Fire Harvey Price

Well said CeCe. There are much better outlets. Such as going to the selectboard as a group. I've only had one experience with Mr Price and it was very congenial. Oh by the way good luck at Eckerd. Ric Robinson

He was beyond rude to my wife. We had a horrible experience with him.

Thank you so much for voicing your concerns, CeCe. I sincerely appreciate and respect your position. Lots and lots of parents did try to reason with Harvey, but he was not open to reason. And then we tried to reason with his boss, the Naples Town Manager. And we were dismissed and ignored. I didn't even get a response back, despite requesting one several times. At the beginning of the summer at a meeting folks were expressing their concerns and were told that it would take a petition to initiate corrective action. We were not being heard individually, but needed to speak as a team. This initiative is a petition. Just because it is online, it does not constitute cyber bullying. The petition is based upon truth and I have made every effort to be truthful in all statements. I do sincerely apologize for a few opinionated comments that were added that I cannot control. Folks are quite passionate about this and not everyone can contain their anger, but those comments aren't helping build a factual case. CeCe, petitions go back to Colonial times as an affirmative remedial right requiring government hearing and are covered off under the First Amendment. They've been leveraged to bring positive change throughout history. There are 260 that accumulated over a couple of days. That alone speaks loudly and clearly that there is something that is not working in our community. There are 113 comments and the vast majority cite specific examples of what is not working in our community - what the tax payers find unacceptable. In the end my hope is that town management will consider all sides and make a fair and viable decision. I am sorry that you are upset and can sympathize with your concern. Best, ~ Suzi

Thank you so much for voicing your concerns, CeCe. I sincerely appreciate and respect your position. Lots and lots of parents did try to reason with Harvey, but he was not open to reason. And then we tried to reason with his boss, the Naples Town Manager. And we were dismissed and ignored. I didn't even get a response back, despite requesting one several times. At the beginning of the summer at a meeting folks were expressing their concerns and were told that it would take a petition to initiate corrective action. We were not being heard individually, but needed to speak as a team. This initiative is a petition. Just because it is online, it does not constitute cyber bullying. The petition is based upon truth and I have made every effort to be truthful in all statements. I do sincerely apologize for a few opinionated comments that were added that I cannot control. Folks are quite passionate about this and not everyone can contain their anger, but those comments aren't helping build a factual case. CeCe, petitions go back to Colonial times as an affirmative remedial right requiring government hearing and are covered off under the First Amendment. They've been leveraged to bring positive change throughout history. There are 260 that accumulated over a couple of days. That alone speaks loudly and clearly that there is something that is not working in our community. There are 113 comments and the vast majority cite specific examples of what is not working in our community - what the tax payers find unacceptable. In the end my hope is that town management will consider all sides and make a fair and viable decision. I am sorry that you are upset and can sympathize with your concern. Best, ~ Suzi

Might it be more efficient to deal with a problem by sharing your concerns in a civil manner rather than completely attacking him behind a computer screen? This makes me sick to my stomach. I'm embarrassed to have grown up in this town with people who can't maturely address a situation. How much power do you have calling Harvey a bully when you are acting the same by harassing and ostracizing him online?

I say he sacrifices his first born and call it even Stevens.

Harvey is always looking for a fight. I coached rec a few years ago and all he wanted to do was argue about something. I was coaching to give back and didn't have a kid in the system. He has single handily ruined the rec program for the entire lakes region. The other ref directors in the district would rather agree with him than argue. Hopefully he steps down after seeing how he's not liked and doesn't do his job

I run and ride a bicycle with my son all over the area.My son and I were out one day riding and It was hot so we detoured to the town beach for a swim.It was 6pm,we rolled up in a great mood ready to go for a swim and leaned our bikes up against a tree completely out of the way of anyone,no one around that day anyway with the exception of a few departing boaters.I didn't know Harvey before this.This angry guy walks over to my 7 year old son and I and demanded we remove our bikes and put them behind the restrooms (completely out of my line of sight) We'd invested in nice bikes from a local bicycle store for each of ourselves as we ride a lot to stay fit and happy so I really didn't want to put them where I couldn't keep a close eye,nor did I have lock to leave them..we just wanted to take swim as town residents at the town beach.This irritated me quite a bit so I did ask "why?" Harvey pointed to the town manager who was standing 10 ft away and said if I didn't like it I could take it up with his friend "the town manager".Furthermore he threatened to call the police on my 7 year old son and I.So we left and haven't gone back nor do we participate in any town events or sports we think he might be involved with.I don't trust the town management as a result.Naples is a nice place to live and to recreate in but is spoiled at its most basic core by this ugly, sad guy.I have several friends and family that are unhappy with him as well.Unfortutely he is connected to all the right people in all the right ways so he gets to act however he wants and call the cops to get his way.He is the Town Bully and everyone knows it.Good luck with your petition our kids and community deserve much better and he has profoundly ruined experience for alot of us.Alot of us work to damn hard to live in Naples to put up with crap like this.

Sam, Thank you for this thoughtful post, which voices so much of my outrage at reading this petition. Harvey hired me when I was 18 years old, gave me an opportunity to develop my skills and become a deeper part of the Naples community, and I was lucky enough to work for him through and beyond my college graduation. He cares deeply about the kids of this town, and as deeply about the young adults he hires each summer and teaches to invest in youth programs. I've heard that you learn the most from your first boss about who you want to be as a leader. And working for Harvey taught me the value of loving what you do, building community, supporting others, and so much more that has made me successful in my own career. I absolutely DO NOT SUPPORT the removal of this man, who has been a friend and champion and teacher of mine for the last 10+ years, from his position.

