The Greybeards Report- Episode #2





Deliberations from the Greybeards covering the OMG events of the last week.

 

Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyd9oV6Rwpc&t=161s

 

Standing Watch, 
 

Milton Hunter

The Biscayne Parker

The Witch Hunt- Connect the Dots

(((BREAKING NEWS)))  On January 9, 2020 Village attorney Rebecca Rodriguez filed a case for the Village against Commissioner Dan Samaria for declaratory relief. I suspect the case asks the Court to determine that Dan's seat is vacant due to non-residency.  

What on Earth is going on here? We all know that Dan lives here in the Village.

Who authorized Rebecca to improperly pursue Dan's expulsion from office?  Is he being targeted by Rebecca because he questions Gray Robinson's bills- or is it about him kicking the Tracy Truppman ant hill?   And who is footing the bill for the misguided prosecution of a sitting elected official?

Some months ago a disturbing rumor found its way to me, as they often tend to do. And as with all rumors, I generally tend to review and then discard them. That is, until more substantiated information surfaces.  The story I am about to relay to you may turn your stomach, but it confirms my belief of how low we have sunk and illustrates just how far one resident will go down the dark hole in an attempt to remove obstacles that stand in her way of getting what she wants.

Due to the nature of this topic, this post will be rather long and detailed. But I encourage you all to read through this in its entirety so you can fully grasp the situation for what it is. And then to Connect the Dots. That said, go grab your beverage of choice, find a comfortable seat and let’s get started.

This topic mostly revolves around Commissioner Dan Samaria and Village attorney, Rebecca Rodriguez (though one can deduct that others are involved).

Starting with the September 10, 2019 regular Commission meeting agenda (Item 12a), Dan Samaria raised concerns about the Village Attorney Invoices and Future Role, as being excessive with more than one attorney attending and billing for the same event, and numerous exclusive consultations with the mayor- the substance of which was undisclosed.  When the item came up for discussion at the October 1 meeting, with only 4 Commissioners present, the vote to pursue further examination met a stalemate – Dan and Will Tudor voting to task the manager to identify cost and a plan to audit the billing; Tracy Truppman and Betsy Wise voting to drop the whole thing.

Fast forward to 2020, and a letter (sent via email) to Dan from Rebecca date January 3, 2020. The thrust of this letter was to question Dan Samaria “resident status” dating back to 2018 and to potentially use this as a method of “disqualifying (him) from further holding the office.”  

Without going into too much personal detail, the background is that Dan has been defending a mortgage foreclosure, which is based on an attempted mortgage modification that went sideways. Banks involved have been found fraudulent, offered a settlement, principles jailed and his mortgage has bounced around between different entities. In short, it has been a mess. In order to qualify for mortgage relief, one of the tactics suggested is to stop paying your mortgage in order to prove hardship, etc. So, this was the advice Dan took and entered into default, culminating on January 7, 2020, when Dan received a notice to vacate.  Importantly, as of this writing, Dan remains in his home.  In addition, Dan has also secured a rental property located within Biscayne Park as a backup, eliminating any question of his residency status.

However, Rebecca’s opinion on what constituents “permanent residency” (and her possible motive) is one of the main points of contention here and will be further explained with relevant case studies provided. Read on-

Preliminarily, one of my many questions is “why” Rebecca has been looking into this matter and “who” authorized her to do so in the first place?  This has never been discussed in public or during a Commission meeting. So, “who” raised these “allegations” and who stands to benefit from them?

From: Rebecca A. Rodriguez <Rebecca.Rodriguez@gray-robinson.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 1:40:19 PM
To: Dan Samaria <dsamaria@biscayneparkfl.gov>
Cc: Krishan Manners <villagemanager@biscayneparkfl.gov>; Roseann Prado <villageclerk@biscayneparkfl.gov>
Subject: RE: BISCAYNE PARK | Correspondence Regarding Permanent Residence

 Good afternoon Commissioner, 

I am following up on the correspondence below from last Friday regarding your permanent residence.

It was sent with high importance, but we have not received a response to date. Please provide us with the requested materials today as time is of the essence on this particular issue.  Thank you. 

Have a great day, 

Rebecca A. Rodriguez | Of Counsel

I wonder “why” this is now being treated so urgently and “why” is it so “time sensitive… now?”

