Posted on 10/26/2007 9:26:52 PM PDT by Army Air Corps
A city employee accused of sexual harrassment has until Monday to defend himself.
Last month, NewsChannel 11 told you a City of Lubbock employee was put on paid administrative leave amid allegations of sexual harrassment. The man is accused of sexually harrassing a co-worker at least 20 times, and he is also accused of having sex in city buildings.
The city is giving the man until Monday to give reasons why he should not be fired.
However, in a letter written to the city last week, the man said "I am completely innocent of this accusation. You cannot prove that I did anything wrong because it is an utter lie."
NewsChannel 11 is not releasing the man's name, because he has not been charged with any crime.
Something for the Hub Ping List.
If he says that his partner was male, they’ll promote him and throw a party.
You don’t know Lubbock very well, do you?
If he is truly innocent he should say no more. Let his attorney fight this and then sue the city.
No blood, no foul, FRiend.
Lubbock is still pretty conservative desoite the current crop of useless wankers in our city council. The current asshats passed Red Light Camera regs despite overwhelming public opposition (there is a bit of a scandal with that) and some pushed to rename a street for Cesar Chavez because he was “A civil rights leader.” Again, most people were opposed to that. Already, polls show that there will be a change at city hall in the next round of elections.
It would have to be pretty flagrant for it to go this far with the City government.
SWAT team member?
“The current asshats passed Red Light Camera regs despite overwhelming public opposition “
That is pretty standard now in most Texas cities. They start with by saying the cameras will only be used for traffic control and monitoring. But they leave out the fact that to take photos for traffic violations only requires a small upgrade. The upgrade can be done at will and doesn’t require voter approval since the cameras are already approved and installed.
No proof = lawsuit worth millions. I’d take that in a heartbeat - let ‘em fire me.
Oh, it was worse than that.
The City Council held a meeting in secret (a violation of the Open Meetings Act) wherein they made their decision.
I imagine that there will be some kind of suit. At that point, I imagine that more information will be available to the public. It would be something if the City had video of the guy...
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