Kenly to hold emergency meeting after
police force, 2 clerks resign in protest
over 'hostile' work environment
WRAL (Raleigh, NC),
by
Chelsea Donovan
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
7/22/2022 2:54:08 PM
KENLY, N.C. — Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson and all his full-time officers resigned on Wednesday. (snip) The letters, obtained by WRAL News, hint at a hostile work environment since the hiring of a new town manager. Justine Jones has been in that job for about a month. (snip) Gibson said he would consider returning to the police force if Jones was dismissed. (snip) Jones declined an interview, saying she was "not at liberty to talk because of a personnel matter." Jones, a Black woman, sued her previous employer – Richland County, S.C. – for gender and racial discrimination after she was terminated.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 7/22/2022 3:08:47 PM (No. 1225029)
Anyone who ever worked for a governmental agency, or for a large corporation, can see what’s happened here. The new city manager got hired because she’s a minority - but unfortunately, that’s probably her only qualification for the job. My guess is that she also has a Michelle Obama-sized chip on her shoulder that affects her interactions with city employees. The people who resigned saw the handwriting on the wall, and left en masse to bring the city’s attention to the situation.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 7/22/2022 3:21:31 PM (No. 1225044)
FTA: Jones was selected by the town council after a "nationwide search" of 30 candidates,
Interpretation, the job was listed and was open to all applicants. Hiring committees say they do a “nationwide search” as a pretense that the very best candidate available was hired.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 7/22/2022 3:21:51 PM (No. 1225046)
The town ostensibly did a "nationwide search".....and chose extremely badly. Apparently this black woman is so obnoxious and nasty that everyone just quit.
Time to go to the root of the problem, Justine Jones, and send her on her way, it would seem.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/22/2022 3:30:57 PM (No. 1225060)
Jones, a Black woman, sued her previous employer – Richland County, S.C. – for gender and racial discrimination after she was terminated. The lawsuit says she worked as manager of research and was an assistant director.
FTA: She alleges "hostile" treatment by Richland County leaders and her supervisor and retaliation for reporting bad behavior. Jones claims in the lawsuit that she was not paid fairly and was also treated differently due to illness. She was terminated on March 30, 2015, and that lawsuit was later voluntarily dismissed. Court records don't reveal why the case was dismissed.
Jones was selected by the town council after a "nationwide search" of 30 candidates, according to a town press release. She's worked in public service for the past 16 years in local governments in Minnesota, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Looks like she was 'unfavorable' in more than one state.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 7/22/2022 3:34:43 PM (No. 1225064)
How stupid does that town council have to be to hire a woman who sued her former employer for firing her (almost certainly for cause, based on later events)?!?!?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Catherine 7/22/2022 3:45:06 PM (No. 1225071)
# 2 - having done personnel requests for a City agency for several years, I can tell you how they get the person they want. When you type up the request to fill the position, you request specifications for the job that the person you want to hire has. Sure enough, that name will come to the top of job seekers and you can legitimately hire them.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Luandir 7/22/2022 3:45:52 PM (No. 1225072)
It only took her a month and a half to run off the police force. She must be a gem to work for.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Venturer 7/22/2022 3:58:05 PM (No. 1225086)
Let me guess. The majority of the town council is black?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 7/22/2022 4:02:46 PM (No. 1225089)
Poster 6, do you mean the outcomes are predetermined?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
volksford 7/22/2022 4:31:17 PM (No. 1225107)
Well it has taken a while but as we figured the Affirmative Action chickens have come home to roost. Permeating our entire society starting with the workplace and progressing to state , local , federal government , schools , universities even religion. Our trek to mediocrity is on course.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 7/22/2022 4:44:56 PM (No. 1225114)
I'd bet none of the cops were black.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
rochow 7/22/2022 6:21:02 PM (No. 1225196)
Perhaps her real career is suing after she is dismissed because of stupidity and arrogance. With dames like this they usually go together!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
kono 7/22/2022 6:32:18 PM (No. 1225211)
An image search for hear name turned up a bunch of pics of a couple of people, both black, one male the other female. Has anybody checked to see if "she" was "he" until recently? A woke bloke with a chip on his shoulder against people who won't play along sounds like a pretty unbearable boss...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/22/2022 7:52:32 PM (No. 1225255)
It was always a nice little town, "Friendly Kenly", used to head that way several times a year to go to the Southern National racetrack just outside of town.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 7/22/2022 9:11:58 PM (No. 1225334)
Re #14, a race track So, there's your systemic 'racism' right there. Probably all sorts of racists around a race track.....trying to drive fast.
/s off
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/22/2022 9:59:50 PM (No. 1225361)
HA! DVC...
How "right" you are.
There were in fact more than just a few Stars and Bars cars, flags, banners, tattoos etc at those "Races", it was called "Southern National Raceway" for a reason.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mifla 7/23/2022 5:18:34 AM (No. 1225541)
Fire her and the fools that hired her.
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