Well, we learned late Saturday that shortly after her January 9 email, Rebecca filed an action for declaratory relief styled Village of Biscayne Park v. Daniel Samaria, Case No. 2020-CA000543,  instituting litigation against a sitting Commissioner, without Commission discussion or authorization.

A similar residency issue was addressed by the neighboring Miami Shores Village a couple of years ago.  Below are summary excerpts of the law on residency as penned by an experienced municipal attorney, Richard Sarafan for Miami Shores. The specific fact pattern is a little different, but I think you'll find of use Richard's conclusion that generally, "temporary absence” and even the establishment of a temporary residence elsewhere do not necessarily serve, as a matter of law, to terminate legal residence..."  (It may give perspective to know that council/commission squabbles occur in other cities.)

“There is a fair amount of case law authority addressing the concept of ’legal residency.’ Generally legal residence is the place where a person has a fixed abode with the present intention of making it their permanent home. ⁽¹⁾ The person’s “intent” is a very important factor in determining residency. ⁽²⁾ Moreover, temporary absence and even the establishment of a temporary residence elsewhere does not necessarily serve, as a matter of law, to terminate legal residence at another address.⁽³⁾

Each case is decided on its own facts, although there are some recognized legal guidelines. Many cases highlighting the importance of ’intent’ in determining ’Legal residency’ recognize that, once established, legal residency is not lost unless and until there is sufficient intent- coupled with sufficient acts- to change residency. . .

The final portion of your email asks about potential liability for the City or its representatives if they “knowingly allow a councilperson to remain in their seat even if they no longer live in the Village.” I have been unable to find any case authorities imposing such liability upon a municipality and I would be very surprised if anyone could make a successful case for imposing such a liability.”

(1)   Perez v. Marti, 770 So. 2d 284,289 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) citing Walker v. Harris, 398 So.2d 955 (Fla. 4^th DCA 2981).

(2)   Intention was recognized as a “highly significant factor” by the Florida Supreme Court in Bloomfield V. City of St. Petersberg Beach, 82 So. 2d 364,368 (Fla. 1955) see also, supra at 289 and Walker supra at 958. (3)

(3)   There was a circumstance of a former Councilperson who accepted a temporary job in Afghanistan with the firm intention to thereafter return to Miami Shores, and who was not deemed to have thereby forfeited his seat on the Council.

Attorney Sarafan’s entire letter is available upon request.

Dan has informed me that his driver’s license, voters and business registration, and all manner of other documents and records are still maintained by him showing his Biscayne Park address. He has also confirmed to me, in the strongest possible terms, that it is absolutely his “intention” to remain in Biscayne Park.

This is not the first questionable legal opinion given from Rebecca Rodriguez. You’ll remember her ignoring standing City and County laws regarding prohibited animals, opting instead to cite an amended ADA provision.

 

Now Rebecca’s Case Study: 

The case Rebecca cited 293 So. 2d 40 (Fla 1974) against Dan, was not only premature, but was not in my opinion on point.  Further, the cases that “are on point” referenced by the Miami Shores Village Attorney are omitted.  Why?   

The case Rebecca cited addressed a School board member that had moved out of the district where elected, but not the County.  The argument that the School board member serves the County not the district did not convince the court.  

Dan has not moved and we have no districts!  He has resided in BP at the same address much longer than a year before he was elected and therefore was qualified to run for office.  He continues to reside here as of today Jan 12^th, and if for some reason he loses his battle he has made it clear that he has every intention to remain a resident in BP.  Therefore based on the legal memo by the Miami Shores Village attorney it is my opinion that Dan is a legal resident at this time and has been since before he was elected.

But back to Dan’s agenda item this month and those pesky attorney Invoices, an email to Dan from Krishan Manners (Village manager) forward Rebecca’s email, all dated January 10, 2020, reads:

[Excerpts] “Please see email below from Gray Robinson. Because we have an agreement which legally binds us to a process for making inquiries into their billing, it is inappropriate to have this on the Commission agenda. Because my duty is to protect the Village, I recommend we remove this item from the Commission agenda. If we take this to the Commission again, it will open us up to a lawsuit with Gray Robinson.”

Of course, this is coming from a manager that is already on record stating that he does not review the bills and finds no problem with the attorney. Natch. Of course not, as he’s not the one paying these bills. We all are.  
So, we have a manager suggesting for a commissioner to pull his agenda item (BTW, it’s not his place to do so per our Charter) and an employee (Rebecca) threating a law suit if he doesn’t.

