Tell the Truth, Lose Your City of Encinitas Job

What? The Encinitas city fire marshal wants to tell the state attorney general the truth about a proposed public works project? You mean she wants to say that the project would increase emergency response times and endanger public safety? That the project violates various statutes, codes, rules and regulations?

The gall! The audacity! The temerity! The disobedience!

She refuses to go along to get along!

The honesty! The honor! The integrity! The responsibility!

What does the city do about that principled long-term employee? Well, they fire her, of course!

Never mind that she did various jobs well for more than three decades. Never mind that she started at the bottom of the ladder, worked hard and got promotions, awards and pay increases. Never mind that she was the dedicated fire marshal of Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar for five years.

Here she wants to tell the truth. She refuses to take part in the cover up. She refuses to collude. The city can’t have that honesty. The city can’t have that integrity. The fire marshal is not a team player. She must go!

Add one more lawsuit to the growing stack on the city’s plate.