Comments on: Century Council President Says Job Applicant Is ‘Beautiful Woman’, But He Won’t Vote To Hire Her

By: Molino Miss

Molino Miss — Sun, 23 May 2021 15:34:02 +0000

Total discrimination against this woman on all levels.

By: David

David — Fri, 21 May 2021 23:59:28 +0000

Overqualified is often code for ‘too old’. Requiring or considering past salary history should be against the law when determining if a person should be hired or the amount of renumeration they should be paid. It is irrelevant to the work a prospective employer needs done – as it has no relationship with ability to do work. This is especially true when employers, as Century did, use language such as “description is not intended to be nor should it be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position”. Clearly only the employer knows the amount of work or nature of work they want. What employers like this usually are after is cheap labor who can be told to do “everything” later dreamt to be part of the role. Yet they have the audacity claim someone is overqualified so that they can keep the pay low and discriminate against prospective employees based upon conjecture of why they would want the job. Overqualified by but beautiful, comes off as: the only thing that will make the council happy is a young manipulatable person.

By: Geeze

Geeze — Fri, 21 May 2021 20:48:57 +0000

Gomez is an overblown egotistical ” Legend in his own mind “. He has some serious authoritarian issues and finds a way to constantly get into a pissing contests. He doesn’t care about Century. He only cares about being the popular kid in class. The council has gotten so redundant in their behavior and ideals its become boring at this point for the past several years its the same BS same Agendas different faces.
Don’t believe me? Hell, just take a trip back in time through the plethora of articles/blogs right here on this very website.

By: CJ Lewis

CJ Lewis — Fri, 21 May 2021 17:42:16 +0000

Even if the job notice said that applications were being accepted during a specific period of time starting on February 4, it seems unfair to penalize the job applicant, and especially if she was the only applicant and a Century resident too, because she relied on guidance from the Town Clerk. The town should put out another job notice, Ms. Daniel should apply again and then the council should vote. Council President Gomez’s comment that she is too qualified to work for Century is beyond shocking. They should be grateful that she wants to serve her community. By the way, there are lots of reasons to work for a municipal government even if the play is not so great. Municipalities offer a pension (Florida Retirement System) and health, dental and vision benefits for the employee and their family. I can see requiring Town Council approval on the hiring of a key employee. But it seems ridiculous to require the Town Council approval for every employee. The Town Council could adopt an ordinance specifying which hiring and firing decisions it wants to approve and letting the Mayor make all of the lesser ones like this one without their involvement. Another option is for any citizen to propose a charter amendment to end the Town Council’s involvement in the hiring process. A petition would only need 112 signatures that could probably be obtained in a day or two in Century. Voters then get to vote and could repeal the part of the Charter that gives the Town Council a veto over all town employee hiring, suspension and firing decisions.

By: SueB

SueB — Fri, 21 May 2021 15:49:51 +0000

Calling her a “beautiful woman” is unprofessional & demeaning. Reverse discrimination is shown by the entire council.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Fri, 21 May 2021 14:24:24 +0000

I’m with you Alan. She’s not the correct prototype for the job, so he’s not interested.

By: D.Hamilton

D.Hamilton — Fri, 21 May 2021 13:15:44 +0000

Sounds like discrimination, and sexual harressment,heck sue him and make him pay for those very STUPID comments.

By: Rasheed Jackson

Rasheed Jackson — Fri, 21 May 2021 13:07:35 +0000

Well wouldn’t it be awkward for Ms. Daniels if she were hired now? Her knowing that Gomez thinks she is beautiful! This is nothing more than a passive agressive attempt at belittling her due to her gender. What he basically has said to her is you may be qualified but all I see is a woman that I will not hire because you do not fit my own and personal qualifications for the job. Oh, and by the way I think you are beautiful. This being more of a pseudo comment as an attempt to make her feel uncomfortable.
As for the comment by Alan, You nailed it in your last sentence. Sad but it is true!

By: SueB

SueB — Fri, 21 May 2021 11:55:27 +0000

Don’t waste your time with Century even though your hopes is to help improve the entire council and the town. TY for beautiful woman but I think he meant it in a different way. Look what you are dealing with. Time the Governor stepped in since the County Commissioners does nothing & so called Representatives do nothing. Century needs help!

By: M in Bratt

M in Bratt — Fri, 21 May 2021 11:16:02 +0000

I wonder if Mr. Gomez’s chin bra is a fashion statement, or is he adhering to some CDC guidelines that he heard about at one of their secret meetings?