Entire Montgomery County Planning Board resigns

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The treatment of Gwen Wright is despicable.

Any chance she’ll sue for being fired 3 months before retiring?

She was at will and fired without cause so she has zero standing to sue unless she can prove that her termination was explicitly discriminatory, nor does she deserve to get her job back. Although, I expect they will work something out for her in the end.

That’s not true. Casey Anderson confirmed she was fired for talking about the investigation. Anderson’s comments probably violated personnel law.

“Without cause” doesn’t mean for no reason. “At will” means that they can have any reason or no reason at all, just so long as they are not violating official HR policy or the law, eg in fact discrimination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The treatment of Gwen Wright is despicable.

Any chance she’ll sue for being fired 3 months before retiring?

She was at will and fired without cause so she has zero standing to sue unless she can prove that her termination was explicitly discriminatory, nor does she deserve to get her job back. Although, I expect they will work something out for her in the end.

That’s not true. Casey Anderson confirmed she was fired for talking about the investigation. Anderson’s comments probably violated personnel law.

“Without cause” doesn’t mean for no reason. “At will” means that they can have any reason or no reason at all, just so long as they are not violating official HR policy or the law, eg in fact discrimination.

If there’s a reason there’s cause. She could be misrepresenting the circumstances of her termination. We haven’t heard anything from planning other than the fact of her termination and Casey Anderson’s statement that she was terminated for violating policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today is the last day for applications for the new board.

We'll see if we get some actual new blood, or the same old, connected insiders.

Under normal circumstances, Elrich can hold these appointments for 30 days before making a decision. He’s said he wants new blood and may well decide he’s on sound legal footing if he holds the appointments. The council would be smart to negotiate these appointments with him before deciding but they probably won’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The treatment of Gwen Wright is despicable.

Any chance she’ll sue for being fired 3 months before retiring?

She was at will and fired without cause so she has zero standing to sue unless she can prove that her termination was explicitly discriminatory, nor does she deserve to get her job back. Although, I expect they will work something out for her in the end.

That’s not true. Casey Anderson confirmed she was fired for talking about the investigation. Anderson’s comments probably violated personnel law.

“Without cause” doesn’t mean for no reason. “At will” means that they can have any reason or no reason at all, just so long as they are not violating official HR policy or the law, eg in fact discrimination.

If there’s a reason there’s cause. She could be misrepresenting the circumstances of her termination. We haven’t heard anything from planning other than the fact of her termination and Casey Anderson’s statement that she was terminated for violating policy.

That’s not how termination for cause works and she was at will so they didn’t need to state an official cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today is the last day for applications for the new board.

We'll see if we get some actual new blood, or the same old, connected insiders.

Under normal circumstances, Elrich can hold these appointments for 30 days before making a decision. He’s said he wants new blood and may well decide he’s on sound legal footing if he holds the appointments. The council would be smart to negotiate these appointments with him before deciding but they probably won’t.

They love setting up fights with him. Riemer just got his butt kicked in an election and he’s still going to try and instigate a fight with him. Just trashy.

[Anonymous]

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I would also just like to point out that downplaying the disgusting nature of the allegations is an insult to our intelligence. The article calls it “colorful language”. Here is what he allegedly said:

"The problem here is that [redacted] thinks she has a big d*** and [redacted] thinks he has a big d***. So what [redacted] needs to do is take out her big d*** and put it out on the table and measure it and [redacted] needs to take out his big d*** and put it out on the table and measure it - so this contest is over because I'm f****** sick and tired of it,"

I think it's crude, but I wouldn't fire a competent employee over it, especially if the language was being used by someone who had just been subjected to a miserable and unproductive meeting with the two subjects of the comment.

I would have been fired from any company I ever worked for if I made such a comment. I am a female and there is a double standard, but still.

[Anonymous]

The list of applicants is out...

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2022/10/breaking-pcmc-obtains-list-of.html#.Y1BKCEdyDpA.twitter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The list of applicants is out...

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2022/10/breaking-pcmc-obtains-list-of.html#.Y1BKCEdyDpA.twitter

Does Liz Brent, who funded a guy to follow Elrich around for months and harass him in a bee costume, actually think she’s going to be selected?

[Anonymous]

Former Councilmembers (branson) and former staffers should be excluded from consideration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former Councilmembers (branson) and former staffers should be excluded from consideration.

what about former Board Chair Francoise Carrier?

[Anonymous]

And former Board member Norman Dreyfuss?

My guess is all these formers will stack this temporary Board to keep things moving, but I hope I am wrong!

[Anonymous]

List of finalists to be interviewed tomorrow

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2022/20221025/20221025_10.pdf

[Anonymous]

Yep, looks like they are stacking the deck with formers...

Just need to make sure they don't stack the actual Board with termed out Council members (esp Hans Reimer).

[Anonymous]

How did Casey not get fully fired for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:List of finalists to be interviewed tomorrow

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2022/20221025/20221025_10.pdf

Sad that this is the best MoCo can do. Carrier and Dreyfuss should be ineligible, but the Council doesn’t seem to care much for breaking the law. Branson is a Riemer stooge.