffered compression fractures in two vertebrae – I had spinal surgery in November, 2014, to ease the pain. We never had a citation when we were earning an income from our property or for the first 5 years after. I have written code enforcement and asked that they help remove the illegal prohibition on us operating as authorized so I can earn an income on our investment property and afford to keep our property up. They refuse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">It appears that City Officials have made false charges and false statements, regarding this matter to the Florida State Attorney, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI, which is a serious matter. City Officials have libeled, defamed and degraded me in an effort to excuse their apparent illegal/criminal actions and these agencies, in turn, have libeled, defamed and degraded me based on the false charges and false statements of City Officials. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Example: On Sep 9, 2010, it appears that Florida State Attorney, Mr. Bill Eddins, the Pensacola City Attorney, Mr. Wells, and Pensacola Community Development Department employee, Ms. Morris conferred and discussed the answer Mr. Wells was going to send to Mr. Ramage of the FDLE regarding my reporting to FDLE, again, the illegal closing of our small business, an art gallery/antique shop holding functions, on March 19, 2005. It appears that they decided to present false statements and false charges about us to FDLE instead of the real facts: we were authorized many times (latest in 2000 and in 2001) to hold functions, we operated in compliance with all rules and regulations, we were illegally closed down by the Pensacola Police Department on March 19, 2005, etc. I have repeatedly asked Mayor Hayward to lift the illegal prohibition on us operating as we were legally authorized but he refused and to correct the false charges filed against us with FDLE, Governor Scott, etc. but he refuses. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">I currently have three blogs on the situation. <a href="http://pensacolanewsletter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Pensacolanewsletter.blogspot.<wbr></wbr></span>com</a> is a chronological listing of our experiences downtown, <a href="http://pensacolanewsletter2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">pensacolanewsletter2.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</a>, and <a href="http://pensacolanewsletter3.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">pensacolanewsletter3.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</a> contain documentation. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><a href="http://pensacolanewsletter2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Pensacolanewsletter2.blogspot.<wbr></wbr></span>com</a> contains the Pensacola City Attorney’s email containing false charges to the FDLE General Counsel’s and the FDLE General Counsel’s letter to me quoting the false charges and statements follow to me so anyone should be able to clearly see the level of lies told to and about me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mayor Hayward, other City Officials and the Pensacola City Council appear to believe that obeying the United States Constitution is optional instead of the serious matter that it is. City Officials routinely abuse their authority by harassing, slandering, persecuting, and lying about law-abiding citizens. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222;">Ms. Warner, you said that Mayor Hayward has tackled some of the "big issues" and so on. Sadly, that is incorrect. </span><span style="color: black;">Mayor Hayward refuses to attend City Council Meetings, refuses to meet with or talk to me on the phone regarding the illegal actions against us, and appears to be cultivating a culture of corruption. He hires his friends in high administrative positions who don’t appear to be qualified, and on and on.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Example: Mayor Hayward hired a City Administrator, Ms. Tamara Fountain, that he said, had an MBA. After the City Administrator confounded us by senseless mistakes, she resigned. It was discovered that she did not have even a BA but had dropped out of college almost immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Example: Mayor Hayward then hired Mr. Eric Olson as the City administrator. Mr. Olson targeted a homeowners’ association president (Melanie Nichols) for punishment because she had pointed out that an approved land deal was not legal. Mr. Olson called her boss ( a local Naval Officer) and tried to get her fired. After this episode was exposed, Mayor Hayward, said he would not chastise or fire Mr. Olson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The president of the North Hill Preservation Association seemed personally hurt by Mayor Hayward, who on Monday let it be known he had no intention of taking any action against his city administrator following an incident that has been described as “chilling,” “beyond the pale,” and last night, “heinous.”</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">“I will never speak to him again,” Nichols said. “I have no respect for him.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Unfortunately, many of us who try to make Pensacola better by pointing out apparent illegal/criminal actions of City Officials are targeted. I have been gaveled down in City Council Meetings, lied to and lied about in City Council Meetings and lied about in reports to FDLE, the Governor, etc. </span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">City Officials illegally use force, coercion and intimidation (such as an illegal Police Department closing) against us. City Officials use especially sadistic and destructive actions to harm us, our historic property, our retirement and bank accounts and the livelihood of our entire family. All of these actions are clearly in violation of our rights under the United States Constitution.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Mayor Hayward was elected in 2010. In March 26 2014, Movoto Real Estate on Facebook published </span><a href="http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/dangerous-small-cities/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The 10 Most Dangerous Small Cities In America</span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">. They studied 234 small cities and Pensacola was the 6</span><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;"> most dangerous small city in America. I can attest to that fact. Mayor Hayward was in charge. The blog received 1,478,851 views the last time I checked. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Many of us are veterans or even active duty military personnel. We are forced to live without our rights under the United States Constitution on a regular basis. It appears that those in charge, including Mayor Hayward, refuse to let us live in America but we are forced to live under their rule which is un-American. </span></div>
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Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-24274133708858149592014-12-07T09:26:00.003-08:002014-12-07T09:27:20.859-08:00IT APPEARS THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS DEAD IN PENSACOLA<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Originally
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</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It appears the United States Constitution
is dead in Pensacola, Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pensacola
Officials have taken actions against me and my husband which have caused us
great harm and which are forbidden by the Constitution. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government officials, all the way up to the
President, to whom we have reported the violation of and contempt for our Constitution<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">,</b> have refused to correct this matter.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As we all know, the United States
Constitution, c</span>reated in 1787,<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">
is a written document executed by representatives of the people of the United
States as the absolute rule of action and decision for all branches and
officers of the government, and with which all subsequent laws and ordinances
must be in accordance unless the Constitution has been changed by a
constitutional amendment by the authority that created it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Constitution is the supreme law of the
land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Fifth Amendment (the due process clause) states that the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">government may not deprive citizens of “life, liberty, or
property” without due process of law. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The guarantee of </span><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/due_process"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">due process</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for all citizens requires the government to respect all
rights, guarantees, and protections afforded by the Constitution and all
applicable statutes before the government can deprive a person of life,
liberty, or property. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, the
Constitution clearly states that due process must be part of any proceeding
that denies a citizen “life, liberty or property.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
protection helps to ensure </span><a href="http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/americapedia/civic-values/justice/" title="Americapedia – Justice | Bill of Rights Institute"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">justice</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The government has to follow rules
and established procedures in everything it does that affects a person’s life,
liberty or property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Pensacola City
Officials, for example, decided to close an individual’s properly authorized
business, which was operating strictly as authorized, by sending a Pensacola Police
Officer to the business to close it down without following due process -
specifically the official rules previously set up and published in the
Pensacola Code of City Ordinances - to close a properly authorized business, such
an action would be illegal, unethical, and most importantly un-American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The official Pensacola City
Ordinance process on closing an authorized business included a verbal warning,
a written notification, including specific evidence that the owners were in
violation of Pensacola City Codes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A hearing
is required where the owners can show they are not in violation of regulations
if they are not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the government finds
the owners are in violation, a punishment is proscribed (subject to appeal) appropriate
to the violation until the violation is corrected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There is <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">no exemption for Pensacola City Officials from Constitutional
requirements yet the </span>Pensacola City Officials illegally and deliberately
violated the due process required by the Constitution and the process laid out
in Pensacola City Ordinances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pensacola
City Officials skipped to the punishment stage - the sentence: the complete
closing of our authorized business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pensacola City Officials used bullying<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">,</b> and intimidation by using a Pensacola Police Officer to close
