Here is a real Calexico Station Christmas Story. BPA Guadalupe Valenzuela (Tiny) (Full Time Union Rep for AFGE NBPC Local 2554) took a Thanksgiving vacation with his family last pay period. Since Thanksgiving was so late in the year when he came back, we sorted presents for the Fallen Agents Fund and hit the road. I barely got my T&A done right before we left. So, while we were delivering presents to the kids of fallen agents, the PAIC of Calexico Station Daniel D. Hann, II was changing Tinys’ T&A to reflect AWOL for his family’s vacation because SBPA Mora could not find the OPM 71 left in his Admin Drawer. Calexico Station PAIC Daniel D. Hann, II Submitted the T&A without notifying Tiny of the change. So, when Tiny came back from delivering presents to the children of fallen agents, he received a check from the U.S. Border Patrol for a whopping $700.00! Because we are a family “Honor First”. We had our phones on us the entire trip. We had our computers with us we did union work the entire trip. We filed UIG’s, answered emails and took phone calls about union business, the fallen agents fund, and questions about location pay. The point is if someone wanted to ask Tiny a question about his T&A they would have been able to contact him.

I have been in the military and I have been in the private business world. Good leadership is great if you can get it. I understand leadership that only cares about their next promotion, I understand leadership that is lazy, I understand leadership that has been promoted beyond their abilities. What I cannot comprehend is leadership that goes out of their way, puts in extra effort, to screw over your own people, your own employees, your own agents. They say we are a para military organization, but I do not see any military, not even any para.

Calexico PAIC Daniel D. Hann, II went out of his way to change and submit a T&A without notice to the employee. Past practice has been that you would just submit the form upon your return. His actions would leave an AFGE NBPC Local 2554 Union Representative that was delivering presents to the children of fallen agents with a $700.00 check right before Christmas!? Let that sink in. It will be a slim Christmas for the Valenzuela’s because of Calexico PAIC Daniel D. Hann, II.

When myself and Tiny reached out to Calexico PAIC Daniel D. Hann, II about the situation there was no answer, maybe because he was at the El Centro Sector Christmas Party.

UPDATE:

Tiny Valenzuela: “Even though my family’s Christmas was attacked by Calexico PAIC/Ordained Minister/Chaplain Dan Hann, in no time flat Line Agents came together and blessed my family and saved our Christmas. I want to say thank you very much to everyone and God bless you always. The best part of this Agency is and always will be its Line Agents. From my family to yours, we are very grateful. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.”