Further Petition to Governor Scott

Your Excellency:

In my Petition of September 11, 2011, I asked you to suspend from office the Tampa Director of Code Enforcement, Jake Slater.  I showed that his failure to perform his duties surely amounts to neglect of duty and I further mentioned that informal information from his subordinates implies that his failure to act is deliberate and, thus, misfeasance and malfeasance.

I now have an email from Mr. Slater admitting that, despite a five-year history of Code violations at 6003 N. Otis that include some seventeen instances of accumulations of trash and garbage, he is refusing to enforce the requirements as to accumulations, albeit the owner of the property now has created new piles of trash and has the ability to remove that trash.  In short, Mr. Slater has admitted that he is deliberately not performing his duties.  That is, he admits to misfeasance and malfeasance.

I renew my request that you suspend Mr. Slater.

Carolyn A. Butcher
6005 N. Otis Ave.
Tampa, Florida