| The following emails were produced by the government of the City of
Marco Island pursuant to several Freedom of Information Act demands
(Florida Statute 119). Despite the myriad requests, it has been
documented that not all emails and their attachments have been produced.
Additionally, some requests have been ignored, denied or obfuscated into
protracted debates rendering the requestor with nothing. Therefore, do not be surprised if you know
of an email to exist but it is not in
these repositories. |
| 2007 and 2008 Emails are divided into batches (due to the nature in
which they were produced by the city). They are presented here exactly
as produced by the City.
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The abridged summary of these emails as posted on
the blog on Aug 15, 2008 is reprinted here for your
convenience:
Thanks to the efforts of a local patriot, the
following links are to the emails produced by the
City of Marco Island due to a Freedom of Information
Act (Florida Statute 119) request.
The over-600 pages of emails are quite revealing and
raise some questions. Here is an incomplete synopsis
from a quick perusal:
- There are many
instances where city employees and
councilpersons are being told what to do, what
to say, and before they say anything, they run
it by a one John Arceri as quoted "to make sure
it looks good".
- This same
individual is requesting reviews/studies/visits
from companies on behalf of the city. Where
exactly did this authorization come from?
- This
individual is communicating on behalf of the
city with vendors, contractors and other
organizations as the intermediary between them
and city employees and councilpersons. Where
exactly did this authorization come from?
- City employees
and councilpersons are being bombarded by
"information" by this individual.
- This
individual reviews and comments on public
performances and public declarations by city
employees.
- Even the wives
of the councilpersons are communicating with
this individual on city issues.
- There are some
pictures/postcards of waterfalls.
- There are
quite a number of lunch meetings, and a plethora
of requests for lunch meetings between city
employees and this individual.
- There are
several long ago debunked FDEP environmental
"studies".
- The city
penchant to owning its own utility and
underground power lines is well underway -
notice that the "citizens" advisory group
meeting has yet to occur.
- There is quite
a lot of duplication in the emails. The order is
random, as if intentionally shuffled by the city
when producing the documents. The attachments to
some emails were not provided - keeping up with
past practices and in clear violation of Florida
law.
- The GOD BLESS
AMERICA line in one email (the councilperson did
not write it, just copied-pasted from somewhere
else) is a refreshing read given that it is
buried within so much evil ... except that the
ACLU would have a field day with this one - you
know, using public facilities (email) to even
mention GOD.
The Highlight (so
far):
And the most sickeningly revealing email found to
date: a person in a law firm that is tied with the
governing elite from Marco to Crist writes an email
to syndicate operatives, councilors, wives thereof
and the other usual suspects quoting an article
about the state of education in Florida and
writes: "I was not
aware the education system in the state was so poor".
What???? Can anyone be that stupid? Where have they
been? And these are the pols that run Marco. Forget
GOD BLESS AMERICA - how about GOD HELP US.
Suggestion/Opinion:
Since it is obvious from this produced batch of
emails that one non-elected, non-city employee
individual is directing efforts, here is an
efficiency and money saving idea: fire every city
employee and every councilperson (and their wives)
and hire this individual. This way we cut out the
puppetted middle persons and save a fortune.
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