Comments on: City Manager Rick Fernandez Submits Resignation Letter

By: Richard Paul Dembinsky

Richard Paul Dembinsky — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 01:03:13 +0000

Rick, F? are you from Port Orange Florida????????

this is me………………

Richard Paul Dembinsky

386 314 3646

could you run for Governor?

By: Tic,tic boom

Tic,tic boom — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:57:28 +0000

Rick how does it feel not to have a job. You ought to ask the 47 employees that you help layoff. You are the one and the managers of underground utilities that made sure that the layoff policy got pushed through welcome to the no job having world but your package was way better than theirs imagine that. Mike Tadros you and your lap dogs should be next.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 14:01:18 +0000

In reply to Really?. Or the City could just not allow text messages to be used at all. Turn off the feature on City owned phones and the problem is solved, free of charge. Then, employees with City owned phones can use email or make phone calls or send letters if need be. I know. Crazy idea. How did we ever survive without text messages.

By: Boom

Boom — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:02:42 +0000

Thank you Erwin Jackson and Steve Stewart from all the 47 employees that was laid off because of budgeting problems want to thank you. One down few more to go please don’t forget about the general manager and manager of underground utilities which was getting big raises for carrying out Rick’s Dirty Deeds

By: Sosickofit

Sosickofit — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 05:36:35 +0000

Is Ellen Blair, Gilliam, Maddox and his daughter resigning as well? Oh wait…they will get the hefty leave packages too.

By: jtango247

jtango247 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 03:26:04 +0000

In reply to Alli. I too thing a gratuity is something unethical if the person giving the gift has an expectation of, or actually receives some sort of "gain" in return. Perhaps you are not keeping track of all the puzzle pieces on the table. The box in question is owned by Adam Corey, the former Mayoral campaign manager for Andrew Gillum who also gave a $5, 000 catering discount to Fernandez at the Edison Restaurant which was given preferential financial treatment by the City. Corey is a lobbyist not a philanthropist. So, the tickets are pay back for either the Edison, or for Fernandez hiring the catering manager to an unadvertised City job. Gift+gain= bribery.

By: jtango247

jtango247 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:44:19 +0000

November 21st of 2015 – This is when Fernandez assumed the position after a unanimous City Commission vote. According to news articles, he came into the position with “over 27 years” of City time. That means in November of 2017 he had over 29 years of service.

My guess would be, in a remarkable coincidence, that 18 weeks from now will finish his 30th year, he will thus max out the % he could earn, and they will calculate his retirement based on the last 36 months of salary. Which, thanks to the extension, will almost entirely be at his City Manager pay scale.

If you put your ear up to the screen you can hear the theme from the Godfather playing faintly in the distance. He is rewarded for his silence.

By: Really?

Really? — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:21:08 +0000

Since everyone is so concerned about taxpayer money, how long do you think it will take to recoup the $350,000 a year the city now has to pay to have text messages archived?

By: Major Villum

Major Villum — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:44:25 +0000

In reply to Pat.

Pat – You are absolutely right.

This bogus resignation package directly implicates COT Legal, Retirement and all the Commissioners in this tax payer thievery. Especially if this last bit of Ricky’s employment to Jan. 2018 plus his severance packet puts him into maximizing his bloated retirement benefits…

What a hole they’ve dug and they are still digging. Plenty of room for more; and directly implicating themselves while doing so – one job well done – Rick.

By: Alli

Alli — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:41:03 +0000

I’m not into city or county politics, but a little confused about football tickets Mr. Fernandez received. What did he gain by going to a football game? I thought unethical is if you accept a gift in return for some kind of “gain”. When Leon County Civic Center was controlled by the County did commissioner’s receive free tickets to events? Did they give away free tickets to events? I would assume Mr. Fernandez is over a budget of millions of dollars, if he was such a crook he would manipulate this system for his own gain..But football tickets..who cares..I would assume any contract that could value any vendor or contractor would have to be voted on by the commission; so, no favors for football tickets would even be an option. Right?