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Embattled DCF chief Lucy Hadi retires
DCF Secretary Lucy Hadi submitted a letter today to Gov. Bush, saying she has decided to retire at the end of January.
"The decision to retire from state service does not mean that I have decided to care less passionately about the Floridians who depend on DCF to deliver or fund services," she wrote. "Nor will I ever cease to care about and advocate for the wonderful team of dedicated staff and partners who deliver those services. However, it is time for me to do my advocacy from a different place." Read the letter > hadi_resignation.pdf.
Hadi had come under intense pressure amid a battle with Pinellas Circuit Judge Crockett Farnell, who on Thursday fined her $80,000 for failing to remove mentally ill inmates from the Pinellas County Jail.
The fine was in addition to criminal contempt charges Hadi already faces for keeping mentally ill inmates in jail - rather than in a state hospital - longer than Florida law allows.
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