down our legally authorized business instead of going through the Constitutionally-required
due process procedure to deprive us of the use of our business property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pensacola City Officials stopped the income
from our legally authorized business immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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One minute we owned and operated an
authorized, peaceful business and the next, our business was completely closed
down by the Pensacola Police Department without due process to take the authorized
use of our property away from us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 1998, my husband and I bought an
art gallery/antique shop, which held functions, which had been in operation,
with no complaints, for approximately 20 years, at the same location in an
historic building (built in 1883).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
we restored the historic building (we won best restored house in 2000),
Pensacola Department Heads (May, 2000) and the Pensacola City Council
officially authorized us to operate as before on January 11, 2001.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The documentation is available on-line at the
city website, ci.pensacola.fl.us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
received many compliments for the way we maintained the property and grounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had operated, peacefully, for
almost 5 years when Pensacola City Officials sent a Pensacola Police Officer, in
violation of due process, to our properly authorized business at 7:00 P.M. on
March 19, 2005, Saturday, during a wedding, to close the business down since,
as the Police Officer quoted we were “not authorized to have functions.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">City Officials issued no prior verbal
notification of a violation, no written notification, including specific
evidence, of any violation, and no hearing where we could show that we were not
in violation since we had been officially authorized to hold functions by
Department Heads, by the City Manager, Mr. Bonfield, and by unanimous approval of
the Pensacola City Council in January, 2001. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next day, we called the
Pensacola Police Department’s desk sergeant (on Sunday, March 20, 2005) and
stated that we were authorized to hold functions but that a Police Officer had
closed our business down without due process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The desk sergeant said that if we held functions, a Police Officer would
be dispatched and we would be charged with committing a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Monday, we contacted the Department
Head of Neighborhood Services and the City Manager (Mr. Bonfield, who had
recommended approval of our business in January, 2001) and reported the
violation of due process required by the Constitution and reminded both that we
had been officially authorized to operate our business as we were doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both said that we were closed down and that
was that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We contacted each member of the
Pensacola City Council and reported the illegal closing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five of the ten members had been on the City
Council in 2001 when all members had voted for approval.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All City Council Members refused to lift the
illegal sentence placed on us without due process, in violation of the
constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From that time until the
present, we have repeatedly contacted each member of the City Council and all
have refused to lift the permanent illegal sentence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the years, we have repeatedly contacted
each Pensacola Police Chief (Chief Jerry Potts, Chief John Mathis and Chief Chip
Simmons) and all have refused to lift the permanent illegal sentence placed on
us, without due process and without equal protection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We repeatedly contacted City Manager
Bonfield and asked him to lift the permanent illegal sentence placed on us as
it was in violation of the requirements of the Constitution. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Bonfield refused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Bonfield also stated that functions were
not permitted in our zone, PR2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
other venues in PR2 which held functions were allowed to remain open and held
functions at will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This was in violation of the </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment of the U.S.
Constitution</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Incorporation"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="The__promise__of__legality_and_fair_proc"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_an_overview"></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, which </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">prohibits states
from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws. In other words, the laws of a state must treat an individual in the same
manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pensacola City Officials acted in violation
of the Constitution in regard to equal protection of the laws as our venue
holding functions was the only one closed down in PR2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I repeatedly reported these violations of the Constitution and apparent
illegal/criminal actions against us to the Florida State Governors:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Charlie Crist and
Governor Rick Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though
Governor Scott’s motto appears to be “Let’s get to work” his refusal to lift
the illegal prohibition on us operating as we were authorized has kept us and
many others from working to make an income.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Individuals who booked functions through our business hired many
vendors:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>caterers, photographers, disk
jockeys, limo drivers, florists, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
maintaining<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our building and grounds, we
hired a lawn service, maintenance men, painters, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Governor Scott’s motto appears to mean
nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I have continued
to request that Pensacola City Officials, currently Mayor Hayward and Mr.
Messer, lift the permanent illegal sentence of the closing our business without
due process or equal protection required by the Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All have refused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Pensacola City Officials gave a reason
for closing our authorized business, no Conditional Use (2005), and I countered
with the reason we were legal, we were grandfathered and officially authorized
by the Pensacola City Council (January, 2001). Then Pensacola City Officials stated
a new reason (on April 25, 2008) for closing our business three (3) years
earlier (on March 19, 2005), not enough parking, and I countered with the
reason we were legal, our parking was grandfathered to 1994 and, in addition,
we exceeded current requirements (January, 2001).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The newest reason for closing our legally
authorized business, five (5) years earlier, was that we were violating
Conditional Use (2010) and I countered with the reason we were legal - we didn’t
have a Conditional Use (January, 2001).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This is the 10<sup>th</sup>
year of the illegal closing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
permanent punishment or sentence was placed on us without due process and
without equal protection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears the
sentence will continue until I sell the property that I don’t want to sell, or
until I die (I’m over 70).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">During the withholding
of our Constitutional rights, my husband of 39 years passed away (cancer)
without us being able to reopen our business even though he hoped to recover
and hoped we would be able to reopen. Our granddaughter is a gifted artist and
has been accepted by the Savannah College of Art Design (SCAD) but I cannot
help her save for the expensive tuition by displaying her works for sale since
we are indefinitely, illegally closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since I am not allowed to earn income from my business, I cannot afford
to contribute to her tuition and can barely manage on just my retirement
pension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I paid the yearly property tax
of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$5,780.94</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> but I am
refused the operation of my business as legally authorized and am refused the
law enforcement services of two of the agencies this pays for:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Pensacola Police Department and the
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We invested our
life savings and our income from this property for years to restore this
beautiful historic building and operate our business but apparent corruption on
the part of public officials illegally took the use of our property, as
officially authorized, and, therefore, our income, away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result, our beautiful building and
grounds have fallen into disrepair and lack of maintenance since City Officials are still depriving us of our right to use our
property and benefit from the use of that property.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">All government officials, upon appointment or election, have taken an
oath to obey the United States Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All government officials I have contacted have refused to honor this
Oath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially noteworthy since
Pensacola is a military town filled with active duty, retired military and
veterans, such as my husband and myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of us who served also took an oath to protect and defend the
Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of our friends and
co-workers died in defending our Country and the Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is offensive to us to see the City
Officials blatantly violate the Constitution. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-41923182431905109772014-12-07T09:21:00.000-08:002014-12-07T09:22:10.484-08:00Open Letter to Mayor Hayward, Mr. Messer, City Attorney, and all City Council Members<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Originally
posted on </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wednesday,
January 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">TO:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mayor
Ashton J. Hayward, Mr. James M. Messer (City Attorney), </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Councilman P. C. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wu, Councilwoman Jewel
Cannada-Wynn, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Councilwoman Sherri F. Myers, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Councilman Andy Terhaar, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Councilman Gerald
Wingate, Councilman Larry B.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Johnson,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Councilwoman Megan B.
