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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Ohio Mayor Resigns Over Alleged Gay Slurs
The Mayor of Pomeroy, Ohio, turned in her resignation Saturday amid
allegations that she called a gay officer "queer" and created a hostile work
environment.
BY Sunnivie Brydum
February 10 2013 1:56 PM ET
Mary McAngus, the mayor of the Village of Pomeroy, Ohio, resigned on
Saturday amid allegations that she created a hostile work environment for a
gay police officer by repeatedly calling him "queer" in front of his
colleagues, reports West Virginia's WSAZ NewsChannel 3.
The officer, Kyle Calendine, has been on the force just over five months,
and said the mayor was involved in his hiring, but turned hostile after the
officer began work.
"She was even in the hiring process and she seemed fine,” Calendine told
WSAZ. “A few weeks later, you know, she finds out I'm gay and tries to get
me fired because she doesn't like who I am outside of work.”
Pomeroy Police Chief Mark Proffitt is standing by Calendine, and submitted a
six-page statement to the city council where the police chief claimed the
mayor said, "I don't like a queer working for the village. I might be old-
fashioned, but I don't like it."
Proffitt told WSAZ that his department does not tolerate discrimination of
any kind. “I believe in integrity,” Proffitt said. “I believe in fairness
for everybody. And not to discriminate against anybody for any reason.”
All told, eight police employees have filed discrimination complaints
against McAngus, according to WSAZ. The city council is expected to accept
McAngus' resignation in a meeting Monday. | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 2 I am sure hundreds of mayors should have resigned for similar reasons. |
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