Friday, June 19, 2020
A Question of Character.
The following is an e-mail thread:
From Chuck Ross on 6/19/20 at 2:20 PM
David Hernandez (DH) represented to me that he was in possession of certain records in connection with CITT projects in addition to those that I located on 4/22 & 4/28. In fact, DH represented they were much more valuable than any records I had located.
On 6/3, the day prior to my meeting with our auditor, Enrique Llerena, I called DH and requested he make those valuable records available at the rec center, as they may be useful in our review of the report Rox and I had prepared. DH refused to do so. I was concerned at that time [that] it may have been detrimental to assisting the auditor with his investigation and did not understand why DH was withholding those documents.
Accordingly, consider this a pubic records request (PRR) for an inspection of all CITT records or copies of same held by DH, CITT records or copies transmitted by DH to the auditor, [or] CITT records or copies transmitted to the Village Finance Director's office.
Chuck Ross
From David Hernandez on 6/19/20 at 2:36 PM
Mr Ross, are you aware that every time a resident request (sic) a public record request (sic) it's (sic) cost the village of Biscayne Park tax payer money by spending administration time to provide this information?
From Chuck Ross on 6/19/20 at 2:55 PM
Are you trying to obstruct my PRR? It seems like an act of intimidation.
If you only had provided the documents before the meeting as I requested we would not be having this exchange. Look into the mirror and you will see who may be costing the taxpayers money. Aside from that, these are documents that should be readily available and I am not asking for anyone to make copies. Most of these records are likely the records I located that you copied sometime after 4/28. I need to confirm that you in fact copied the records I set aside and I would like to view the additional records you [claimed you] located.
From David Hernandez on 6/19/20 at 3:18 PM
Your opinion is well noted. I can assure you that or (sic) top priority is your PRR, and I shall rearrange all other issues that the village is working on at the present time. Thank you for your prompt attention to this important issue.
From Chuck Ross on 6/19/20 at 5:05 PM
Yes, David, a complete response to CITT needs to be a priority, you should have made it a priority over two months ago. And while I appreciate your attempt at sarcasm, after you gave me permission to review the records, you then interfered with attempts to continue a review of CITT records for over two weeks. If you had assisted me or someone you delegated in the CITT review of records, or better yet, contacted Paul [Winkeljohn]'s office to engage his assistance, it's possible that this could have been concluded by now. Instead, you used the records I found to get an extension on May 4th for 60 days, to July 31, failed to inform the Commission that you had secured the extension, and then did nothing while you held me off from continuing to review the records for approx. two weeks. When you finally allowed me to go in one last time I found additional records that I left for you.
From David Hernandez on 6/19/20 at 6:15 PM
Let's agree to disagree. Keep in mind as the Manager (sic) we have Covid, Solid Waste, Code issues and FEMA and numerous other issues and topics even preparation for Commissioners (sic) agenda actions and request. I appreciate that you have passion for "ONE" issue and I am willing to get to the bottom of this subject matter. Yet maybe you can put your name in the hat to apply for the Village Manager job once it becomes available so that all application (sic) can be vetted fairly.
A separate conversation began between Mac Kennedy and Bob Anderson, and it centered on brick pavers in the intersection at 9th Avenue and 113th St. Bob said his memory was that this was done when Ana Garcia was manager here. Mac then copied David Hernandez, so David could look into this. David asked, having already been told, who Ana was. Chuck Ross got included in this conversation, and he told David he was "certain" that he told David who Ana Garcia was, and that a "good portion of [the] CITT projects took place" on her watch. He wondered if maybe David wasn't listening to him, and he expressed surprise that David had "not already reached out to [Ana] as part of the investigation [he] claimed [he] started on [his] own." He then gave David Ana's phone number. David complained that he didn't know how he was supposed to know how to reach Ana, and Chuck replied that Ana's contact information is on google and Linkedin, that she is a past president of the MDMA, and that she is presently the manager for the City of Dania Beach. David then replied to Bob Anderson, openly copying Chuck, and issuing the following report at 8:51 PM: "Going evening driving home I spoke to. Ana very knowledgeable on CITT and I found information that you did. I must admit you where and asset of information and the village must be grateful to what you provide especially on PW issue during your tenure. However Chuck Ross does not have a clue. None the less, let's discuss at your convenience Thanks." (sic, sic, sic)
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So, David gives the impression of being dishonest and manipulative. He comes across as cocky and arrogant. He seems dismissive and disrespectful. He's a sarcastic wise-ass. He is unhelpful and not a team player. He is not appreciative -- certainly not deeply grateful, as he should be -- or inclusive. He is either unambitious or not knowledgeable about technology matters, or he's just lazy. His communication "skills" are atrocious, or maybe he doesn't really have any.
ReplyDeleteThe title of this post was suggested to me by someone else, but maybe it's a mistake. Perhaps there's no "question" at all.
But I still say what I have said consistently. David, per se, is not the problem. David is a "post turtle." (If you don't know what a "post turtle" is, look it up on Wikipedia.) The problem is the three BP Commissioners who "won't help the poor, dumb thing down."
Fred, I’ll own up to it, I suggested the title and you answered the question. The title could have also been, "What kind of character is he?" Was that your alternate title?
ReplyDeleteIn any case, you summed it up well in the first paragraph of your comment above, his Character, the thing that defines Hernandez is not manager material.
He lacks moral fiber and and has no ethical values. Further, he seems to believe he knows it all and consequently does not listen very well.
His childish immature nature showed itself again last Tuesday when he interrupted Rox when she was speaking and shouted over her. It was so bad that Senator Pizzo shouted out David’s name to cut it out.
How Ginny, Dan & Will do not understand that Hernandez does not suit the Village and we not only need to do a solicitation for a credentialed Manager, we also need to find an alternative for Interim Manager ASAP.
Chuck, as I said at the end of the most recent post, about David Raymond, I think the current Commission DOES understand David Hernandez is unsuitable, or unfit, or unqualified. If they thought he was close, or in the ballpark, they would start a proper search, then hire David. But they know very well he isn't qualified, and could not possibly stand up to a proper search, with a normal comparison to available choices. The question, as I said in the other post, is why they want to stick with someone all of us, including them, know is unfit for this. It's pretty nuts.
DeleteAnd for the record, I do agree with you that at this very dicey and consequential time, we really need a new interim manager, too. I can't begin to guess who that might be. In the old days, it would have been Maria Camara, who would have been adequate. Now, who knows?
What can I say except that he has to go.
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ReplyDeleteSo Dan, You and I are in agreement, we need to remove DH as Interim Manger and move forward with a solicitation for a FT credentialed Manager. There are options that can be considered to replace DH as IM.
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