The City of Jacksonville’s Office of Inspector General is now investigating whether the Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) fired three employees in retaliation for cooperating with a previous OIG investigation, multiple sources tell Action News Jax’s Ben Becker.
The Inspector General’s office released a report in August stemming from concerns that JHA had hired an unqualified accountant and whether agency leadership attempted to cover it up by falsifying records. The IG ultimately determined there was no intentional wrongdoing.
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However, sources now tell Beckerthat Compensation and Benefits Administrator Crystal Blackmer, who testified in that investigation, was let go shortly after the report was made public.
Two more employees who testified, Human Resources Manager Julie St. Clair and HR Generalist Santonia Hart, were both fired on September 15, raising new concerns about potential retaliation…