Pratt, Councilman Brian Spencer, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> and Councilman C</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">harles Bare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">FROM:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Mead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Subj:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legal Use of our Property Downtown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
following narrative describes our experiences with owning a business in
downtown, Pensacola.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
June, 1998, my husband and I, both veterans, purchased the property at 520 N.
Spring Street which was being used as an art gallery/antique shop holding
functions since 1980.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
May 2000, we were authorized, by City Officials, to reopen after restoring the
historic property and winning the best restored historic house of the year award.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
January, 2001, officials of the City of Pensacola, Escambia County and the
State of Florida authorized us to receive</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the Historic Preservation Tax Exemption (located at
ci.pensacola.fl.us – City Council Meeting, dated 1/11/2001, page 10, on line)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Pensacola City Council Memorandum dated January 8, 2001, page 2, paragraph 3
states, “The Meads propose to use the structure for an art gallery, antiques,
crafts and functions.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(This memo is
located at ci.pensacola.fl.us – council file dated 1/11/2001, in the Pensacola
City records section on line).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">From
May, 2000, until March 19, 2005, we operated peacefully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A
Pensacola Police Officer illegally closed us down at 7:00 PM, on March 19,
2005, during a wedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stated that we
weren’t authorized to have functions and because we held functions, we were
completely closed down. This illegal closing was done without prior notice and
without due process in violation of the 14<sup>th</sup> Amendment to the United
States Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the day
before City Officials announced, in the Pensacola News Journal, that they were
building a 40 million dollar Community Maritime Park at the end of our
street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On
Sunday, March 20, 2005, I called the Pensacola Police Department desk sergeant
and told him we were officially authorized to have functions (see above).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said that if we had functions, a policeman
would be dispatched and we would be charged with committing a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On
Monday, March 21, 2005, I called the City Manager, Mr. Bonfield, and the
Director of Community Development, Mr. Cowper, reminding them that we were
officially authorized to hold functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both said that we were completely closed down and that was that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
September, 2005, in answer to my many emails and documentation, including the
approval of functions by the Pensacola City Council in 2001, Mr. Cowper sent an
email, where he finally admitted that we are grandfathered as an art
gallery/antique shop but he still, illegally, refused to allow us to hold
functions. “Based upon information and evidence presented by you along with
city records that I have reviewed I am convinced that the use of the property
for an antique store /art gallery is indeed grandfathered.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cannot succeed in our business without
holding functions as we are legally authorized to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;">No artist will sign
with our art gallery if we can’t have gallery nights, etc. and small functions
added significantly to our income.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
people wanted a place to have a small function, our contracts specify less than
100 attendees, in a beautiful setting where hard liquor was forbidden and noise
was to be abated at 11:00 PM, all at a reasonable price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>My husband and I refused to reopen
with this illegal restriction which would lead to failure in our business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We insisted on being allowed to operate as we
were officially and legally authorized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Opening
and closing a business is very expensive and it appears they can close us,
without a legal reason, at will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
refused to lift the illegal prohibition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On
April 25, 2008, Mr. Thaddeus Cohen, the new Director, Department of Community
Development, sent an email stating that the new reason we were closed down on
March 19, 2005, (three years earlier) is that we did not have enough off-street
parking for functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On
April 28, 2008, I stated to Mr. Cohen, “The number of off-street parking spaces
provided for buildings constructed prior to October 13, 1994, shall be deemed
in compliance with the requirements of this code, for as long as the same land
use is maintained within the same building footprint.” (quoted from City
Ordinance). In addition, we exceed off-street requirements by quite a lot
as we have our own parking lot (14 spaces are required and we have 20+). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Cohen refused to answer this email and
refused to honor our rights to operate our business as authorized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All other City Officials (City Manager, City
Council Members, etc.) also refused to stop the apparent illegal/criminal
actions against us and lift the illegal prohibition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I reported these
apparent illegal/criminal actions on the part of Pensacola City Officials
against us to FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;">The Pensacola City
Attorney’s email to the FDLE General Counsel, dated September 9, 2010, is
filled with false </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">charges</span><span style="color: black;"> and false statements against us </span>apparently to
cover-up apparent corruption on the part of local officials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T<span style="color: black;">he FDLE General
Counsel quoted these false charges and false statements to me as an official
reason for him not to investigate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
I reported these apparent illegal/criminal actions on the part of Pensacola
City Officials against us to the FBI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T</span></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">he </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant
Director, FBI Criminal Investigative Division, quoted these false charges and
false statements to Senator Bill Nelson (D, Fl), who sent a copy to me, as an
official reason for the FBI not to investigate.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I understand
that making false reports, false statements, and false accusations to the FDLE
and the FBI are serious offenses.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following excerpts
from the Pensacola City Attorney’s email, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the FDLE General Counsel</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">’s letter, and the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant
Director, FBI Criminal Investigative Division’s, letter</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to Senator Bill Nelson (D, FL), who sent a
copy to me, follow so everyone should be able to clearly see the level of lies
told to and about us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pensacola City
Attorney stated to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the FDLE General Counsel</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, “</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">Numerous
complaints were received from her neighbors and the city did direct her to
cease holding outdoor events such as weddings</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The FDLE General Counsel</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> stated to me, “</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">after neighbors’ complaints, the City notified you that
your zoning did not allow such outside activities</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant
Director, FBI Criminal Investigative Division stated to Senator Bill Nelson, who
sent a copy to me, “<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Ms. Mead
alleged that her art business was improperly denied the ability to conduct
outside functions by the city of Pensacola.</span>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant
Director, FBI Criminal Investigative Division and <span style="color: black;">the
FDLE</span></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">General
Counsel </span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">made false statements and
false accusations based on the false statements and false accusations of the
Pensacola City Attorney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through a
Public Information request, I was able to obtain the following email from the
Pensacola Chief of Police, Mr. Chip Simmons, to the Pensacola Mayor’s
assistant, Mr. Al Coby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
repeatedly stated that during the 25 years of operation of the business, from
1980 until 2005, in the same location, there were no complaints before our
illegal closing on March 19, 2005 and I believe this email proves that we had
no complaints in 2004 or 2005 on which to base the illegal closing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">From:
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Chip Simmons<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sent:
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:17 AM<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">To: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Al
Coby<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cc: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thaddeus
Cohen; Rita R. Lee<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Subject:
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">RE:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Thanks
Al. I checked and we have no paperwork on the location or information regarding
the complaint. We do have a total of nine alarm responses dating back to 2004.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pensacola City
Attorney</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
stated to <span style="color: black;">the FDLE General Counsel</span>, “<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">the city did direct her to cease
holding outdoor events such as weddings</span>." This is not
true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All functions were illegally banned
from the date of the illegal closing, March 19, 2005, by the Pensacola City
Officials, to include gallery nights, meet the artist nights, children's tea
parties, poetry readings, weddings, reunions, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite weddings were the small, intimate
candlelight ceremonies I held for servicemen and women from the local Navy
base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I furnished candles and flowers,
free of charge, and performed the ceremony myself as I am a notary public.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pensacola City
Attorney stated to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the FDLE General Counsel</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, “</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">In
2005, she allowed weddings and receptions to take place on her property,</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The FDLE</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">General
Counsel </span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">stated to the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant
Director, FBI Criminal Investigative Division<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and to me, “</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">It is also my
understanding that after you began using your property for outside weddings in
2005,</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant
Director, FBI Criminal Investigative Division stated to Senator Bill Nelson
with a copy to me, “<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Ms. Mead
alleged that her art business was improperly denied the ability to conduct
outside functions by the city of Pensacola.</span>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">All
of these statements are clearly false as our property had been used for functions
since 1980, for 25 years before the illegal closing, and this fact is recorded
in Pensacola City records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>City
Officials prohibited all functions by the illegal closing, not just outside
functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Our
functions (which were authorized by Pensacola City Ordinance 9-01(passed in
January, 2001)) only became a problem when the Community Maritime Park was to
be built at the end of our street, announced on March 20, 2005, the day after
we were illegally closed. All of a sudden, our important property became
a problem and, it appears, had to be taken away from us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pensacola City
Attorney stated to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the FDLE General Counsel</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, “</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">Ms.
