Is Carol Wehle History at SFWMD?

The latest investigative report detailing more waste and mismanagement at South Florida Water Management District has district insiders buzzing over the anticipated fallout.

Speaking on the promise of anonymity, SFWMD employees admitted Friday that after Dan Christensen's investigative story, "Water district loses $1.5 million on Hollywood companys failed pumps; now buying $2 million more," circulated through the building on Gun Club Road in West Palm Beach, they were "waiting for something major to happen to somebody."

Said one worker, "Some of us are scared. What usually happens when there's trouble is, somebody loses their job and it's never the right one. It's the little innocent guy who had to do what he was told."

Said another, "It was just, like, a week ago when (Executive Director) Carol Wehle called us all together for a huge pep talk and rally, saying we're going to get through this controversy. Like the story in the Palm Beach Post about the district hiring her boyfriend was our fault. But then Wednesday night we read the Sunshine (State News) story and Broward Bulldog story and now we know somebody's got to go down.

"We're just waiting for something major to happen to somebody."

Still another worker asked Sunshine State News, "If a head's gonna roll, any idea whose it will be?"

Maybe. Could it be Wehle's? She was unavailable late Friday afternoon to confirm -- though, in fairness, I placed the call late in the day.

But, when asked Friday if Wehle would be receiving her pink slip, Gov. Rick Scott said, "I haven't made up my mind yet." Earlier in the day the governor's press office told me, "We do not traffic in rumors."

Well, I'm afraid frightened employees do. And rumor in some quarters of the district has it Wehle has already been given notice.

Has she? Is the governor's office playing it coy?