JEA Managing Director and CEO Aaron Zahn fired with cause

Started by thelakelander, January 28, 2020, 11:13:35 AM

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Steve

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January 30, 2020, 10:57:27 AM
Quote from: vicupstate on January 30, 2020, 10:51:21 AM
Quote from: Steve on January 30, 2020, 10:43:33 AM
Quote from: vicupstate on January 30, 2020, 09:17:59 AM
Has anyone brought a lawsuit on his removing people on boards for seats that have not expired?  If not, it needs to happen. He overthrew precedent but it needs to be determined if laws were broken too.

To my knowledge, every person he "removed" was technically them resigning.

Too bad no one called him on it. 
Was that true with the Planning Commission or whatever board he started his purging with?

Lisa King and some of her proponents made quite the stink over it. I do think the media on that issue was a little silent.

The media being silent certainly isn't an issue now as the JEA fiasco woke them up like nothing else I've seen here locally.

thelakelander

#16
January 30, 2020, 11:38:52 AM
At that time, Curry rode in as a blond hair, blue eyed savior saving Jax from Alvin Brown. He could do no wrong to many people in town at that time. Now everyone knows better.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Snaketoz

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February 05, 2020, 02:53:26 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on January 30, 2020, 11:38:52 AM
At that time, Curry rode in as a blond hair, blue eyed savior saving Jax from Alvin Brown. He could do no wrong to many people in town at that time. Now everyone knows better.
Sadly, I don't know about "everyone knowing better". There are multitudes of citizens in Jacksonville who are completely oblivious to what has transpired at JEA.  How can anyone out there with a heartbeat and mini brain, not suspect that Lenny's board and Lenny's CEO, Lenny's staff, Lenny's City Council, and Lenny himself, were behind this entire fiasco? 
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot."

Steve

#19
April 23, 2020, 02:38:57 PM
Chris Hong of the T-U posted it on Twitter. It is VERY thorough and VERY specific. It even goes back to subpoena's for communication with the Mayor's office regarding the selection of CEO (when Zahn was selected).

Additionally, they requested any communication on Confide, a "confidential" (no app is truly confidential) communication app. The fact that they named a very specific app is....interesting.

The Feds have their "Deep Throat" in the parking garage.

blizz01

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April 23, 2020, 03:18:53 PM Last Edit: April 23, 2020, 03:20:53 PM by blizz01
Prison worthy?

Snaketoz

#21
April 23, 2020, 05:43:19 PM
I don't know if anyone else noticed, but today when Curry was asked about the subpoena, he seemed to give the look of a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar.  A moment of uneasiness.
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot."

CityLife

#22
April 23, 2020, 08:21:39 PM
Here is a link to the subpoena. https://www.jacksonville.com/assets/pdf/staugustine/LK3499423.pdf

As Steve pointed out, it looks like the FBI agents (and perhaps other federal agencies) working the case already know what they're looking for.

Steve

#23
April 24, 2020, 09:15:41 AM
I also wonder how much Melissa Nelson found. I'm assuming she also found something that made it a federal crime which is why she turned it over to them. I'm sure the feds have larger resources, particularly in the tech space.

blizz01

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April 28, 2020, 01:32:44 PM
Melissa Dykes terminated "without cause" today.

Tacachale

#25
April 28, 2020, 03:11:32 PM
Quote from: blizz01 on April 28, 2020, 01:32:44 PM
Melissa Dykes terminated "without cause" today.

Had to happen.
Do you believe that when the blue jay or another bird sings and the body is trembling, that is a signal that people are coming or something important is about to happen?

Steve

#26
April 28, 2020, 03:51:22 PM
Quote from: blizz01 on April 28, 2020, 01:32:44 PM
Melissa Dykes terminated "without cause" today.

I don't get the feeling she was the ringleader or driver of all of the craziness. I think she was in a tough spot personally. She earned a very nice salary ($422k) that is tough to find in Jacksonville.

But, given her role she clearly knew what was happening. She may not have known every detail, but she knew enough that she should have known it wasn't right.

If the board was going to build trust back anytime soon, they really had to do this.

jaxlongtimer

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April 28, 2020, 05:19:06 PM Last Edit: April 28, 2020, 09:44:16 PM by jaxlongtimer
Quote from: Steve on April 28, 2020, 03:51:22 PM
Quote from: blizz01 on April 28, 2020, 01:32:44 PM
Melissa Dykes terminated "without cause" today.

I don't get the feeling she was the ringleader or driver of all of the craziness. I think she was in a tough spot personally. She earned a very nice salary ($422k) that is tough to find in Jacksonville.

But, given her role she clearly knew what was happening. She may not have known every detail, but she knew enough that she should have known it wasn't right.

If the board was going to build trust back anytime soon, they really had to do this.

Agree, wrong place at the wrong time.  I bet working for Zahn was torture.  She probably tried to be a good team player under him but he just pulled her down with him.  The board gave her glowing reviews even as they more or less apologetically let her go for, as the board cited, purely optical purposes.  Subject to any new revelations from all the investigations, I suspect she will be quickly employed by another utility or other company pretty soon.

MusicMan

#28
April 28, 2020, 08:26:52 PM
I looked up her profile on 'Linked In' to see where she went to school.  Undergrad at UF then ONE YEAR at Dartmouth. Then "Vice President" at JP Morgan Securities. I assume she started lower on the totem pole and worked her way up.   I mean is she seriously brilliant or well connected?   $442,000 in Jax goes a long way.

blizz01

#29
April 28, 2020, 08:32:04 PM
For what THAT'S worth, Zahn went to Yale.
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