This is so Florida it hurts. Florida is even more whacked than Georgia is. And they just completely fucked themselves by allowing to be interviewed. Watch.
Mayor Larry Kyker said:
"At no time did we make a judgment call on the activities of Mr. Janke or his wife. It's a matter of how effective he becomes after this situation. How much disruption there is."
What disruption?
Get this part:
Kiker acknowledged that Janke
had violated no rules or laws and added that he had done a good job for the island town that had about 6,500 people, according to the 2000 Census.-
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OK, you fire someone without cause then that's what you say if you have to say anything -- which you shouldn't.
But Town Councilperson Tom Babcock couldn't shut-up:
Councilman Tom Babcock, responding to residents' questions, said at a council meeting Wednesday that Janke was fired because his wife's profession brought an inaccurate image to Fort Myers Beach, according to the News-Press of Fort Myers."When you become a public figure you are held to a different level of scrutiny and ethics," Babcock said.-
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Coucilman Babcock was one of the people, in that 5-0 vote, who fired Babcock and now he has publicly stated
to the press why (meaning "cause") Janke was fired.
Thanks to Councilman Babcock, it has now been revealed, in the most public manner possible, that Janke was fired for cause despite what the mayor said. That means the Town Council lied about its reason for firing Janke.
Now a lot of people are fired without cause when there really is a cause but that deal essentially means that both parties have to keep their mouths shut about what the true cause is because, otherwise, "no cause" suddenly becomes, "for cause," and the termination action becomes subject to a whole bunch of legal requirements.
Thanks to Mr. Babcock, Janke may now have grounds to sue the city for wrongful termination and, perhaps, other things. Mr. Janke would be wise to lawyer-up and bleed them dry if that's possible in a place where like Florida where justice isn't so much blind as merely needs reading glasses.