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Written Communications - Public Comments
Acosta - Received 4/9/2024
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I believethat youshouldnot accepta proclamationthat the councilwill be presentingto you.
AnHonoryoudid not earn.
Not surewhoseideait isto honoryoufor somethingyoudid not do. Yourduty wasto protect CHULAVISTA, youit seemto me that yourinterestandfocuswasto protect the councilNomatter how unethicalthe council activitieswere, or how obviousconflictof interestwasfor anhonestnonpoliticianChulaVistaResidentlikeme.
DuringcouncilmeetingsI askedyouto closethe campaigncontributionLOOPHOLEthat ChulaVistaPoliticianhave usedto benefit their campaign.
Onemoretime I will askyouDIDYOUCLOSETHELOOPHOLE?” YOUDIDNOTDOIT! Youweretoo busyspendingcostlytime at ChulaVistaTaxpayersmoneyfocusingon shoppingcartor methodhow to silencethe community.
that reason, I believethat youDON’T deservea PROCAMATION. Andif youacceptit youshouldbe embarrassedto receivesomethingthat youdo not earnThisproclamationcomesfrom thoseyouprotectednot from the CHULAVISTA RESIDENTSAsI saidbeforeyourlegacywill “the attorneywho protectedCHULACOUNCIL” andNOTCHULAVISTA residentsI will not thankyoufor somethingyoudid not do. Agenuineconcern. ChulaVistaresidentJohnAcosta Formerdeputy city managersuescity of ChulaVistaover $199Kin unpaidseverance.
EricCrockettclaimsthe city withheld the moneywhenhe refusedto signa separationagreement.
BYTAMMYMURGAREPORTERMARCH29, 202411:31 AM PTCHULAVISTA — EricCrockett, a former deputycity manageranddirectorof economicdevelopmentfor ChulaVista, issuingthe city, allegingthe municipalityoweshim thousandsof dollarsin unpaidseveranceafter he wasfired in December. Accordingto the 26-pagecomplaintfiled lastweekin SanDiegoSuperiorCourt, Crockett’s employmentwith the city endedon Dec. 5 duringa meetingwith CityManagerMariaKachadoorianand AssistantCityAttorneyMeganMcClurg. Kachadoorianallegedlytold him that he wasbeingfired because “he wasnot a good ‘fit’(without causeandfor the convenienceof the City)” andthat he wouldbe paid $198,762in severancepay, the complaintsaid. Crockett’sattorney, MichaelCampbell, declinedto comment. Thecity also declined. Crockettsaidthe severancepaywasrequiredby hiscontract, sohe refusedto signthe agreementand told the city anyattempt to link the two was “illegalandunethical.” Additionally, Crockettsayshewas discriminatedagainstbasedonhisgender. ThecomplaintsaidKachadoorianhadcarriedout other terminationsandthat Crockett “wasyet another maleexecutiveemployeeterminated by the City.” Thecity manager’sofficeiscomposedof Kachadoorian, AssistantCityManagerTiffanyAllenandDeputyCityManager CourtneyChase, both of whomKachadoorianappointed. Crockettworkedfor the city for 20 years, startingas anassistantdirectorof redevelopment. Hewaspromotedto directorof economicdevelopmentin 2015. In April 2020, he alsoearnedthe title of deputycity managerandwastaskedthat month with developingplansto safelyreopenbusinessesandfind Internetsolutionsfor studentsdoingremotelearningduringthe COVID-19 pandemic.
Written Communications – Public Comments
Acosta – Received 4/ 9/ 2024
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