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The sort of thing that I intentionally left out of my entry was that Frank Patti would use the N-word behind closed doors to his management staff to refer to the demographic that he did not want to see hired in his establishment. But then that would be my word against his, wouldn't it? But On the other hand, the percentage of African-Americans he employs is not a matter of anyone's word; all you need to do look with your own eyes and the discrepancy is startling.

Meanwhile, I will also try to find different avenues to present the verifiable facts regarding this man and his business. I disagree with your assessment that my primary goal is to "malign" Frank Patti. My only interest is to bring to light his actions and his policies and allow others to come to their own conclusions. He is, by nature virtue of his personality and past shenanigans, a public figure. As such, there is a very different set of rules that apply to someone like him. This is the essence of many journalistic decisions that surely you surely understand.

The latest census shows Pensacola's population at approximately 34% African-American. Joe Patti's Seafood (a family business that Frank Patti oversees) has 2 or 3 black employees on a staff of almost 120, or less than 2%. These numbers speak for themselves. Every day decent, hardworking human beings unknowingly come in to this man's business to fill out job applications hoping to earn a meager living. They're not even be considered simply because they came in with the wrong skin color. Frank Patti's establishment, Pensacola's biggest seafood market and gourmet store, is seemingly in violation of federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws and the Civil Rights Act on a nearly more-or-less daily basis. There is nothing libelous about thisstatement; after all, libel requires that an accusation be false.