President Esther Eugene of the St. Petersburg NAACP sat down with Power Broker Magazine’s Latorra Bowles to share what she is hearing from workers about incidents of sexism, homophobia and racism within the St. Petersburg Fire Department following an NAACP letter to city officials earlier this week calling for the termination of St. Pete Fire Chief Jim Large. Concerns about Large’s leadership surfaced during a recent employee climate survey commissioned by Mayor Ken Welch.
President Eugene shares her thoughts on why it took so long for allegations to surface, and why her Executive Committee gave a unanimous vote to call for Large’s termination.
