Re: Florida Mayor Defends Incoming Town Manager Despite Sex Offender Status: 'Right Person for the Job'

J. Carter <[email protected]> wrote in
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> A small town in Florida is getting a new town manager, and she's a
> previously convicted sex offender. 
> 
> April Watson is expected to take over as the manager of Jay when the
> current manager, Eric Seib, retires next month on July 3. Seib has
> only been working in a part-time capacity since September 2025. She
> was previously unanimously appointed by the Jay Town Council when Seib
> went to part-time. 
> 
> Jay Mayor Shon Owens said he was aware of Watson's previous crimes,
> per a report from USA Today published on Thursday, June 18. 
> 
> "I'm not familiar with details of the case against her," Owens said.
> "I do know that she's the right person for the job. There is a great
> deal of confidence within the community in her ability to do the job."
> 
> Watson's new position has garnered a renewed interest in her criminal
> history. She's a registered Florida sex offender and pleaded no
> contest in 2010 to three charges of engaging in unlawful sexual
> activity with minors. 


   Not qualified to wash the school buses because
of being a felon but she IS qualified to manage
the town's finances. 

   Life in Republican America.