OMG- How did we ever find ourselves here?

[Rebecca]: “These issues are ripe for litigation if this item proceeds (AGAIN) without giving my firm an opportunity to respond. I have one name, one reputation, and Commissioner Samaria’s reckless public statements are placing me and my firm in a precarious situation with the Village as a client. 

I have already had to address these baseless allegations with a potential client in a public hearing for another municipality. We ultimately were not hired and I’m quite certain the Village’s prior hearing on Commissioner Samaria’s memo about or billing- which that councilmember noted in his comments- were the reason why. I’m contemplating what those potential damages are.   

Please make a note of this objection to the item making the agenda. My firm and I will not be waiving it under any circumstances.”

Apparently, Rebecca and her firm lost a potential job. And “she’s quite certain” it was due to no other reason save Dan’s attempt to address her billing.

FACT: Dan Samaria has been the only commissioner (along with many residents) that has questioned Rebecca’s excessive billing (and overall involvement/influence) compared to other Village attorneys and sought further explanation.  

If you watch the YouTube video at approx. (1 hour & 40 min.) link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwXJyrSmUs8 you will note that many of the comments are not recorded because the mic's were not functioning properly.  Further, the comments that could be heard were strictly questioning certain bills, not the law work.  Frankly, most of the discussion was led by Will Tudor, where he agreed the bills needed to be reviewed.  I find it highly suspect that someone located this portion of the meeting and listened to this exchange at the meeting.  Also, Tracy Truppman and (former commissioner) Betsy Wise defended Rebecca against Dan and Will and I guess against the Village as well. 

If she is concerned about being publicly challenged on her billing then she needs to find another line of work other than local government.  I wonder how she expects to maintain a relationship with Biscayne Park after she has threatened a law suit because her time entries and billing were questioned.  It appears to me that she now has a conflict with the Village.     

This also sounds personal to me against Dan Samaria. Could this be the purpose of her going after his “residency status” in an act of revenge (talk about baseless) and/or her actions of trying to force him off the commission? Think about it…”Who” on the commission has Dan most affected?

The Rebecca Rodriguez and Tracy Truppman Connection:

Excerpts from an email Rox Ross sent to the commission (and others) on 8/24/19 regarding the increased legal billing fees and, what looks to be personal services provided to one commissioner.

“Since Rebecca Rodriguez became lead Village Attorney, services provided in communication and/or meeting with the Mayor alone come to 25.1 + hours / $4,352.50 (fee adjusted down for no-charge entries).  The amount does not include bundled entries where other tasks did not allow me to quantify the time spent with the Mayor alone.  The entries generally say re: legal matters without further detail.  I encourage you to compare GR’s to Herin’s and Hearn’s time entries, and I am certain that you will find few (if any) communications between the Herin/Hearn and the Mayor alone. 

These are fees incurred by the Village that do not benefit the Manager in day-to-day operations, and do not benefit the rest of the Commission in its collective decision-making.  The Village Attorney is not the Mayor’s personal consultant, and the Village should not pay for such services. By contrast, GR Village Attorneys’ communications with the Manager and Mayor come to 21 hours / $4,725; and, with Manager or staff (without the Mayor) only 4.7 hours / $990.”

·       An ordinance (that originated from Tracy regarding Board member rules) that was written before any discussion or approval from the Commission as a body.

·        Rebecca’s stall tactics (for months) addressing Dan’s agenda item on a discussion of Change of Leadership and/or Vote of No Confidence in Tracy’s performance. Her alleged reason was to delay/wait for an opinion from the Attorney General. An opinion that, by the way, never really materialized.  In other words, they had “no opinion.”

·        The FEMA appeal was assigned to Gray Robinson and Rebecca Rodriguez without the approval of the Commission.  They claimed it was an emergency; it seems like we have a lot of emergencies under this group doesn’t it?  The assignment by Tracy/Krishan to Gray Robinson to handle the appeal was not authorized.
        

·       Rebecca acted as the attorney for Tracy to add her to an Amicus Brief listing her as Tracy Truppman, mayor of Biscayne Park on a matter of great importance to Tracy personally before the US Supreme court.  This also never came before the Commission.  I question were the legal services considered a Gift.  If so was the gift reported?   

