A whistleblower who leaked documents that forced Gov. Ron DeSantis to pull the plug on controversial state park plans resigned from a previous state job in lieu of dismissal after a co-worker relationship soured, according to personnel documents given to a Tallahassee TV station.
According to the ABC affiliate WCJB in Tallahassee, a source in the Florida Agency for Health Care and Administration (AHCA) gave it paperwork that shows James Gaddis quit his job in January 2022 after another employee accused him of sending persistent harassing text message and emails.
When reached Thursday, Sept. 5, by The Palm Beach Post, Gaddis acknowledged his 2022 resignation and called the incidents surrounding it "personally traumatic" but noted that he was hired about two months later by the Department of Environmental Protection. He was promoted to a senior park planner in November 2022. The Post also obtained the personnel documents, which redact the name of the other party involved.
Gaddis called the release of the file detailing the complaint against him a “somewhat expected hit piece, irrelevant to anything involving state parks.”
“This is a closed chapter from the past that all parties have moved on from,” Gaddis said. “It was an unfortunate situation from three years ago that involved a messy end to a brief workplace fling that resulted from a communication breakdown and hurt feelings on both sides.”
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