[…] “I am speaking today to make it clear that the culture of harassment and intimidation, which this administration has inherited, has come to an end,” Zinke said.
Allegations of widespread harassment circulated for months toward the end of the Obama administration. Inspector General reports detailed unresolved harassment cases at Grand Canyon National Park and De Soto National Memorial.
Former NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis took over the agency in 2009 after he was tapped for the position by former President Barack Obama.
“By almost any measure, Jon Jarvis is the worst Park Service Director within living memory,” Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Jeff Ruch told Grand Canyon News after Jarvis resigned. “In a misguided quest for ‘relevancy,’ Jarvis repeatedly sold out the very values and resources at the core of the Park Service mission.” MORE
Were these the same dicks who kicked veterans out of the DC monuments during one of 0bama’s shut downs?
Four down. How many thousands to go?
A very good start, all of senior “management” needs to go. Excellent move, Sir!
The DOI has over 70,000 employees.
Four is a proverbial drop in the bucket. A fifty percent reduction would be an accomplishment.
We can do anything we want
We work in the government
Zinke looks like a man who had little tolerance for BS. Good start, Sir!
Cultural rot from the top down — this is Obama’s government. And he plainly did not give a damn what happened at any of his Cabinet’s departments.
Obumbles’ minions took advantage of that laziness.
After hearing about the ‘kangaroo court’ BS from the Bundy trial. Zinke needs to start cutting in the blm and soon. Talk about harassment, one of the agents had a ‘kill list’.
https://redoubtnews.com/2017/12/whistleblower-kill-book/
And Sessions needs to de-bar judge navarro, that allowed those injustices to occur in her courtroom.