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Reader: Nickeson Does Not Deserve Public's Trust |
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
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To the Editor:
Re: Trust in Safety Harbor
Public service is a trust to serve the
people and not take from the people. Nadine Nickeson never learned
this. In 2006, two newspaper articles in the St. Petersburg Times
told of Nickeson's personal role in the changing of the will of
Maria Mecca.
Nickeson benefited in the amount of
$84,634. In Mecca's original will, the money — $84,634
— would have gone to the City of Safety Harbor to support the
library and museum.
Nickeson should now give this money to the
City of Safety Harbor, in honor of Maria Mecca. The second will was
drawn up when Nadine Nickeson was an elected sitting commissioner,
and as such was in a position of trust to serve the people of
Safety Harbor. She neglected to serve the people and only served
herself. How could anyone trust this woman again?
The voting people of Safety Harbor in 2006
clearly did not trust her self-serving attitude in the Maria Mecca
case and voted her out of office in an overwhelming majority. Yet
in defiance of voters' wishes, ten months later she filed papers
again to run for public office. I repeat, only to serve herself and
not the people of Safety Harbor. Unopposed, Nickeson will take
office again in March 2007. What makes her think that the voting
public wants her back? She is a disgrace to the trust of the office
of commissioner of the city of Safety Harbor.
Michael Deely
Safety Harbor
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