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It's crazy to me people are still willing to blow any whistles. I've yet to see a single person rewarded for doing the right thing. Society is doing its absolute darndest to make sure we learn that despite the lip service paid to whistleblowers, you're actually just turning yourself into public enemy number one and get railroaded.
The reward was killing the plan. You can find another job. You can't replace unspoiled land.
Killing the plan, leaving a clearly toxic work environment, forever can put "stopped racist asswipe from destroying protected nature reserves" on your resume, name in national news etc etc
I think you'll find that getting another job after whistleblowing is anything but the norm. In most cases you'll be blacklisted/blackballed and will either have to move, emigrate completely or go into a completely different career.
I absolutely applaud the guy of course, but I don't think I'd be as brave as he is.
I imagine any left wing government that needs cartographers would hire him in a second.
It is called being selfless. You do the right thing because the right thing needs doing, not because you expect a reward.
It's not about getting a reward, it's about not getting severely punished and penalized for doing the right thing.
Oh, I agree with you that it is absolute bullshit. What I am saying is that what these people are doing is "selfless". No reward. Probably punishment. Doing it anyway.
Heroes. Just wish they would get more than just an "attaboy" and a slap on the shoulder for what they do.
His GofundMe is up past $100k now so at least there is that. I threw in $10 even though I live nowhere near FL.
Republicans want people to think that all government employees are just lazy grifters. It's not true. Many of them are like this brave man who worked in a position where he could make a difference and help protect the environment he cares about, as the Florida DEP is supposed to. When the scumbags running the state and the DEP crossed he line, he stood up to stop them. I hope he finds a satisfying position with another organization that is honestly focused on protecting the environment.
Lookit all the naive people downvotes. Hahaha what, this the first y'all heard our whistleblower protection laws are garbage?
Downvoting facts is for sad sacks and Facebook boomers whyaincha leave that dumb shit there mmk?