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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Discipline Delivered Part II: Local Fire Union Secretary's Conduct Rebuked and Consequences Delivered

 As I work to put together the public records requested of me by the local paid firefighter's union, I have come across disciplinary documents that are public records according to the county attorney.  As I stated in part I--I'm certain these documents would have remained in a file cabinet or on a server somewhere and never never been made publicly available had it not been for this public records request.  But the request has been made, and it will be costly and time consuming and all the responsive records will be gathered, reproduced, and turned over to the fire union's lawyer.  Lots, if not all of them, will be published on this blog as well after they are paid for by the union's lawyer.   This particular discipline, indicated in the three pages below, is in response to an official complaint made by Escambia EMS in response to a disgusting, despicable, and low-class post made on the local fire union's Facebook page.  The language in the discipline narrative is scorching--and I am told the suspension without pay has already been applied to this particular employee as a result of this incident--although I'm also told this employee is actively appealing this discipline.  Read the discipline documents here, below:





In addition to this information, this particular file also has the transcript of the county's staff questioning this employee about the Facebook post that was the subject of the investigation.  I am astonished at the answers given in this questioning--which more than likely led to the administration of discipline on this individual by staff.  Read the transcript here, below, and while you do-perhaps ask yourself what you would do if this was an employee of yours and was answering you this way as you conducted an investigation?.....




4 comments:

Anonymous said...

On "belief" of the union. HaHaHa. Really though, is this why Rogers and Maddrey resigned?
Smart people move on away from Dumasses if they can find a way out.

Anonymous said...

*dumbass

Anonymous said...

^If only you actually knew the facts, and didn’t believe 100% of everything that comes out of this nut job commissioner’s mouth, then you would for sure change your mind on this whole situation.

Jeff Bergosh said...

Anonymous 1:10--read the documents for yourself. They are factual ----and the post on the local union facebook site that was the genesis for the discipline was disgusting, unprofessional, and despicable. That was the reason why the discipline that was delivered because of this post was so detailed, thorough and utterly scorching. It was a scorcher. You can look at factual documentation and say what you want--but you're simply refusing to accept the reality of the situation because you don't "like it."