Kim Scott: Fox guarding hen house??

[edjax]

Would a Lead Letter on the Editoral Page work?  I mean at this point with the decision close I would think any attempt to get in even more in the public eye would help. The T-U had the article at least noting some controversy about her so perhaps now they would jump on a letter to the editor as one of their Lead Letters.  About the only time the Mayor does anything right is when he is shamed into it.

[Noone]

This issue needs to go out of the box. 67 counties in Florida. How many have a REGULATORY COMPLIANCE DIVISION CHIEF? 2014-215 is the legislation. Unable to see pages 2-5.

Now 2014-200 Will have Regulatory Compliance oversight. How much is being carried over?

[Noone]

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A year later, they are cited again.

See the email below.



It is after this that they violated EPA guidelines once again forcing the city to take action on itself and exposing the citizens of this city to dangerous conditions.

Good thing this wasn't me cause I really can't tell what the infraction was. It only speaks to a misinterpertation of the regulations. From this I cannot tell if the public was in danger.  Which may add to the probability of misreads cause it is so "buearucratic mumbo jumbo".  Must have been the governments ineffective writing course graduate.

+1 Shipyards I

[sheclown]

Maybe its just me, but I was sort of hard-wired to accept the fact that the government acts in a benevolent way towards the citizens -- sure, I figured that there is a bit of corruption here, a pocket of self-interest there...but all in all, at the end of the day, I just figured that those who run this city love it as much as I do.

But this is what happens to someone as naive as me...

You start digging around,  start reading emails,  start reading other documents and you think WTF!

Even if you don't care about the demolition of a historic district (or of LaVilla for that matter).  Perhaps the urban core is of no great concern to you, surely you must care about the air you breathe, the water you drink.

Having an effective and independent Environmental Quality Division is paramount to your public health.   How can this NOT matter to you...to your council rep?

Even if we forgot about the past mistakes and misdeeds....what would our future hold with this type of leadership?  And should the EQD be forced to ignore the public safety issues in the future, what will the consequences be?  And who will stop the damage?

Sure, I'm mad about the senseless demotions in Springfield -- about the mismanagement of federal funds.  But I am totally blown away by a mayor who is so unconcerned about this that he rewards this behavior.  And I am frightened that the system is so entrenched in Jacksonville, that no one is willing to ask the tough questions for fear of retribution from the Good Old Boy network.

[mtraininjax]

Good Old Boy network.

Soon to receive a Good Old Girl to the network!

[JaxUnicorn]

Would a Lead Letter on the Editoral Page work?  I mean at this point with the decision close I would think any attempt to get in even more in the public eye would help. The T-U had the article at least noting some controversy about her so perhaps now they would jump on a letter to the editor as one of their Lead Letters.  About the only time the Mayor does anything right is when he is shamed into it.

edjax, at this point whatever we can do to get someone with some power to stop this appointment of Kimberly Scott to Director will help.  Heck, I read up on the Vince Seibold case and it appears he was "fired" or his "resignation letter was accepted" because he had concerns over a conflict of interest between moving EQD under the supervision of Public Works.  I don't think the department was moved under Public Works, so perhaps even though Mr. Seibold was fired, his concerns were recognized and the move didn't happen.  Do we have to have another sacrificial lamb in order to stop THIS move???

[IrvAdams]

The local TV media did a story on the Springfield demolitions before. Any chance they would make a second piece concerning these new developments?

[edjax]

Would a Lead Letter on the Editoral Page work?  I mean at this point with the decision close I would think any attempt to get in even more in the public eye would help. The T-U had the article at least noting some controversy about her so perhaps now they would jump on a letter to the editor as one of their Lead Letters.  About the only time the Mayor does anything right is when he is shamed into it.

edjax, at this point whatever we can do to get someone with some power to stop this appointment of Kimberly Scott to Director will help.  Heck, I read up on the Vince Seibold case and it appears he was "fired" or his "resignation letter was accepted" because he had concerns over a conflict of interest between moving EQD under the supervision of Public Works.  I don't think the department was moved under Public Works, so perhaps even though Mr. Seibold was fired, his concerns were recognized and the move didn't happen.  Do we have to have another sacrificial lamb in order to stop THIS move???

I think hit it hard now as I recall during the final budget meeting I watched on TV there were,several council members not too enamored with Ms. Scott, Cresembeini in particular.

[Noone]

Go to the legislation 2014-215. Somebody post it.

