This is America right

I learned this evening that a city manager for Fort Myers Beach was fired in a 5-0 vote last night. No he did not steal funds from the stimulus packages, he did not use city funds to fly to Argentina, nor did he have a woman in his office with a blue dress and a cigar. He married an adult films star. Yes, he met and fell in love with someone who chose to perform in adult movies and they got married.

From the examiner.com "Kiker acknowledged that Janke had violated no rules or laws and added that he had done a good job for the island town that had about 6,500 people, according to the 2000 Census. But the mayor was concerned whether Janke could remain effective."

Why could he not remain effective. By your own admission he had done a good job, even while married to a porn star prior to you finding out. Don't ask, don't tell???

We have enough problems with our elected officials across this country. When you have someone doing a good job, who give a rats ass who they are married to. In my opinion the council reacted without thinking about this. If I am Mr. Janke, the first phone call that I made after hearing the news is to the best lawyer in Fort Myers. This is an absolute travesty. The last time that I check ADULT porn was legal, and I can walk into any adult establishment and purchase adult material. This does not make me a less effective sales person.

I see this situation going only one way. The city of Fort Myers Beach will be served with a lawsuit in which they will most likely settle with Mr. Janke. At that point, wait for it, the tax payers will be paying the bill to someone who was receiving a salary and "doing a good job." Instead he will win and receive at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars of your money. By the way for you tax payers, if he gets $1M that is $153 more dollars you have to come up with. Does not sound like a lot, until you realize that you were paying about $15 bucks.

Call the city council today and tell them to re-hire Mr. Janke, apologize for being stupid, and give him an "We are stupid and sorry raise!" It is less money that the law suit will be.