Am I taking what you wrote wrong, or are you calling me a liar?
Linda E. Cobbe
External Communications Manager
Hillsborough County Public Schools
901 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
813-272-4602 (O)
813-493-6964 (C)
813-272-4510 (F)
Our mission is to provide an education that enables each student to excel as a successful and responsible citizen.
Let me see if I have this right. You maintain that Dr. Hamilton did not have a job created for him by Ms.Elia after his retirement was scheduled to begin at the end of his regular career with the school system. You imply he just kept on working.
A clerk told me he did get a new job and that his name was attached to it before it went on the books. In addition, I have the clearest memory that you said Ms. Elia did away with his last job when he left about seven months later.
If his last job was the second in command to Elia, then that would mean Otero's job was done away with. But Otero took Hamilton's job at the time of Hamilton's scheduled retirement date. There was a penciled-in careted insertion of his name over Otero's on the Web site at the time he held that hold-over job.
I also recall getting from somebody that the created job for Hamilton after Otero occupied Hamilton's job paid $140,000 a year.
Give me the last three job descriptions he has held, please. with dates.
You say you have them available.
I also want the citation in state regulations about charging citizens for public-information research.
In this job situation with Hamilton, we have an instance in which the citizens must trust to the honesty of a person in your position in the schools. That's why honesty is listed first in your job description. You owe your allegiance in providing truthful information first the citizens, not to the people in ROSSAC.
It doesn't matter whether you like the person asking for the information or not. Your job is to provide truthful information to the public. Your job represents a pubic trust.
lee
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:44 PM
To: lee
Cc: Stephen Hegarty
Subject: Re: public information
Lee - The scenario you describe just did not happen. He wasn't in DROP, so he wasn't scheduled to retire. You have reviewed and/or received every job description Jim Hamilton has had in the last 10 years. There are no position descriptions, salaries, or other records related to his employment with the district that we haven't already provided to you. This is nothing new.
If you do still want these records again, I will have to charge you for my time to duplicate efforts I already made once, plus you'll be charged for the time it takes the folks in payroll to gather everything again. You usually aren't charged for my work, but I have devoted more hours to fulfilling your public records requests than to possibly all others combined. I can't give an exact estimate, but the invoice would be more than $40.
Linda E. Cobbe
External Communications Manager
Hillsborough County Public Schools
901 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
813-272-4602 (O)
813-493-6964 (C)
813-272-4510 (F)
Our mission is to provide an education that enables each student to excel as a successful and responsible citizen.
Ms. Cobbe: I resubmit my request for the items listed below. If there are any other linquistic problems, pray reply immediately so that I can clarify them for you.
I expect the answers within 48 hours as is suggested by the attorney general's site on provision of public information by public bodies. lee
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:09 AM
To: lee
Subject: Re: public information
Ms. DeCesare:
At the time of his retirement? That would be when he retired.
Linda E. Cobbe
External Communications Manager
Hillsborough County Public Schools
901 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
813-272-4602 (O)
813-493-6964 (C)
813-272-4510 (F)
Our mission is to provide an education that enables each student to excel as a successful and responsible citizen.
Ms. Cobbe: Dr. James Hamilton retired last year. At the time of his scheduled time of retirement, Ms. Elia created a transition job for him with a fancy title and a $140,000 pay rate. A clerk told me his name was on the job before it even went on the books. Here's the sequence. Dr. Hamilton was supposed to retire at a certain date. He stayed on in a new job Ms. Elia created for him. This is the job I refer to below:
I would like this public information about this job:
1, the job description;
2. its salary;
3. the ads placed and in what venues for this job and how long they ran; if there were no ads, please say "none." If they were, cite those and give me the applications of the people who applied for the job in competition with Dr. Hamilton;
4. the length of time Dr. Hamilton held this ad hoc bridge job and what total salary the state paid him for his incumbency in the job;
5. whether Ms. Elia did away with this job when Dr. Hamilton quit to retire and any reasons she cited for abolishing the position;
5. a Was the job listed on the Consent Agenda? Did the board on the dais approve this created job for Dr. Hamilton?
6. the date that Ms. Elia via the board created the current lobbyist job that she awarded to Dr. Hamilton. The official description of this job;
7. the ads and their venues for this lobbyist job that Dr. Hamilton now holds if any and how long the ads ran if the job were advertised; if there was no advertising for the job, say "none";
8, a copy of any other applicants' applications for the lobbying job if it were advertised;
9. the salary for the lobbying job when it was awarded to Dr. Hamilton;
10. whether the rumor is true that Dr. Hamilton has received a boost in the salary for this job to $96,000.
11. notes of discussion that the board held off the board podium in conference with the administration about the creation of both the Hamilton bridge job and also his current lobbying job and the salaries each job garnered initially for Dr. Hamilton;
12. whether the board attorney reviewed these hires of Dr. Hamilton and approved of them; any notes the board attorney made on his decisions relating to these hires;
13. the attorney general cites 48 hours for a citizen to receive requested public information. Since you are on summer schedule, let the information requested have twice that amount of hours on working days for you to send me these data.
Thank you.
lee drury de cesare
15316 Gulf Boulevard 802
Madeira Beach, FL 33708
727-398-4142
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1 comment:
Tell Linda Cobbe, "If the shoe fits....." She probably is a liar. They are probably all liars. Why is she getting in a snit when you ask for information? Her job is to provide it, not make commentary or ask if you are calling her a liar. So what if you are calling her a liar? She still needs to do her job and provide the information. This woman is getting uppity.
She should not be upset that she has an ass kissing job of covering up for administration and candy coating over reality and fooling taxpayers. If she doesn't like her job, she should quit, not get snippy at you.
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