City attorney says he won't rest on laurels

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Monday, October 29, 2012

City attorney says he won't rest on laurels

BY JOHN DeSANTIS Citizen Staff

As Fantasy Fest rolled toward its finale and a hurricane sped in waters far to the east, Shawn Smith shed his necktie, stepped into a city patrol car and spent a long night with one of Key West's finest.

The Thursday night ride-along with Key West Police Officer Marcus DelValle was not the first for Smith, who has been Key West's city attorney for six years. But he says the...

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Certainly, this is a job of

Submitted on Mon, 11/26/2012 - 9:37am by thomas

Certainly, this is a job of every attorney, to pursue the case that they are fighting for for the sake on their clients, resting the case would only determine that it doesn't have enough probable cause or requested by client. Regards, Thomas Reeve, a personal injury attorney of Malman Law Group

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Interesting

Submitted on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 12:43pm by Jo Mama

Who paid for this PR piece? It has a Conch Color spin to it. The article was probably commissioned because a contract and/or job evaluation is imminent. Maybe it's purpose is to curry favor with the new city manager. No one knows.

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He got an escorted view of FFest

Submitted on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 9:27am by trapper

is it news? Not really, but recently most the paper has been a lot of fluff. Maybe if they included all the story instead of just part, people would read more. Like the cost of the Drone the Marine sanctuary bought, $400,000 almost half a million for a military surveliance AUV but they can't get a ladder for Sand Key lighthouse so they can replace a battery on the solar panel. It would seem our Sanctuary has it's priorites skewed.