Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A recent story in The Sentinel renews the debate over access to a report on the investigation into workers' claims of harassment and discrimination.
Rockville residents' complaints have revived the discussion over access to a report investigating former city employees’ claims of harassment and discrimination by supervisors. In a recent story published in The Sentinel, former Rockville mayor Steve VanGrack and Andrea Bernardo, campaign manager for former city Councilwoman Anne Robbins, said the Rockville City Council should have access to the report. If the mayor and council do not review the report, an individual or committee should do it on their behalf, some have suggested. “When there is a call into question by several city employees into what is going on the mayor and council absolutely have to come in and find out what is going on,” VanGrack told The Sentinel. The Sentinel’s …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
An editorial in The Gazette says residents 'deserve answers.'
An editorial in The Gazette on Wednesday renewed the call for the City of Rockville to release details into an independent probe of former city employees’ claims of harassment and discrimination by supervisors. “Releasing the report, even with large sections redacted, would go a long way toward reassuring city residents about the management of its government,” the editorial said. Click here to read the full editorial from The Gazette. The city paid $190,000 to the law firm Saul Ewing, LLP to conduct the investigation after The Sentinel published a series of articles detailing complaints by former employees. The investigation found “no unlawful conduct,” on the part of the city and, as outlined in a city news release on Nov. 28, “…
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that started on a loading dock Friday night.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Roberto Cruz Gonzalez, 20, received a 40-year prison sentence for the 2010 attack.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Catalyst Health Solutions sold; Emergent BioSolutions CEO retires.
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10:24 am on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Just because nothing "unlawful" was discovered doesn't mean some action should not be taken with respect to City staff. There are people in positions of authority and power that have no right being in those positions, and there are people totally incompetent of managing or supervising subordinates. The City should be ashamed, and citizens rightly incensed, if all that comes out of this $190K … more ›