·        Rebecca acted as the attorney representing Krishan and Jenny Johnson-Sardella when they were questioned by Miami-Dade Ethics Department. Was this billed to the taxpayers?  

So...what do you all think?

For me...I'll leave it at this for all involved in plotting this action.



Standing Watch, 

Milton Hunter

The Biscayne Parker   





The Greybeards Report- Episode #1

Deliberations from The Greybeards regarding Biscayne Park news.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!

 

Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUad1DdCOcQ&t=2s

 

 

Standing Watch, 

Milton Hunter

The Biscayne Parker

FAKE NEWS

This is the purpose this blog was created for. And that was to expose and combat BP Fake News. Because. Facts. Matter.

Please watch and listen here to the public’s comments during Tuesday’s monthly meeting: Starts @ 35:04 (hang in there- the audio goes in and out as our microphone problems have yet to be addressed)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwXJyrSmUs8

After watching… How would you rate your local government’s performance?

[ASIDE- for those unaware, this is the first time I ever recall hearing such damning language issued against a commission or administration coming from Bob Anderson and Dale Blanton.  Both whom I have known for over 20 years and have served this community for two decades and under many different commissions and administrations]

You know, it shouldn’t be a requirement for residents to follow up behind this commission and administration to correct their mistakes, deceptions and disinformation, but this is our reality under Tracy’s attempted fiefdom. A wise man once said “to not judge people by their words, but by their actions.” And their actions have been to sow division and spite with their unacceptable attitudes, lack of transparency and accountability.

Sadly, based on their actions…they have proven to be morally bankrupt and disinterested in the concerns from Village residents. You know, those who pay their salaries... but I digress.

“So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell: I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!...You've got to say, I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!” – Network 1976 film

There is so much to say about this meeting, but I’m drifting off point. Below is some information on our new attorneys billing practices (who by the way, billed the Village taxpayers for her job interview- I kid you not.)

Excerpts from an email Rox Ross sent to the commission (and others) on 8/24/19 regarding the increased legal billing fees and, what looks to be personal services provided to one commissioner.

“Since Rebecca Rodriguez became lead Village Attorney, services provided in communication and/or meeting with the Mayor alone come to 25.1 + hours / $4,352.50 (fee adjusted down for no-charge entries).  The amount does not include bundled entries where other tasks did not allow me to quantify the time spent with the Mayor alone.  The entries generally say re: legal matters without further detail.  I encourage you to compare GR’s to Herin’s and Hearn’s time entries, and I am certain that you will find few (if any) communications between the Herin/Hearn and the Mayor alone.  These are fees incurred by the Village that do not benefit the Manager in day-to-day operations, and do not benefit the rest of the Commission in its collective decision-making.  The Village Attorney is not the Mayor’s personal consultant, and the Village should not pay for such services.

By contrast, GR Village Attorneys’ communications with the Manager and Mayor come to 21 hours / $4,725; and, with Manager or staff (without the Mayor) only 4.7 hours / $990.”

So Tracy, you can stomp your feet and deny it all you want to, but the Facts speak for themselves. (1:47:47 on the video) And for readers here, the spreading of misinformation, the omission of information, or any other such conduct are all Charter violations that can result in being removed from office. I suggest for you to look it up as you clearly don’t understand the limitations of your role as a commissioner. And secondly, I for one am grateful that Rox is looking over your collective shoulders as she has already discovered many mistakes and abuses you missed…or chose to overlook for whatever reason. 

Next, to Betsy’s assertion, and to a lessor extend Will’s as well on Dan’s (um….stalled) agenda item for a discussion on a Change of Leadership and/or Vote of No Confidence in Tracy’s performance. (1:23:28 on video)  Betsy chided Dan that “facts, dates and examples” were lacking and that is totally baseless in the long view. Meaning, where have you both been during commission meetings this year where numerous detailed “facts, dates, and examples” of misconduct and abuses of office have been explained in great detail during Good and Welfare? It's already ALL on record and please don’t try to play semantics with us. You both clearly need to pay better attention to what is being stated and to start protecting the residents from these abuses as per the oath you both swore to. Better late than never is the best we can hope for.

