tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post374569622815914023..comments2024-01-13T03:17:01.627-05:00Comments on SWFWMD Matters: Scott’s Slingblade Swings Deep at SWFWMDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-20124810729436468252011-11-12T14:36:04.982-05:002011-11-12T14:36:04.982-05:00Has anyone taken a look at the VESP (Voluntary Emp...Has anyone taken a look at the VESP (Voluntary Employee Separation Agreement sent out by the minions under CEO Y. Scott. It states that, if you sign the agreement, you are agreeing to resign from SWFWMD. This, in effect, nulifies any chance of you being able to apply for unemployment insurance. When queried the HR minions referred everyone to Workforce Alliance. This means you either take the early piece of little cheese and don't collect unemployment benefits or wait until February and be fired, get no package and be able to apply for the unemployment benifits.<br />Did the CEO or his hand selected senior citizen governors, at any time, ask the employees, those who actually know what SWFWMD does, what they would suggest be done to save money, such as one or two days per month with no pay and/or a 10% cut in salary. Yes, they would take home less money. But, they would have health benefits and their seniority (pension amounts) would contuinue to increase. Hey CEO Yul, you didn't ask your former empoloyees for suggestions and look what happened to your former company. I guess that's exactlt what you want to happen to SWFWMD. Is your ego that swelled you would resort to that AGAIN?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-72334925001154739142011-11-10T17:26:05.287-05:002011-11-10T17:26:05.287-05:00Great message Sonny! Keep it up. I hope your mes...Great message Sonny! Keep it up. I hope your messages are getting to the Governor's desk through some surrogate method.... not that he cares worth a hoot, but perhaps we can hope ---- at least -- that he is getting his eyes and ears full.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-81019144243388333332011-11-02T11:21:57.260-04:002011-11-02T11:21:57.260-04:00I believe the atmosphere of fear in Florida politi...I believe the atmosphere of fear in Florida politics has reached a toxic level. Anyone in a politically vulnerable position is afraid of saying anything because Scott and legislative leaders have shown no hesitation to wield their powers of revenge on those who dare. It is a very dangerous situation for anyone who wants to serve the public’s true interests and simply do the right thing.<br /><br />- SandspurSandspurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-91361317883068658762011-11-02T11:13:03.473-04:002011-11-02T11:13:03.473-04:00Sonny, we’ve been thinking the same about Governin...Sonny, we’ve been thinking the same about Governing Board members. Why aren’t some of them advocating for their District and its programs and employees? What have they got to gain from licking Scott’s boots? Many of them are influential in their own right. I don’t understand their motivation in keeping silent. Has Scott threatened them with dire consequences if they oppose him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-63806513541992048832011-11-02T10:59:52.967-04:002011-11-02T10:59:52.967-04:00This is your best piece yet! Very powerful and spo...This is your best piece yet! Very powerful and spot on. Another thing that plays right in to your theme here is that the Governing Board commissioned a consultant to do a staffing survey about 6 months ago. The results showed there was no need for any additional layoffs. So here you have a board that spends who knows how much money to do a staffing survey then turns around and ignores the results and agrees with the ED to lay off 150 people. You’d think maybe one of them might have pointed this out as being something that they should at least discuss. The other thing that sticks out like a sore thumb here is that there was apparently no comparative analysis presented, i.e., which environmental programs would need to be cut if the current staffing level was maintained, or cut by 100 positions, or 50 positions, etc. When I worked at SWFWMD under you and Dave, we wouldn’t have dreamed of going to the board with this type of far-reaching recommendation without being fully prepared to brief the board on all aspects of the issue. Further evidence that this is just what you said it is: “This is the work of raw politics, make no mistake about it. It has nothing to do with what is right or appropriate for good resource management, good people management, good government or even public interest.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-61098257446661625182011-11-01T02:01:27.170-04:002011-11-01T02:01:27.170-04:00Amen! Scott's short-sighted and selfish agenda...Amen! Scott's short-sighted and selfish agenda are setting Florida back decades when it comes to environmental protection. And the Governing Board members should be ashamed of themselves. They may not be able to change the policies that Scott has set in motion, but seeing the casual disregard some of them demonstrate for both Florida's future and employees' livelihoods is appalling. I propose Occupy Broad Street!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-27930140410459642802011-10-27T19:28:01.965-04:002011-10-27T19:28:01.965-04:00Blake's arrogance is only superseded by his in...Blake's arrogance is only superseded by his incompetence. He has never worked in any Government capacity and it painfully shows. The pristine Florida rivers that we all know, love and cherish will soon be no more. "Governor" Scott will use Blake to his dirty work. In the end it is just another death knell for Florida. Those connected with Scott will profit from real estate and quid quo pro transactions while the average Floridian waits on them in local cafe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com