{"id":78974,"date":"2018-04-19T11:43:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78974"},"modified":"2018-04-19T11:43:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T15:43:01","slug":"code-inspector-melinda-power-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78974","title":{"rendered":"Code inspector Melinda Power suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78934\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jax-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jax-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jax-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jax-500x279.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jax.jpg 1663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville, Florida city code inspector who made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78933\">national news the other day<\/a> was suspended from her job when she tried to cite Jaguar Power Sports for flags on their building and ended up treating poorly a customer who was a veteran according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/city-inspector-posts-apology-after-military-flag-controversy_\">News4Jax<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The city of Jacksonville has suspended a code inspector who sparked controversy Monday after she issued a warning citation to a Westside business over military flags and then was caught on surveillance video in a confrontation with a customer who objected to the citation.<\/p>\n<p>The inspector&#8217;s supervisor, who was present during the incident, has also been suspended, Mayor Lenny Curry said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Both employees will still be receiving pay during the investigation, the city confirmed. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayor Curry released the following statement;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEmployees of the city of Jacksonville are the servants of taxpayers who have a duty to enforce our laws and regulations. I expect every one of them to do that job in a manner that is respectful and reflects the privilege we all have to serve this great city. What I saw reported is 100 percent inconsistent with how I expect every city employee to interact with our citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have ordered a review of the actions of the employee and pending the completion of that review, the employee and her supervisor have been placed on leave. Today I will ask every manager of city departments to review our procedures with each city employee. Once a review of the actions in this matter is complete, appropriate corrective action will be enforced for any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the son and grandson of military veterans, and the mayor of a city with a proud history of commitment to our nation\u2019s defense, I will not tolerate disparagement or disrespect of the men and women who serve or served. On behalf of the City of Jacksonville I apologize to veterans and service members who are rightly troubled by the events that have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While current ordinance does not address residents or businesses displaying military flags, I will not allow any citation of those who demonstrate their support for the Armed Forces. My team is working with the city\u2019s Office of General Counsel to bring clarity to the relevant city laws.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville, Florida city code inspector who made national news the other day was suspended from her &hellip; <a title=\"Code inspector Melinda Power suspended\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78974\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Code inspector Melinda Power suspended<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}