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'We were totally blindsided by this,' James Gaddis tells WPTV reporter Ethan Stein

WPTV is giving voice to a whistleblower who said he was fired for leaking plans to add developments to state parks.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — WPTV spoke to a man who said he was fired for leaking plans to add developments to state parks.

This comes after residents reached out to our newsroom with concerns over those plans for days, protesting the plan before it was abruptly put on hold last week.

WPTV reporter Ethan Stein spoke with James Gaddis, a former employee at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, to get his side of the story.

Gaddis' termination letter dated Aug. 30 (READ BELOW) said he was fired for behavior unbecoming of a public employee and violated department rules for releasing information.

He said given the opportunity, he would do it again.

Gaddis told WPTV that a supervisor ordered him to make maps to add various developments to nine state parks. This includes the three golf courses at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.

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