Escambia Board of County Commissioners discuss replacing magistrate who sided with Sean's Outpost:
In this meeting, a local resident voiced his concerns about not being
heard at an emergency meeting to discuss Satoshi Forest, a nine acre
private property that is being developed into a campground to serve the
homeless. The meeting he is referring to was a quasi-judicial one, not a
public one, and neither side was permitted to speak because the
magistrate was only to hear the attorney representing Sean's Outpost and
the county code enforcement officer who illegally entered the property.
The magistrate sided with Sean's Outpost because there was clearly no
emergency and agreed the county officer violated their fourth amendment
right. Residents are upset that homeless people are allowed to camp on
the private property, but there have been no instances of them harassing
neighbors and every week a code enforcement officer and heath inspector
are paid to check the property for violations. No violations have gone
unresolved and Sean's Outpost is peacefully complying with the
permitting process to turn the property into a fully functioning
campground.
You can clearly hear the commissioners Grover
Robinson, Wilson Robertson, and Gene Valentino discussing how to fire
and replace her with one more friendly to their interests of shutting
down the campground. While this may be legal, it is clearly unethical.