- April 15, 2025
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Dear Editor:
Even though it was a flip flop, the mayor garnered a 5-star rating for reversing his stance on the Belvedere fuel farm. However, he and the city council, as well as the County, get big time demerits for entertaining this project in the first place.
Blinded by the prospect of tax revenue, they all failed to do the most basic of research into a company they were considering entering into a multi-million dollar arrangement with. It’s very troubling that our local residents, with just a few computer keystrokes, were able to come up with enough evidence about Belvedere and its troublesome past to have quickly sunk the proposed project.
It is clearly a failure of good governance and leadership when vetting and due diligence is left up to the people to do. We pay our city officials to make well researched educated decisions, not to be schooled by the public. The credit for derailing this bad idea lies solely with the public's research and outcry. And the failure of responsible governance lies mostly with the mayor who was the loudest advocate of the fuel tanks.
Bob Gordon
Palm Coast
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