[sheclown]

Would a Lead Letter on the Editoral Page work?  I mean at this point with the decision close I would think any attempt to get in even more in the public eye would help. The T-U had the article at least noting some controversy about her so perhaps now they would jump on a letter to the editor as one of their Lead Letters.  About the only time the Mayor does anything right is when he is shamed into it.

edjax, at this point whatever we can do to get someone with some power to stop this appointment of Kimberly Scott to Director will help.  Heck, I read up on the Vince Seibold case and it appears he was "fired" or his "resignation letter was accepted" because he had concerns over a conflict of interest between moving EQD under the supervision of Public Works.  I don't think the department was moved under Public Works, so perhaps even though Mr. Seibold was fired, his concerns were recognized and the move didn't happen.  Do we have to have another sacrificial lamb in order to stop THIS move???

So this is the second time within a short period of time that a serious conflict of interest has occurred?    First with public works in early 2013 and now with Kim Scott as head of EQD a little over a year later?

I don't understand the dynamics here.  Why keep messing with this? 

Anyone have any insight?

[sheclown]

http://www.youtube.com/v/OprzFKwpeGY?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0

[sheclown]

Introduced by the Council President at the request of the Mayor:


RESOLUTION 2014-215
A RESOLUTION Confirming the Mayor's APPOINTMENT Of KIMBERLY SCOTT AS DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

   BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville:
   Section 1.      Appointment. The Council hereby confirms the Mayor's appointment of Kimberly Scott as Director of the Department of Regulatory Compliance of the City of Jacksonville.  Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is the curriculum vitae of Kimberly Scott.
   Section 2.      Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective without the Mayor's signature.

Form Approved:

   /s/   James R. McCain, Jr.
Office of General Counsel
Legislation prepared by: James R. McCain, Jr.
C:\Users\Gloria\AppData\Local\Temp\2014-215.doc

[JaxUnicorn]

And here's a photo of the woman who has cost the City of Jacksonville upwards of $500,000 dollars so far....

[sheclown]

Jacksonville environmental chief pushed out
He was dismissed after talking to an advisory board.
Posted: April 11, 2013 - 7:11pm  |  Updated: April 12, 2013 - 8:07am

Vince Seibold had expressed concerns about the mayor's reorganization of his agency.
By Steve Patterson   

The head of Jacksonville's environmental agency has been dismissed after talking to a city advisory board about potential problems with Mayor Alvin Brown's plan to reorganize his agency.

Vince Seibold said before losing his job that members of the Environmental Protection Board asked him about effects of moving the Environmental Quality Division into the Public Works Department.

He restated his loyalty when city personnel managers held a "fact-finding meeting" last week to ask him about "unauthorized communication."

Read: Plan to shift Jacksonville City Hall offices drawing criticisms from environmentalists

"My track record clearly shows that I support [the] mayor's priorities and have excelled at my job," Seibold wrote on a nine-question form that asked his stance on Brown's plan.

Seibold wrote that he supported the plan but there were "operational issues to be addressed."

To see documents from city's investigation of Seibold, click here

His boss, Neighborhoods Director Terrance Ashanta-Barker, issued a memo in January that said moving the division to Public Works would "create an operational conflict of interest" and "subject the city to a backlash from the environmental community."

Ashanta-Barker was also questioned by personnel managers, but the city's labor relations chief, Tracey Watkins, recommended against disciplining him. Ashanta-Barker "was generally unaware of the level of efforts by his staff to secure support against the realignment," Watkins wrote in a memo to Chief Administrative Officer Karen Bowling.

The city dismissed Seibold by using a resignation letter he wrote in 2011, when all city appointees were required to formally resign before Brown was sworn in.

During the meeting with personnel managers, Seibold was asked if he had approached Protection Board members about the reorganization. He answered no but wrote on the form – which was completed during the meeting – that board members asked him about it during public meetings.

During its meeting this week, board members were upset that they had difficulty in getting more information about the change. Having Siebold gone, board members said, would make their job even harder.

"I'm very frustrated," said board member Michelle Tappouni. "I've worked very hard to get answers on this and I've gotten none. And now our chief is gone."

Seibold had been a division chief since 2007, when he was recruited from a management job in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. He had worked there since 1989.

Watkins' memo said Public Works Director Jim Robinson viewed the conflict-of-interest talk as "a 'Vince-led' issue" that "may serve to potentially alert the state."

The memo didn't address whether conflict of interest concerns were valid or could be managed. Brown's office has noted a number of other governments, including the counties of Los Angeles and San Francisco in California and Fairfax County, Va., house environmental programs inside public works agencies.

Times-Union writer Timothy J. Gibbons contributed to this report.

steve.patterson@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4263

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-04-11/story/jacksonville-environmental-chief-pushed-out#ixzz2wsrS876v

[sheclown]

check here for more info:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/135419031/Vince-Seibold-investigative-documents