In less than three minutes, Cape Coral City Manager Rob Hernandez’s nearly three years of service to Cape Coral came to a close.
In a letter to the city council titled ‘Hernandez v. City of Cape Coral,’ the city manager accuses Cape Coral of retaliation for blowing the whistle on what Hernandez calls discriminatory employment practices.
Hernandez laid out four examples. The first pertains to the economic and business development officer, T. Sharon Woodberry. Hernandez says after some council members learned she was African American, they began to question her selection and implied racial stereotypes.
Hernandez also says he saw discrimination against LGBTQ+ employees. He says he tried correcting pay inequities for city employees.
In a third example, Hernandez says the mayor objected to a lesbian employee’s recent promotion. He accuses Mayor John Gunter of saying the city should not hire 'people like that' for positions that come into contact with the public.
The final example involves the Cape Coral pride parade. He accuses council member Sheppard of telling him the city should not be providing support to 'those people.'
Hernandez also accuses Sheppard of asking him to enforce rules of decorum that would only apply during the pride parade. Hernandez says he pointed out that the request was discrimination.
Manager Fired For Calling Out LGBTQ+ Discrimination And Supporting Pride Parade As those people
- Al Ferguson
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