(And by the way, the reason I stated that this item has been “stalled” was the commissions tactic (based on the attorneys suggestion) to wait for “an opinion” from the Attorney General that dates back for months now. Well, we all finally got that answer on Tuesday that the AG has, wait for it... “no opinion.” LOL! Imagine that! And to no surprise…as I and others came to this very conclusion when it first came up- let’s see what other skullduggery they come up with next…)

Lastly, a discussion of the recently approved Whistle Blower Protect Ordinance issued from Miami-Dade County. The prime sponsor was Commissioner Sally Heyman, along with five other MDC Commissioners. It was approved by a vote of 12-0 on the second reading.

As somewhere along the line our Village stopped including comments from residents during Good and Welfare in the minutes, we now only see “who spoke”….but not what they said. Another hit on transparency and good government practices, in my opinion. Anyway, those residents in favor of adopting this ordinance to better protect our employees were:

·         Bob Anderson- 20 year commissioner

·         Rox Ross- 8 year mayor and commissioner

·         Barbara Kuhl- chairperson and long term member of our P&P board

·         Janey Anderson- former member of the Code Compliance board

·         Chuck Ross- chairman of our Citizen Crime Watch

Here are the basic problems we face as I see them:

·         We have no PR department

·         We have no personal department

·         We have a manager that lacks experience in these matters

In other words, what do we have in place for our employees now to air their grievances or to report abuses? They could face retaliation/termination (after reporting) and have to pay for legal assistance to fight a wrongful termination lawsuit themselves. As I understand it, this plan would protect against both of these outcomes.  But, more study is needed on all fronts.

What we know is that all we do have in place is an inexperienced Village manager, and that concept is flawed as he/she serves at the will of the commission. What happens when the majority of the commission is also flawed and threatens the manager’s position if he/she doesn’t play along? What if the employees complain is about the manager? Awkward, right?  

Sorry, but that’s a clear conflict of interest and hits too close to home. We need to find a way to make this happen.

I found it amusing that Betsy and Tracy “agreed in principle- in sprit” yet argued about costs to the taxpayers wherein they both have no problem with the attorney fees being increased by $50K just to finish the fiscal year. And who other than the attorney benefits from this added expense to the taxpayers? Or, in problematic employees getting recent raises. Can you understand the concept of leverage here and who wields it? Or in funding Betsy’s projects no one wants or asked for at the taxpayers’ expense. That’s hypocritical and just phony people. But again, more to follow on this topic as it becomes more fleshed out. 

In short, free speech and discovery is hindering Tracy’s plan of authoritarian restriction and in her tyrannical approach of shutting down anyone who dares to speak up in the face of their oppressors.

“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar. You’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say” -George R.R. Martin

“Censorship is the child of fear. Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself”- Potter-Stewart

Standing Watch, 

Milton Hunter

The Biscayne Parker

Amateur Hour 2.0- Krishan Manners Edition

 

Biscayne Park We Have a Problem…

Well, actually more than one- but this article is meant to focus on the root cause of most of our dysfunction.  And as we have now had 2.5 + years to observe the Krishan and Tracy Show, it is fair to conclude that it has been an abject failure. Now, as to the reasons why…

Neither of them has proven that they have any command or knowledge of municipal government rules and procedures, any understanding of professional ethics or in how to communicate and manage others. In other words, they both possess poor, underdeveloped people skills.

Month after month Rox Ross has attempted to educate and correct them, (within her allowable 3 minutes of time), while pointing out mistakes made on the most basic practices. These myriad of errors (just watch the monthly meetings when Rox is speaking) apparently don’t seem to be corrected or even acknowledged as they continue month after month. Because after all, Krishan and Tracy has never admitted to ANY mistakes as they fear it would be a sign of weakness. For me, their weakness lies not in addressing known blunders, but in the continuation of trying to divert and deflect the blame elsewhere.

Because, it’s easier to play the victim card don’t you know.

 
Excerpts from an email sent to the commission on 4/11/17:

"You are tasked to find the most qualified person to run our Village and to ultimately bring in someone with a proven background and leadership experience. This is a huge void in our community that needs to be addressed. Especially now due to the fact that the super majority of you also have no municipal government experience. And this is not an ideal situation we find ourselves in. Based on his employment record and overall lack of relevant government experience, I feel Krishan is simply not qualified for consideration as a permanent hire. I truly hope that you are not just looking for one who is malleable but rather, one who can lead by example and provide some much needed stability to the position."