Mead’s building was conditionally permitted as an art gallery and an antique
shop with no outside displays permitted when she purchased it and it still is
today</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The FDLE General Counsel</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> stated to the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant Director, FBI Criminal Investigative
Division,</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">I have also learned that
you were initially permitted as an art gallery and antique shop that includes a
restriction of no outside displays.</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Assistant Director, FBI Criminal
Investigative Division stated to Senator Bill Nelson with a copy to me, “<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Ms. Mead alleged that her art
business was improperly denied the ability to conduct outside functions by the
city of Pensacola.</span>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Outside displays refers to outside displays of furniture,
pictures, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though we don’t have
a Conditional Use, we do not have outside displays as that would be tacky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Proof that we do not have nor have ever had a Conditional Use, is
that o</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">n
Aug 15, 2005, Mr. Cowper, Director of the Pensacola Community Development
Department, sent an email stating, “<span style="color: navy;">we have no record
that a conditional use permit was ever approved by the planning board and city
council for an art gallery.” </span>And,<span style="color: navy;"> “While I do
not wish to see you sell your property I’m sure that you can understand that I
must enforce the applicable zoning regulations. I encourage you to review
the applicable zoning regulations and to restrict the use of your property to
those allowed.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>The lack of a
Conditional Use was initially used as the reason for the illegal closing of our
authorized business in 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pensacola City
Attorney and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the FDLE General Counsel</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> said</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, in 2010, </span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that our initial
closing, in 2005, (5 years earlier) was due to us violating a Conditional
Use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t have a Conditional Use so
we can’t possibly violate it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">City
Officials keep our authorized business illegally closed down by: Pensacola City
Officials give a reason for our closing, no Conditional Use, and I counter with
the reason we are legal, we are grandfathered. Then Pensacola City Officials
think of a new reason for our closing, no parking, and I counter with the
reason we are legal, our parking is grandfathered to 1994 and, in addition, we
exceed current requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The current
reason for our closing is that we are violating our Conditional Use and I have
countered with the reason we are legal - we don’t have a Conditional Use.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
have repeatedly reported these apparent illegal/criminal actions against us to all
City Officials (Mayors, City Attorneys and all City Council Members) and all
have refused to stop the apparent illegal/criminal actions against us, refused
to bring charges against those breaking the law and causing us great harm and most
have refused to answer my correspondence when I keep requesting that they lift
the illegal prohibition against us having functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The representatives for my District, District
6, have:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Councilwoman
Cannada-Wynn supported the illegal closing<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Councilman
Spencer refused to meet with me and is refusing to answer my communications<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In addition, I
have repeatedly asked Pensacola City Officials, currently Mayor Hayward and Mr.
Messer, to correct the records on file in FDLE, FBI files, and in Senator
Nelson’s office to reflect the true facts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They have refused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The official
FDLE, FBI and Senator Nelson’s records still contain false charges and false
statements about me, wrongly defaming me and accusing me of wrong deeds, generated
by the City of Pensacola official representative.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Many other false
statements were made by the Pensacola City Attorney to the investigating
officials that I can easily furnish if requested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">During this
time, almost 8 years, my husband of 39 years passed away (cancer) without us
being able to reopen our business even though he hoped to recover and hoped we
would be able to reopen. Our granddaughter is a gifted artist and has been
accepted by the Savannah College of Art Design (SCAD) but I cannot help her
save for the expensive tuition by displaying her works for sale since we are
illegally closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I am not earning
income from my business, I cannot afford to contribute to her tuition and can
barely manage on just my retirement pension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I paid the yearly property tax of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$5,780.94</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
but I am refused the operation of my business as legally authorized and am
refused the law enforcement services of two of the agencies this pays for:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Pensacola Police Department and the
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We invested our
life savings and our income from this property for years to restore this
beautiful historic building and operate our business but apparent corruption on
the part of public officials illegally took the use of our property, as
officially authorized, and, therefore, our income, away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears they committed and continue to
commit extortion, conspiracy, and grand theft of persons 65 years of age or
older.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are currently being deprived
of the right to use our property and benefit from the use of that property
which violates the United States Constitution <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I am
requesting that you stop the apparent crimes against me and lift the illegal
prohibition so I am able to earn income, again, from our properly authorized
business</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">,
and I am requesting that those who are breaking the law are brought to
justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-42909486322271302902014-12-07T09:14:00.000-08:002014-12-07T09:14:45.182-08:00Fish House, Deck Bar on public-owned property
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Originally posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
I have spent the last few months carefully researching the history of the property leased from the City where the Fish House, Deck Bar, etc. are presently located.<br />
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The City of Pensacola issued a lease, called the Pitt Slip Marina Lease Agreement, on September 18, 1985 to the Florida Sun International, Inc. (Mr. Cahill of Orlando), filed in the Escambia County Courthouse on 7/18/1985 Instrument # 1985467093. The terms of that lease were that Florida Sun International, Inc. pays a very small lease amount of approximately $15,000 a year or approximately $1,250 a month for acres of waterfront property. Florida Sun International, Inc. had proposed to build a marina at this site. That project failed.<br />
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The lease was for 30 years but was amended, on October 17, 1985, (Instrument # 00148189) to be 27 years due to: <br />
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WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessee desire to amend a particular provision of the<br />
aforesaid Pitt Slip Marina Lease Agreement in order to conform the term<br />
of the agreement to the term of that certain Lease Agreement, dated <br />
May 18, 1983 between Lessor and the Board of Trustees of the Internal<br />
Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida for a portion of the Pitt <br />
Slip property. . .<br />
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It appears that the City of Pensacola (Lessor) had received a large amount of money from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida regarding this property and some restrictions were attached to that money. I have not been able to discover the details of that transaction.<br />
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The deal with Florida Sun International, Inc. (Lessee) seems to be another “special deal” where a company can lease acres of public-owned waterfront property for 27 years at the very small price of $15,000 a year. <br />
