01/18/07 "It's been a long day." "We need more people." "We don't
have the infrastructure like all the other branches." "All my people
must run, jump and shoot." "I'm sorry if I had the flu."
~Excuses used by DJJ's Greg Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Prevention,
explains why he was unable to fulfill a citizen's request for
information about the
Pinellas County
Juvenile Justice Council.
01/18/07 "...we [DJJ] are clueless"
~DJJ Operations/Boards & Councils Manager Danielle Williams' comment
on her group's inability to prepare a correct list of members of the
Circuit 6 Juvenile Justice Board.
09/18/06 "And you, shut up!"
Pinellas County Commissioner Calvin Harris, as Chair of the Circuit 6
Juvenile Justice Board, responds to a school teacher who spoke out of
turn during the Board's meeting of September 18, 2006.
01/30/06 "The judges know
what our kids need; the school system knows what the kids need; the
parents don't know what these kids need."
~Jane Gallucci, Pinellas County School Board member explains the role of
"professionals" during a Circuit 6 Juvenile Justice Board meeting
11/10/04 "We [DJJ] discourage
public comment."
~ DJJ Supervisor of
Partnerships and Community Affairs Marquita McGuire’s advice to the
PCJJC Executive Committee and its Chair Jackie Griffin-Doherty.
06/08/05 "In
here [DJJ facilities], I have officers assaulting juveniles."
~ DJJ Secretary Anthony Schembri
as quoted in the St. Petersburg Times
06/23/05 Re: Pinellas Juvenile
Justice Council - "CONCERN: The Chair announced that herself, the
Vice-Chair, Secretary and Parliamentarian are all resigning from their
positions as of this September." "I've spoken with Marquita [McGuire]
and was advised to call the officers to see if they may reconsider"
~ DJJ Partnership
Coordinator Diana Boyce’s JJCRISP Status Report
10/20/05 "I run this shop. This
is my fault. Period. I take the blame. The people who work for me say,
‘who's responsible?' I am. If there's any fault to be found, it's with
me. I have to find a different management system."
~ DJJ Secretary
Anthony Schembri’s testimony before the Florida House Justice
Appropriations Committee
10/20/05 "We have [DJJ]
employees that are spending more time keeping their jobs rather than
doing their jobs."
~ DJJ Secretary
Anthony Schembri’s testimony before the Florida House Justice
Appropriations Committee
10/27/05 "I'm not a liar!"
~ Pinellas County
Juvenile Justice Council Chair Jackie Griffin-Doherty’s statement to
Council member Matt Sullivan
01/07/03 "[Create] a culture that demands excellence, not adequacy."
~Former Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush 2nd inaugural address January 7, 2003
