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TexasTowelie

(111,288 posts)
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 03:42 AM Aug 2017

Town hid harassment complaint against Milton town supervisor

Milton -- The town of Milton took extraordinary steps to conceal the details of a 2016 harassment complaint filed against the town's supervisor, Daniel P. Lewza, who has publicly denied that he was the target of the incendiary allegations made by his former secretary.

In addition to the cloak placed around the case by the town, Lewza hired a politically connected Saratoga County attorney last year to investigate town officials and others who he suspected were revealing information about the case. The attorney, James E. Walsh of Ballston, sent multiple letters warning Town Board members and at least one resident that divulging the "confidential" complaint could violate town code and federal laws that he did not specify.

The harassment complaint culminated with the town and its insurance carrier paying the secretary an undisclosed sum of money, including a $5,000 deductible from Milton's coffers. Lewza declined to reveal the total settlement amount.

It marked at least the third time that Lewza, who was elected supervisor in 2011, has been the target of complaints from female colleagues alleging inappropriate conduct. His accusers include a former town comptroller who filed a workplace violence complaint against Lewza after she said he cornered her in a hallway at Town Hall during a heated discussion.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Town-hid-harassment-complaint-against-Milton-town-11748677.php

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ATL Ebony

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Mon Aug 14, 2017, 01:03 PM
Aug 2017

The three-term Republican, who first took office in 2011, said he decided to step down after discussing it with his family. Good decision since you've received several complaints from female colleagues for sexual harassment.

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