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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida governors office deleted critical emails related to post-hurricane nursing home deaths
As Florida continues to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, more confusion builds around the 11 heat-related deaths at a South Florida nursing home following the storm earlier this month.
But a critical issue whether or not administrators from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Broward County made distress calls for help to Gov. Rick Scotts private cellphone will likely not be cleared up soon. On Sunday, the Florida governors office revealed the four key voice mails from the center have been deleted.
But a critical issue whether or not administrators from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Broward County made distress calls for help to Gov. Rick Scotts private cellphone will likely not be cleared up soon. On Sunday, the Florida governors office revealed the four key voice mails from the center have been deleted.
The voice mails were not retained because the information from each voice mail was collected by the governors staff and given to the proper agency for handling, a Scott spokeswoman said Sunday in a statement. Every call was returned.
The administration explained the voice mails fells into the legal category of transitory messages, which under state law can be deleted once they become obsolete or lose administrative value, the Miami Herald reported. The governors office said the calls were promptly returned by state officials, who urged nursing home staff to dial 911 in an emergency.
The administration explained the voice mails fells into the legal category of transitory messages, which under state law can be deleted once they become obsolete or lose administrative value, the Miami Herald reported. The governors office said the calls were promptly returned by state officials, who urged nursing home staff to dial 911 in an emergency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/25/florida-governor-deleted-critical-emails-related-to-post-hurricane-nursing-home-deaths/?utm_term=.00316275ec0d
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Florida governors office deleted critical emails related to post-hurricane nursing home deaths (Original Post)
mucifer
Sep 2017
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. Link:
mucifer
(23,548 posts)2. oops thanks! I will edit.
I blame insomnia.
Lochloosa
(16,065 posts)3. Voice mails not emails....
mucifer
(23,548 posts)4. I cut and pasted the title check the WaPo
Baitball Blogger
(46,730 posts)5. If the Florida governor's office doesn't follow its own Sunshine Laws,
don't expect anybody else to. It will only legitimize all the crooked things that go on in our municipalities and counties.