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This plum lease was passed through, or assigned to, several businesses with the approval of the Pensacola City Council; one was foreclosed on. It appears that when the property was foreclosed on, the leasing business’s license was revoked and the property returned to the possession of the government, that the lease was ended. <br />
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City Officials apparently did not see it that way, as the lease is still active today. <br />
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At the Pensacola City Council Meeting of October 10, 1996, in the Report of the Committee of the Whole, item 2. SUBJECT: Assignment - Pitt Slip Lease Agreement, the Committee recommended “That city council consent to the assignment of the Pitt Slip Marina Lease Agreement to Pensacola Marina Properties, Inc., under the terms and conditions of the 1985 Lease Agreement as amended, and authorize the city manager to execute the assignment documents upon Pensacola Marina Properties conclusion of the purchase.”<br />
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This item was approved with City Council Member Doug Halford abstaining (because he was an owner of the business receiving the lease).<br />
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There are several problems with this item. If you check sunbiz.org, you will see that no business is or has ever been registered as Pensacola Marina Properties, Inc. The actual business the City Council transferred this lease to was South Florida Marine Investors, Inc., whose owners were Mr. Ray Russenberger, President, Mr. Doug Halford, Vice President, (a sitting City Council Member) and Mr. Johnny Mathews, Vice President. <br />
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According to Escambia County Court Records, on October 30, 1996, City Officials assigned the lease from the Trillium Corporation to the South Florida Marine Investors, Inc. <br />
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On September 30, 1997, South Florida Marine Investors, Inc. changed its name to Seville Harbour, Inc., with the same President, Mr. Ray Russenberger, and the same Vice President, Mr. Doug Halford. Seville Harbour is still active with its last annual report filed on April 26, 2010.<br />
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In 1999, Mr. Russenberger proposed to build 30 residential condominium units within two buildings within the Pitt Slip development. This never materialized.<br />
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In April, 2000, Mr. Russenberger and Mr. Halford subleased the majority of this property to the Merrill Land, LLC, with the approval of the Pensacola City Council. The Merrill Land, LLC, established the Fish House, the Deck, etc. on this property. As in the past, no money was paid to the public for the reassignment of this lease. Mr. Russenberger kept any money paid to reassign the lease to the Merrill’s. <br />
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This lease expires in 2012. Since the notice required to discontinue or renew this lease is one year, work should begin immediately on advertising this property for lease and get a lease for this public-owned property that will reflect its real worth and bring in real money to the people of the City. <br />
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Previously, it seems that only those in the “in crowd” or one of the “good ole boys” or one of the members or friends of what appears to be illegal power cartels were aware of this astonishing lease and had a chance to compete, in secret it appears, for assignment of this lease to their business.<br />
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As I stated above, this available lease should be advertised with the bidder with the best reimbursement to the public winning the use of our property but for only 3 or 5 years with review or releasing to assess the value due the public. <br />
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This might appear to be a novel concept to the City Council and City Officials as the use of these acres of waterfront property for 27 years at a cost of $ 15,000 a year has brought the public only $405,000.00 in almost three decades. City Officials and the Pensacola City Council should not be giving the use of our property away at such low rates especially since we are such a poor City.<br />
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Some City Officials and members of the Pensacola City Council should abstain from any involvement in this process, as it would be a violation of the Florida Sunshine Law and a violation of Conflict of Interest Laws. <br />
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One example is Mr. Brian Spencer, the new representative for my district, District 6. <br />
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Mr. Spencer is affiliated, by business ownership, with Mr. Russenberger, Mr. Halford and the Merrill Land, LLD, all of whom are currently involved in the lease described above. <br />
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The South Palafox Annex, L.L.C. is a business registered in the State of Florida, entity # L03000045515. Its owners are Brian Spencer, Ray Russenberger, Doug Halford and Neal Nash.<br />
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Mr. Brian K. Spencer is the registered agent, with the State of Florida, for Mainstreet Crossroads, L.L.C., entity # L9900004506, whose owners are Merrill Land Company, Pensacola Realty Investments, L.L.C. (Mr. Neal Nash) and Northport Properties, Inc. (Mr. Brian K. Spencer).<br />
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Under the Florida Sunshine Act and under the Conflict of Interest Laws, Mr. Brian Spencer should abstain from discussion and voting, in an official capacity, on any item connected with these business interests or any of the dozen or so businesses he is in.<br />
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The City Council and City Officials should immediately discontinue these “special deals” which appear to illegally enrich “special friends” while depriving the public of the proper return for the City’s assets, paid for and owned by the public.<br />
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The apparent policies of the City Officials and the Pensacola City Council regarding these “special deals”, hiring friends or relatives of the “in crowd” or the “good ole boys” or the “illegal power cartels” as City employees, paying some City employees obscene salaries with astonishing benefits, staffing boards with members or friends of members of these groups who make questionable rulings, and on and on, appears to be destroying our City.<br />
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Our City cannot flourish under these conditions. We should all try to turn this around. I am hoping that our new Mayor, Mr. Ashton Hayward can and will do this. I know I have tried for over a decade to awaken other members of the public and government officials to these tough but fixable problems. No success so far but I, for one, plan to keep trying, as this is my hometown, the hometown of my late husband, our children and our grandchildren.<br />
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As always, I have hard evidence to support my statements.<br />
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The following is information on the official Foreclosure cited above:<br />
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BancFlorida foreclosed on this property on July 25, 1990, (Instrument # 1990814930) the Pensacola Marina Ltd went out of business and ownership reverted to the government (Escambia County Clerk). The Escambia County Clerk issued a Certificate of Title for this property, approved by City Officials, to Pensacola Service Corp, owned by W. Fulton Hamilton III on September 25, 1990. Evidently, City Officials appeared to pretend that the lease, granted September 18, 1985, was still valid even though responsibility/ownership had apparently passed to the Escambia County Clerk.<br />
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On August 4, 1994, City Officials assigned the lease from Pensacola Service Corp, to the Trillium Corporation, a Washington Corporation. The court records show that the transference of the property was from the Escambia County Clerk to Pensacola Service Corporation.Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-41169879010752660142014-12-07T09:09:00.000-08:002014-12-07T09:09:48.763-08:00Apparent Special Deal on City Owned PropertyOriginally posted on <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Saturday, September 25,
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I have serious concerns about the way City Officials, the Mayor and City Council Members use and dispose of City property and City funds. One of the properties I have had concerns about is the old Pensacola City Police Station at 40 S. Alcaniz Street.<br />
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On November 12, 1993, the Finance Committee of the Pensacola City Council issued a memo, subject: Vesting of Job Creation Credits—First National Life Insurance Company. The memo laid out the conditions for Mr. R. K. (Skip) Hunter of the First National Life Insurance Company to acquire the old Pensacola Police Station at 40 South Alcaniz Street as follows:<br />