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I've experienced several negative encounters with Harvey Price. I volunteered years for lunch program, food pantries 5-6 years and community garden clubs.4-5 years Anyone who helped me out in anyway or level friends, other volunteers, from these programs always drop out. I've heard numerous tax payers you can't do anything about him he's tight with townhall and fire and rescue. Others approach Me and say "Why doesn't the town of Naples like us? I've heard Naples use to be a friendly town. More signs and more rules while rules are important Mr. Price takes his control, bullying , and arrogance to a whole new level. I feel he has emotional issues with anger and self control.

Get this guy out!

Why would someone who has donated athletic fields, volunteered decades of service to the Naples fire department, and paid taxes for over 40 years to the town want to be told by some blow hard to get off the town beach because he doesn't have a dump sticker on his sedan? You should be embarrassed that a paid public servant from Ohio is dictating to life long Naples community members who have given more to the town than he ever could where they can and cannot spend their free time.

Sam and Matt nicely said.

Anyone who deems this action a linch mob or a personal attack against a good man has probably never had their child abused by Mr. Price, or written desperate letters to the town manager, who most obviously let his good friend Mr. Price read them, before filing them presumably in the trash, only to have the bullying against their child & the hostility towards them intensified afterward....That's wonderful for you, but to suggest that a sizable group of children, families, neighbors, coaches, friends or community members, who have already tried the normal, conventional route of ridding our town of a rec director who has caused unspeakable harm to the children that we love, by crushing their spirits, humiliating & bullying them, are somehow out of line by voicing as a group, our experiences & feelings, is rather absurd. We have run out of quiet, polite options of writing letters & attempting to reason with a man who is unreasonable & whose boss we have yet failed to inspire to fix the problem with our letters & calls. This is not a case of a man being unkind to a few kids over the years, or a few disgruntled parents. This is a case of a chosen few children & families who have not taken the brunt of Mr. Price's mean nature over the years or witnessed it vs. the reality that a person would be hard put to find a child involved in local rec sports, gone to the town beach or participated in the summer lunch programs, who have not themselves experienced, or witnessed Mr. Prince's abusive behavior. It's our job to do everything we can to protect our children & our investments in this community. Mr. Price should answer to the tax payers as should his good friend/ boss. I would very much like to see even just 50 or so of the letters that i personally know of, that have been written over the years to the town directors regarding Mr. Price & hear under oath how all of our countless fears, concerns & complaints of his abuse & bullying were officially handled. I'm just wondering,

I've heard and read several stories of people making complaints to the town office and town manager with no response or changes. THAT should be the appropriate avenue, but it seems not to work. Harvey's tactics include calling the police on community members that disobey his orders... I was just told another story today about how he called the police on a citizen with a service dog who regularly picks up trash at the Naples beach because the man wouldn't take his service dog off public property. Harvey refused to look at the man's paperwork, and stormed off without apologizing to the man after the police explained to Harvey that the man was well within his rights to have the dog there... So when the normal avenues for the community don't work, and the object of their complaints continues to use extraordinary measures to enforce his version of the rules, what do you think the right or "better" way to affect change would be? This is simply an online petition on a format no ones ever heard of before... Also, most of the people on here are not expressing "hate"...

Comment below made by Sam Smith

I am amazed by this whole thing. At first I chose to ignore the accusations made towards Harvey when I first came to look at this, but now I can't. I've worked for him and the Town of Naples for 3 summers now. I can honestly say I've never met a more hard-working, honest and loyal person in my life. People who say Harvey doesn't care about his job or the kids are dead wrong. You haven't seen him in his office at 9-10pm on a Sunday night doing paperwork and getting ready for the upcoming week, when he only is a part-time worker. You haven't seen him put a smile on every kids face, including the kids of some of the parents who signed and made this petition, when he walks in a room and does his goofy sounds and dances. You haven't seen him run around town and do things for us that have nothing to do with his job description, but he'll go out of his way to do it because he loves this town. I've seen him do those things, and to me that's a person I want working and representing the Town of Naples. All of the 200 plus people who can sit behind a screen, spend so much time and effort and spit so much hate to a man you really have no idea how hard works for the town is crazy to me. Harvey enforces the rules MADE BY THE TOWN OF NAPLES. He doesn't make any rules, he follows them to right down to the last word. There is a much bigger issue here-you all should take a look at yourselves. I'm 20 and I feel younger when I read some of the things I see on here. I do not sign this, even though it was conveniently made on a website where you have to sign it to comment. Harvey Price is the best boss I've ever had and I hope in all the jobs I have in my future, I can work for someone who has all the qualities he does. He's the best man possible for the Naples Rec Director position.

Bullying and discrimination are wrong at any level. Youth sports should include all kids - no matter what the circumstances.

There are better ways to see change then to attack a man personally.. Regardless of what you believe, why would someone want to live, work, or be a part of a community that can attack someone behind a computer screen with so much hate. There's a bigger issue here. I'm embarrassed to be part of the Naples community today.