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None of us knew about the public hearings. I see hearings advertized
in the Florida Times Union all the time. It is the local Jacksonville
paper with a circulation of about 169,000. This was published twice in
the Financial Times which none of us had even heard of. It has a
circulation of about 5,500 and from what I know of it is the newspaper
of the circuit court and is read by lawyers and politicians, not the
average Jacksonville citizen. What their criteria is for which paper
they publish something like this in is something I don't know.

I do have fourteen audio tapes of two of the city council meetings I am
sorting through to find the relative parts and I will be picking up two
DVDs of meetings tomorrow.

Dan Horton wrote:
Milford or Brian,
We do need information. First we have some information from the public
record.

Like any new ordinance, this one did not spring forth full grown. The
ordinance started with a public reading at a City Council meeting on
May 9th. From there it was referred to the zoning committee for their
May 16th public hearing. It was read again at the next Council meeting
(May 23rd), the floor was opened for public comment, and it was then
rereferred back to zoning. The zoning committee held their next public
hearing on June 6th. It then went back to the Council for the June 13th
meeting, public comment was invited one last time, then the council
members voted 16-aye.

Six public hearings, plus multiple publishings in the local newspaper
of record.

It is clear that Brian's contest with the city was ongoing long before
May. At least one source reports hearing the story from Brain at S&F,
yet Milton infers (in the intial post of this thread) that the new
ordinance was a surprise. He says "the whole thing was put togeather
with the most obscure notification imaginable."

Specific questions:

Did Brian discuss any of his ongoing battle with his local peers,
perhaps at chapter meetings, prior to May? (Recall that he had already
"won" in court at least once, following a citation under older code.)

If yes, did anyone pro-builder (Milford, Brian, Brian's attorney, local
builders, EAA staff or attorney) attend any of the six public hearings?


Dan Horton