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They established the value of the property at $382,500.00 even though the 1985 appraisal had put the value at $425,000.00. They subtracted the $150,000.00 paid by Mr. Hunter to bring the building up to code from the $382,500.00 so that the cost of the property was now 232,500.00. Mr. Hunter would pay one dollar (1.00) per year for ten (10) years for a lease until all conditions of the lease agreement had been met. No money would be paid to the City for the property but Mr. Hunter would be given employment creation credits for each employee hired to pay off the property.<br />
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On November 20, 1997, Mr. Hinkle, the Pensacola City Manager, signed a special warranty deed giving the old Police Station to Mr. Skip Hunter.<br />
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Unfortunately, it appears that after the employment creation credits gave Mr. Skip Hunter the property, the business closed, the employees left and the job situation was no better than it was before City Officials, the Mayor and City Council Members gave Mr. Skip Hunter this “special” deal.<br />
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On August 7, 1998, two transactions were filed with the Courthouse.<br />
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Instrument 1998509493<br />
Warranty Deed from the City of Pensacola giving the old Police Station to Mr. Skip Hunter of the New South Investment Corp Inc. for the price of $10.00 (ten dollars).<br />
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Instrument 1998509494<br />
Warranty Deed from Mr. Skip Hunter of the New South Investment Corp Inc. giving the old Police Station to the University of West Florida Foundation Inc. for the price of $2,250,000.00 (two million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars).<br />
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It appears that the taxpayers received $10.00 for the old Police Station and Mr. Skip Hunter received $2,250,000.00.<br />
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On July 19, 2005, two transactions were filed with the Courthouse.<br />
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Instrument 2005395895<br />
Warranty Deed from the University of West Florida Foundation, Inc. giving the old Police Station, for $4,200,000.00, to The Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition Inc. <br />
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I have concerns about the warranty deed’s legality as Mr. A. Alan Manning signed as witness and as notary public. He was also the attorney who developed the paperwork. I am a notary public and this seems irregular to me.<br />
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The Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition Inc. received a no interest mortgage from the University of West Florida Foundation Inc for the old Police Station Finance Amt $4,200,000.00 <br />
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The Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition Inc. is a non-profit organization and pays no property taxes so all of the City services they receive are free and the rest of us pay for it.<br />
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It concerns me that a $4,200,000.00 property only resulted in $10.00 for the people <br />
of Pensacola. Something seems to be very wrong.<br />
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I'm especially concerned and am bringing it to the public's attention because the City Officials, Mayor and City Council appear to be planning to repeat this type of operation even though the previous deal appears to have been a failure. I spoke about this at the Pensacola City Council Meeting of September 23, 2010. The City Manager, Mr. Coby, briefly discussed the new project describing it as similar to the old Police Station debacle.<br />
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Councilwoman DeWeese said, "It sounds like congratulations are in order. It sounds like a successful economic development opportunity."<br />
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As I stated above, I have serious concerns about these deals.Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-71162185491597202602014-12-07T08:59:00.000-08:002014-12-07T08:59:42.080-08:00Councilwoman Pratt - Apparent Violation of State LawsOriginally posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010<br />
As stated in my previous post, the Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. (CMPA, Inc.) is a non-profit corporation registered with the state of Florida.<br />
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The Officers listed on www.sunbiz.org for this corporation are:<br />
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COMMUNITY MARITIME PARK ASSOCIATES, Inc.<br />
Principal Address 316 S. Baylen Street, Suite 300 (Mr. Mort O’Sullivan)<br />
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Registered Agent and Officers<br />
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Megan B. Pratt - current Pensacola City Councilperson for District 9 and employed at the<br />
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, IHMC<br />
Lacey A. Collier - retired Pensacola circuit court judge<br />
John W. Merting - attorney<br />
Robert D. Hart, Jr. attorney<br />
Juanita Scott - PJC employee<br />
Richard R. Baker - Northwest Florida Mortgage Company<br />
Jimmy E. Jones - Medical Doctor<br />
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There is no list of CMPA members other than the officers listed above<br />
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Trustees are: Quint Studer<br />
John Cavenough<br />
Admiral Fetterman<br />
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I, and many others, have stated that Mr. Studer should build his own ballpark and office building instead of having us build them on our waterfront property. There are several areas in the City that would be perfect for this use such as two abandoned school areas. This would remove a dangerous nuisance (rundown school buildings) and enhance inner city areas. It would also leave our waterfront to us, the taxpayers, since we paid for this property.<br />
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Admiral Fetterman ran the National Aviation Museum on the Naval Air Station base very successfully. The Maritime Museum should be built on the Navy base within easy access of the thousands of Naval students on the base. There are several waterfront sites on the Navy base that would be perfect for the Maritime Museum. The base has room for parking which our waterfront property does not, the base has easy access to the sites which our waterfront property does not and, most of all, being on the base would relieve City taxpayers of the crushing burden of the Community Maritime Park financing which was initially conceived in secret and sprung on the populace after a briefing to members of the City Council had indicated they would approve of the project. Two local citizens have filed a lawsuit regarding this apparent violation of the Florida Sunshine Law after it was reported to the State Attorney who said he could see nothing wrong.<br />
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Mr. Cavenough has thousands of acres owned by the University of West Florida, some of it is waterfront. Their buildings should be built at UWF with education funding and not downtown by taxpayers, who have trouble meeting their monthly bills, providing the funding.<br />
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Councilwoman Pratt is apparently currently breaking State Law as she is voting on matters pertaining to the CMPA, Inc., while serving as an officer in that Company. I have written, on June 7, 2010, to the State Attorney, Mr. William Eddins filing a complaint against Councilwoman Pratt for breaking the law.<br />
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As of this date, July 15, 2010, I have received no response by letter, email, or phone call from Mr. Eddins or his office regarding my official complaint about my representative (Councilwoman Pratt is an at-large representative) apparently breaking State Laws regarding conflict of interest and the Florida Sunshine Law. I will keep you posted if Mr. Eddins answers my letter.<br />
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The Pensacola News Journal has not mentioned Councilwoman Pratt's apparent violation of Florida State Laws regarding conflict of interest and the Florida Sunshine Law. I will keep you posted if they ever discuss this apparent violation on the part of our elected official.<br />
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Letter of June 7, 2010 to Mr. William Eddins, State Attorney for our District<br />
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Mr. William Eddins<br />
State Attorney<br />
1st Judicial Circuit<br />
190 Governmental Center<br />
Pensacola, Fl 32501<br />
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Dear Mr. Eddins<br />
