Largo City Commissioners have decided not to censure one of their own after a specially-called meeting at City Hall Tuesday night.
City officials said they recently discovered that City Commissioner Curtis Holmes had downloaded some personal material to his city-owned iPad.
They weren't specific at the meeting about what that material was but they claimed that some of the items were "inappropriate" and the kind of thing that could cause a non-elected city employee to be fired.
The accusations left some in the audience calling for Holmes to resign.
"Let's be clear, we are not talking about a single download. We are not talking about an accidental visit to a site. We are talking about multiple log-in's, multiple downloads and multiple violations of the integrity ethics code that he stood before all of us and accepted as a city commissioner," said Dawn Smolowitz who's with the Communications Workers of America.
Others defended Holmes.
Raymond Raulerson said people pushing for the censure were out of line.
"In my opinion none of you, with the exception of Mr. Holmes, deserves any respect. Are you people so daft to ignore the constitution? You have violated not only the first amendment but also the fourth amendment," he said.
Several commissioners told Holmes they wanted him to explain himself. He said he sent emails to himself and didn't realize he was doing anything wrong.
"Call it an error in judgment. Call it ignorance is probably closer to it. I mean, had I known the copies were coming here, it would have never been done. I would have never even messed with the stupid thing," said Holmes.
A majority of the commissioners voted to take no action against Holmes.
"I knew ahead of time there was very little the city could do to me because I'm not really a city employee. The city did not hire me and that's the important thing. I work for the people and if they don't like me, they can fire me," Holmes said.