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CA: Rebecca Cohn (D-Campbell) aide takes step toward suit
Mercury News ^ | 11/9/04 | Ann E. Marimow

Posted on 11/09/2004 8:37:40 AM PST by NormsRevenge

SACRAMENTO - Frustrated by the slow pace of a legislative investigation, an aide to Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn has filed a harassment complaint against her with state and federal officials.

Cohn's press secretary, Erika Weaver-Taylor, alleges that the Campbell Democrat created a ``hostile working environment'' and that Cohn subjected her to ``verbal, physical and visual'' harassment.

After Weaver-Taylor reported her concerns to a key Assembly committee last December, ``privileges and job duties were taken away,'' according to the complaint, filed Friday with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing in San Jose and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The confidential complaint, obtained by the Mercury News, is a required step before filing a lawsuit.

Cohn, who won re-election last week in Santa Clara County's 24th District, declined to comment Monday. Her attorney, John Lavra, has said that Cohn does not believe she violated Assembly policy or harassed any employee.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: aide; california; rebeccacohn; stepcalgov2002; suit

1 posted on 11/09/2004 8:37:40 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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Cohn's campaign signs , still up in the neighborhood, used Courage, Integrity and Leadership as reasons to vote for her re-election.


2 posted on 11/09/2004 8:38:56 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Visual harassment?


3 posted on 11/09/2004 8:40:50 AM PST by Piranha
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To: Piranha

How do you like being a victim of visual harassment? Not pretty is it?

4 posted on 11/09/2004 8:42:51 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Good point.


6 posted on 11/09/2004 8:43:38 AM PST by Piranha
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To: Piranha

That'll teach you to be more compassionate!


7 posted on 11/09/2004 8:44:49 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

That's not visual harassment - it's visual torture!


8 posted on 11/09/2004 8:51:21 AM PST by bigbob (2)
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9 posted on 11/09/2004 8:57:41 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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