As I couldn’t get his actual employment application to copy, here are excerpts from Krishan Manners  original 2013 application. [For anyone interested, I can forward you the complete application] Listed in descending order (information has not been verified)

[Education: BA in Political Science] Personal Reference- Heidi Shafran  

To review, Krishan was originally brought here by Heidi to serve as her assistant. Someone to have her back, to be her eyes and ears and someone to push her work onto. And this hire cost the Village taxpayers approx. $69,000.00 annually in both his salary and benefits. It was a hire moreover based on nepotism than in his relevant work experience. To review his original employment application positions in descending order. He was :

•                    A commissioned sales associate for a realtor. Reason for leaving "to obtain a non-commission based career."

 

•                    A volunteer for Wilton Manors Development Alliance/ No clear salary was listed on his application. Reason for leaving "to focus on a non-volunteer position."

•                    An owner of an advertisement and public relation agency- The Manners Group.  Salary: N/A (?) “Varied with clients.” Specializing in branding micro-businesses. Reason for leaving, moved to Florida.

•                  Director of Marketing/ Richmond Events, Inc. Responsible for their corporate brand in the US. Reason for leaving, to start The Manners Group.

•                    Manager, new business development/ Grey Worldwide Advertising. Scope of work, acquisition of new clients. Reason for leaving, to join Richmond Group

So, what do you see above that qualifies him as a City Manager? What I see from his last two positions is that of him wanting to escape from commission based employment. His work experience is basically based in sales and as a public relations liaison. As mentioned above, there is no relevant job experience in municipal government or related administrative services.

Since he left the Village, his work experience has been as a consultant tasked with the renovation of a retail/office building in Wilton Manors.

Ranking and Evaluations

In reviewing the spreadsheet from one member of the vetting board chosen to select a new Village Manager, a point system was assigned for each of the 23 applicants which covered education, relevant work experience, professional certifications, among other criteria. The point totals ranged from a low of zero (2) what were those two thinking ???) to a high score of 34 points.
   
Krishan’s score was 11 points. This ranked him 17th out of the 23 applicants. (which includes the two zero scores) And yet, he was selected anyway.  Why, and is this really the best we can do for our community?

*** 

And again for the umpteenth time, this is not personal (as few suggest- going back to that “deflect and divert” knee jerk thingy), this is not the action of clubbing a baby seal, this is simply exposing the cause and effect of hiring a person that lacks the required qualifications, backbone and experience we need for this position. 
  
Lack of Control and Accountability for Employees

Being that I’m located across the street from the log cabin, I see when our employees come and go, for the most part.  And what I see is little to no accountability on when employees actually show up for work. The code officer (more on her later) routinely shows up 1 to 1 ½ hour late and doesn’t always stay to make up for lost time. (I don’t know if she is being docked for missed hours or not) Others employees arrive 15 minutes or so late regularly yet leave at 5:00pm sharp. And I would be remiss not to mention that one shows up early to get a jump on the day before people start coming in or the phone starts ringing off the hook. And she’s a gem. But I credit her work ethic as an individual more than I do Krishan on this.

For as many agendas that are late and other issues we continuingly face, Krishan should be here on weekends catching up and working to create a system to stay on top of all of this. We are well past the time for endless excuses made for his shortcomings. As I'm prone to say, "he's fully formed," and as such isn't likely to progress further. And what we have in him simply isn't good enough. Krishan should have by now secured, or at the very least started his professional certification training as a City Manager, if indeed this meant anything more to him other than just another gig along the way.

Now for a moment on Christina in Code. Not only is she not in the field doing the job she was hired for, but earlier this week during her, um, “re-scheduled monthly meeting” I understand that she stormed out due to a conflict with residents… abruptly ending the meeting before any cases could be heard. Not only is this bush league and unprofessional, it is totally unacceptable. In any “real world” setting, this would be cause for immediate termination. To make matters even worse, one person flew in from out of State for this meeting, and I believe for the second time, only to be turned away. What possible excuse can we offer this man?  

Add to this that we were then (2017- Irma) and are now still unprepared for a hurricane, legal bills have shot through the roof since the hiring of Tracy’s new attorney (more on that in a future post), we are experiencing potential wasteful spending on unsupported unpopular projects (see Betsy Wise) even as the commission is under investigation by the Ethics Department... nothing is improving. 

*DEEP BREATH*....it boggles my mind. 
 
P.S. “But, I’ve got Tracy under control”

 

Standing Watch, 

Milton Hunter
The Biscayne Parker