Worker who leaked plans to build golf courses in Florida parks files whistleblower suit
Gaddis, who was a consultant in DEP's Office of Park Planning, says he was directed to draw up “secret maps” to build golf courses, hotels and pickleball courts in nine parks. Park staffers were ordered not to talk to any colleagues about the proposals, which in Gaddis' view amounted to destroying “globally significant” environments.The experience felt like “mapping out a future crime scene,” according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Leon County.
Gaddis copied documents onto a flash drive and shared it with an unnamed intermediary, the lawsuit says, and the next day the Tampa Bay Times wrote about the plans.
Gaddis says he was called into a meeting by a supervisor and asked if he shared the documents, which he admitted to. He was put on administrative leave and later fired, and the suit says that amounted to disparate treatment and retaliation.
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I have mixed emotions about this. I don't play golf, but I love golf courses. It seems to me, that the only thing taken care of anymore, is golf courses. For instance: The PGA is playing at a course in PA today, Oakmont, that is 100 years old, and the PA Turnpike and the railroad tracks cut right through it. I don't know it for a fact, but I would imagine they are using more environmental products to care for the greens. Hopefully not ROUNDUP. I would like to live in a golf course. Not in one of those townhouses, but under a tree, perhaps. You never see homeless people on golf courses, or trash strewn around.
ReplyDeleteCan't help it. It's become an addiction!
I agree. Golf courses are one of the last places where we can go and enjoy the day without the presence of them. Our people, our place. It's refreshing.
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