Posted on 02/09/2013 4:31:50 PM PST by Olog-hai
The mayor of a southeastern Ohio town has resigned over accusations that she repeatedly called a gay police officer queer in front of his colleagues and created a hostile work environment.
Jackie Welker, council president in the Village of Pomeroy, tells The Associated Press that 78-year-old Mayor Mary McAngus submitted a letter of resignation Saturday.
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It works both ways. We boycotted GCB (Good Christian Bitches) TV show and it worked!!!!! Don’t give up the fight for your principles!!!!
Pomeroy is a really small town. Not much there 'cept for old town folk.
Does this mean that the straight officers considered working with a queer to be a hostile environment?
Bureaucrats and people who actually do the work? No. They tend to retire at age 50 and collect enormous pensions, which increase rapidly due to generous COLA allowances (it's in the union contract), for the next 35 years. By the time he passes away, a sanitation worker who never made more than $35,000 a year emptying garbage cans into a truck could have a pension of $150,000 a year.
Elected officials? Yes, and it happens on both sides of the great political divide. It's hard to let go of the power and the perks. And in those closely divided political districts, wards and towns, a younger candidate with a less well-known name may not be able to hold on to the seat.
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