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I am asking that you investigate the matter of Pensacola City Councilwoman Megan Pratt apparently violating the Florida Sunshine Law and Florida Statutes 112.3143, Voting conflicts (public officers, employees and records) and 112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.--<br />
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Councilwoman Pratt was appointed to the Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. Board and it appears that since her appointment she has violated the above-mentioned Florida Laws.<br />
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Pensacola City Council Meeting of 5/13/2010 and Committee of the Whole Meetings of 5/10/2010 and 5/13/2010<br />
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At the Pensacola City Council Meeting of 5/13/2010, Councilwoman Megan Benson Pratt repeatedly voted (in the affirmative) regarding CMPA, Inc. matters when she is an officer of CMPA, Inc.<br />
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Councilwoman Pratt is required by Florida Statute 112.3143, Voting conflicts (public officers, employees and records) and 112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.--to abstain from voting and disclose the conflict of interest regarding voting.<br />
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Also on May 10, 2010 and May 13, 2010, Councilwoman Megan Pratt attended a Meeting of the Committee of the Whole and repeatedly voted regarding CMPA, Inc. matters in violation of Florida Statute 112.3143, Voting conflicts (public officers, employees and records).<br />
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According to Florida Statutes, Pensacola Councilwoman Pratt should have disclosed her conflict of interest and abstained from voting. She did neither.<br />
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112.3143 Voting conflicts.--<br />
(1) As used in this section:<br />
(a) "Public officer" includes any person elected or appointed to hold office in any agency, including any person serving on an advisory body.<br />
(b) "Relative" means any father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.<br />
(2) No state public officer is prohibited from voting in an official capacity on any matter. However, any state public officer voting in an official capacity upon any measure which would inure to the officer's special private gain or loss; which he or she knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of any principal by whom the officer is retained or to the parent organization or subsidiary of a corporate principal by which the officer is retained; or which the officer knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of a relative or business associate of the public officer shall, within 15 days after the vote occurs, disclose the nature of his or her interest as a public record in a memorandum filed with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in the minutes.<br />
(3)(a) No county, municipal, or other local public officer shall vote in an official capacity upon any measure which would inure to his or her special private gain or loss; which he or she knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of any principal by whom he or she is retained or to the parent organization or subsidiary of a corporate principal by which he or she is retained, other than an agency as defined in s. 112.312(2); or which he or she knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of a relative or business associate of the public officer. Such public officer shall, prior to the vote being taken, publicly state to the assembly the nature of the officer's interest in the matter from which he or she is abstaining from voting and, within 15 days after the vote occurs, disclose the nature of his or her interest as a public record in a memorandum filed with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in the minutes.<br />
(b) However, a commissioner of a community redevelopment agency created or designated pursuant to s. 163.356 or s. 163.357, or an officer of an independent special tax district elected on a one-acre, one-vote basis, is not prohibited from voting, when voting in said capacity.<br />
(4) No appointed public officer shall participate in any matter which would inure to the officer's special private gain or loss; which the officer knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of any principal by whom he or she is retained or to the parent organization or subsidiary of a corporate principal by which he or she is retained; or which he or she knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of a relative or business associate of the public officer, without first disclosing the nature of his or her interest in the matter.<br />
(a) Such disclosure, indicating the nature of the conflict, shall be made in a written memorandum filed with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, prior to the meeting in which consideration of the matter will take place, and shall be incorporated into the minutes. Any such memorandum shall become a public record upon filing, shall immediately be provided to the other members of the agency, and shall be read publicly at the next meeting held subsequent to the filing of this written memorandum.<br />
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(b) In the event that disclosure has not been made prior to the meeting or that any conflict is unknown prior to the meeting, the disclosure shall be made orally at the meeting when it becomes known that a conflict exists. A written memorandum disclosing the nature of the conflict shall then be filed within 15 days after the oral disclosure with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting and shall be incorporated into the minutes of the meeting at which the oral disclosure was made. Any such memorandum shall become a public record upon filing, shall immediately be provided to the other members of the agency, and shall be read publicly at the next meeting held subsequent to the filing of this written memorandum.<br />
(c) For purposes of this subsection, the term "participate" means any attempt to influence the decision by oral or written communication, whether made by the officer or at the officer's direction.<br />
(5) Whenever a public officer or former public officer is being considered for appointment or reappointment to public office, the appointing body shall consider the number and nature of the memoranda of conflict previously filed under this section by said officer.<br />
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112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.--<br />
(1) DEFINITION.--As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "public officer" includes any person elected or appointed to hold office in any agency, including any person serving on an advisory body.<br />
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(15) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION.--No elected public officer shall be held in violation of subsection (7) if the officer maintains an employment relationship with an entity which is currently a tax-exempt organization under s. 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and which contracts with or otherwise enters into a business relationship with the officer's agency and:<br />
(a) The officer's employment is not directly or indirectly compensated as a result of such contract or business relationship;<br />
(b) The officer has in no way participated in the agency's decision to contract or to enter into the business relationship with his or her employer, whether by participating in discussion at the meeting, by communicating with officers or employees of the agency, or otherwise; and<br />
(c) The officer abstains from voting on any matter which may come before the agency involving the officer's employer, publicly states to the assembly the nature of the officer's interest in the matter from which he or she is abstaining, and files a written memorandum as provided in s. 112.3143.<br />
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Mr. Eddins, it is imperative that our elected officials obey the law as dictated by Florida Statutes especially during this troubling time of lack of trust in our elected officials. It is also imperative that violations of the law be properly investigated and dealt with by the officials elected and paid to enforce local, state and federal laws – such as yourself.<br />
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I shall be awaiting your response.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Mary Mead
Mary Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199287076733034348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901848410565505088.post-20492579694176075472014-12-07T08:17:00.001-08:002014-12-07T08:18:45.749-08:00A Brief Background on Pensacola and the Community Maritime Park<br />
Originally published on Thursday, July 15, 2010<br />
The population of our City, Pensacola, Florida, is between 50,000 and 55,000 from year to year.<br />
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About three years ago, the annual budget for the entire City was approximately 250 million dollars a year. Of this amount approximately 50 million was spent on city employee salaries alone, not counting benefits, physical structure costs, office equipment, utilities, vehicles (police & fire included), and all other City expenses. The City has less than 1,000 employees which makes the average salary $50,000 per year per employee. This is much higher than the average salary of the citizens of Pensacola.<br />
