Engineering Economics

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Savannah, Georgia 31420
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Press Release

February27,2015

Statement regarding Termination of Xicon Economics, Port Consultant, City of Jacksonville

"Xicon Economics was retained to conduct econometric analyses regarding the financial and economic
feasibilityofdeepeningtheSt.JohnsRiver.Afterathoroughinvestigationbytheprincipalresearcherfor
thestudy,XiconEconomicsdeliveredelectronicandboundcopiestotheCityandexplaineditsanalyses,
after which Dr. Barber was told he was terminated, effective immediately (February 26, 2015). In so
doing,theCityexpresseditsappreciationofDr.Barberandhiswork;andstatedthathewouldbepaidin
fullforhisservicesbecausehehadfulfilledhiscontractualobligationstotheCity,infull.

Clearlytheterminationresultedfromreligious(Biblical)statementsDr.Barbermadeinhis2012book,
FallofaNation,abookthatparalleledthedemiseoftheUStothedemiseoftheIsraeliteswhosoldout
togovernmentandsubsequentlyusheredin430yearsofslaveryforGod'speople.Immediatelypriorto
termination,onlyasingle(1)copyofDr.Barbersbookhadbeensoldacrosstheentireworldoverthe
course of the contract Xicon Economics had with the City. Expressed more definitively, out of a world
populationof7.3billionpersons,one(1)purchasewasmade.One.Obviously,itcanbereadilyconcluded
thatilladviseddecisionswererenderedbyMayorBrown,CityCouncil,OfficeofEconomicDevelopment,
reporters,bloggers,andotherswithouthavingeverreadworkspublishedbyDr.Barber,outsideofafew
statementspostedwithoutcontextbypersonsbentondestroyingChristianity;whichasapointinfact,
had nothing to do with the scientific study Dr. Barber conducted for the City. In any regard, the study
conductedbyDr.Barberstandsonitsownmeritforalltocritique.IfMayorBrown,forexample,feels
intellectuallycompetenttocritiqueDr.Barberswork,thenbyallmeans,heshouldcritiqueDr.Barbers
work,providingsoundeconometricanalysestosupporthiscritique.

Withnodoubt,thisunwarrantedterminationviolatedDr.Barber'sfreedomofspeech,nottomentionhis
freedom to express his religious beliefs... and other civil liberties. Sadly, the termination only offered
credencetothecentralthesisofDr.Barber'sbook."

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