Delray Fact Check

17/03/2024

Did Juli Casale Lie To Delray Citizens, Part 1: YES

Delray Fact Check has received copies of mailers sent out BY Juli Casale in which she accuses her opponent, Nick Coppola of supporting Multi-Tenant Housing Units ( MTHUs ).

After an exhaustive review of all campaign materials, mailers, social media posts and review of the televised debates, DFC has concluded that yes, Juli Casale did lie to Delray citizens and Nick Coppola is NOT in favor of MTHU’s.

This is another in a seemingly long line of smear attempts from the Casale campaign designed to harm the reputation of her opponent.

DFC has received other allegations of candidate Casale lying and we are in the process of validating them.

But in regards to the MTHU issue, yes, Juli Casale DID lie to the Delray Beach community.

05/03/2024

Did candidate Juli Casale vote to nearly triple her salary during the covid pandemic in 2020?

During the recent candidate debates, Juli Casale was accused of voting to raise her salary by almost 3x during the covid pandemic.

The inference from the attendees posing this question being that how could a sitting commission in the middle of the worst pandemic in 100 years, while thousands of her constituents were out of work, vote to giver herself what amounted to almost tripling of her salary.

Delray Fact Check couldn't find anything on the city's website to verify this.

Thanks to our friends at the Palm Beach Post, we were in fact able to factcheck this claim.

YES: Juli Casale, did in fact vote to a near 3x during the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020.

It should be noted since he is running for Mayor, Commissioner Boylston voted against this measure saying this was not the right time to be considering a raise for commissioners.

City Commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday night to nearly triple their salaries. Mayor Shelly Petrolia and Commissioners...

27/02/2024

Delray Beach Commission Candidate Tennille DeCoste Fired With Cause From Her Position As Human Resources Director For The City Of Boynton Beach

One page summary of results of internal investigation of Tennille DeCoste

Boynton Beach City Manager Daniel Dugger publicly announced on February 23rd the immediate termination of the city’s Human Resources Director Tennille Decoste based on finding of an in depth investigative report conducted by GrayRobinson at the request of Boynton Beach. GrayRobinson is a national organization of lawyers and other professionals consulting to state and local governments.

The investigation documented employee complaints, use of City Hall offices for personal purposes, conducting outside business on City time, use of City purchase card for personal purposes, examination of Ms. DeCoste’s laptop hard drive, and many other
investigative matters. Over 30 individuals were
interviewed and many emails examined.

The study found that Ms. DeCoste had engaged in numerous activities that fell under the definition of
Misconduct in the City’s Employee Handbook, the authoritative employee document that the Human
Resources Director is supposed to administer.

1. Made inappropriate use of City resources and time
2. Engaged in outside employment that conflicted with her job in Boynton
3. Conducted personal and private business on City time
4. Used City purchasing card to attend events for political gain
5. Falsified documentation
6. Interfered with the investigation and violated directives to not speak with City employees
7. Used the City’s computer systems for purposes outside City business
8. Was untruthful in her investigative interview
9. Invited City employees to campaign events, to contribute funds, and work on her campaign
10. Hired City Employees and received contributions from City vendors
11. Sought assistance and endorsement of City union leaders while serving as chief labor negotiator

In the course of the investigation Ms. DeCoste threatened the City Manager with dismissal and promised harm to at least one elected official. The report concludes that the City take appropriate action based on above findings, issue new regulations to employees regarding use of “comp time” and issue regular notices to employees to prevent such misconduct in the future. The City terminated Ms. DeCoste immediately

To read the entire 31 page report, and to find out more about the fiscal mismanagement by candidate Decoste, please click the link below

http://www.realtennille.com

http://www.realtennille.com

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