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I really can't tell you what the annual amount spent on city employee salaries and other items has been since then as the budget report has used pass-through accounts and other tactics to apparently hide the true cost of salaries and other items.<br />
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Our taxes are high and our services are very poor.<br />
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Pensacola has a CRA (Community Redevelopment) district of approximately 4,000 of the poorest people in Pensacola. The Pensacola City Officials and Pensacola City Council treat CRA money as “free money” and use it mostly for their friends and on projects unrelated to improving the public needs of the community while people, especially the elderly are tripping on broken sidewalks, hauling trash cans to the road over crumbling curbs and our pleas to use this money to build a new sewage treatment plant and close the one in downtown Pensacola have been ignored.<br />
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While most of us were still struggling with the aftermath of Hurrican Ivan, September, 2004, some individuals, Pensacola City Officials and Pensacola City Council members apparenty met and decided to give 40 million dollars and 30 waterfront acres (at $1.00 a year for 60 years), to a Corporation, then unregistered, (to include these individuals), to build a ballpark, a museum, and office buildings on our waterfront property to be referred to as the Community Maritime Park (CMP).<br />
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The corporation, later registered as Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. (CMPA), was to build and administer this park and would pay no property taxes.<br />
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When a referendum on the CMP was demanded by citizens, mostly CRA citizens, via petitions, concerned about our overall lack of money, the deteriorated condition of our infrastructure and the desperate condition of the Sewage Treatment Plant located in downtown Pensacola, the Pensacola City Council set a referendum for the whole City to vote and repeatedly assured the majority of the non-CRA community citizens voting that they would pay nothing – that the total cost would come from the CRA funds and the taxes of the rest of the City would not go up. In other words that they would get something for nothing.<br />
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Many of us in the CRA requested that the voting be limited to those districts located in the CRA area whose citizens would be paying for the CMP and not allow those who would not pay to vote. This was not done. The referendum allowing CRA funds to be used for the Maritime park was passed.<br />
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Predictably, the Pensacola City Council eventually expanded the cost to the entire City of Pensacola as many of us had expected as it was unrealistic to depend on 4,000 poor people to bear the cost of 40 million dollars plus interest.<br />
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These manipulations on the part of Pensacola City Officials and the Pensacola City Council to accomplish their goal are a hallmark of our leaders here.<br />
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After decades of citizen requests, the outdated, ill-operating sewage treatment plant located close to the bay is being relocated – after the CRA money has been allocated to the CMP. During Hurricane Ivan, the plant was over washed and affluent flowed through the City Streets, into buildings and into Pensacola Bay. An additional fee was added, for the foreseeable future, to our ECUA (utility) bill for the entire county, including the City of Pensacola, to pay for the cost of the new plant. CRA money should have been used to build a new sewage treatment plant as this is what CRA money is designated for.<br />
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The taxpayers of the City of Pensacola own the waterfront land, almost 30 acres, on which the Community Maritime Park is to be built.This land was purchased with taxpayer money in 2000, apparently without prior approval, supposedly to be used as a City Park for taxpayer access to the water since two parcels of our waterfront property had recently been leased (read sold) for most of this century to Mr. Russenberger for very small amounts i.e. one parcel was leased for approximately $10,000 a year. Mr. Russenberger built two large office buildings on this waterfront parcel and insisted, he said he was promised, that our municipal auditorium be torn down as it blocked his view. It was torn down. Many others and I graduated from high school in that auditorium and did not want it torn down. It was built in the 1950’s and was still in good shape but Pensacola City Officials and the Pensacola City Council had neglected its regular maintenance, such as the air conditioning system, etc., for many years. It was slightly damaged in Hurricane Ivan but the insurance was more than enough to pay for repairs. I understand that it cost more to tear it down than to repair it. We now have no city auditorium.<br />
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Mr. Russenberger built a gated community on the other waterfront parcel and CRA funds were used to dredge a marina for use by this gated community and Mr. Russenberger. The public is denied access to this marina.<br />
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While the improvements (buildings) he constructed on these sites seem to be appraised properly, the appraised land value for each unit is $10.00 which is up from the $5.00 per unit originally assessed.This severe under appraisal deprives the City of property taxes on a vast amount of money. The million-dollar view advertised for these properties is apparently assessed at $10.00. Something seems wrong here.<br />
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The waterfront land, supposedly our new park, sat vacant, overgrown with weeds, “No Trespassing” signs were posted and eventually it turned into a homeless village, even though there are many homeless shelters in Pensacola. Some of the homeless prefer this village due to no restrictions on drinking.<br />
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There are Pensacola City Ordinances against overgrown property but it has been my experience, and it happened here, that City Officials appear to think they are above the law.<br />
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Citizen inquiries about our City Park were mostly ignored. Most taxpayers want a simple park with a space for our kids to run and play with perhaps a few pieces of playground equipment, with an area by the water where we can walk or perhaps sit on simple benches. We don’t want to spend a lot of money as our taxes, already high, will just go up again. This is 2010, ten years later, and we never got our parkThe land was allowed to stay in this condition with frequent complaints in the paper that this situation would improve if everyone would rush ahead and develop the Community Maritime Park.<br />
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The following individuals were named as trustees for the Park development:<br />
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Quint Studer – Owner of The Studer Group who wants the City of Pensacola to build, at<br />
our expense, a baseball stadium and an office building for him on<br />
ourwaterfront property. Mr. Studer is a motivational speaker.<br />
John Cavenough – resident of the University of West Florida who wants the City of<br />
Pensacola to build, at our expense, an office building for him on our<br />
waterfront property. Mr. John Cavenough has relocated and is no longer<br />
a trustee.<br />
Admiral Fetterman Admiral Fetterman wants the City of Pensacola to Build, at our expense,<br />
a Maritime Museum for him on our waterfront property. AdmiralFetterman<br />
is deceased and is no longer a trustee.The only original trustee left is<br />
Mr. Quint Studer and, apparently, the only project left is the baseball<br />
stadium.<br />
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CMPA, Inc. proposal - The CMPA, Inc. will lease almost 30 taxpayer owned acres on the bay for 60 years at a cost of $1.00 per year. After 60 years, the CMPA will supposedly return our waterfront property to us.The CMPA, Inc. wants the city to give them 40 million dollars to develop the Park – the City would be indebted for the 40 million dollars given to CMPA, Inc. Interest will at least double the 40 million dollars. The CMPA, Inc. will pay no property taxes to the City or County for the 60 years they lease the property since the CMPA, Inc. is listed as a non-profit. CRA funds are supposed to increase the tax base – this plan does not.A Pensacola News Journal article erroneously stated “The maritime park will be administered by and will serve as a research facility for the University of West Florida.” This is not true. The Maritime Park will be administered by the CMPA, Inc. officers and not by the University of West Florida.
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