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" I wonder as well if these recommendations were pointed to this one office or the entire County government. In a recent Pantagraph article, two Directors (who retired) positions were filled by internal employees and no internal posting or outside applications were accepted for those positions as well. I believe the positions were Director of Court Services and Superintendent of Detention. Both filled without interviews inside or out. "

" I am a bit confused. Why was the investigation reccomendation directed at the entire Country? The only office involved was the County Clerk's office, so if you read between the lines so to speak, then when Mr Sorensen says weaknesses were pointed out in some of the County' current policies it could only mean in the the office of Peggy Ann Milton because no other office was being investigated. This also would mean the her hiring and posting job procedures along with interviewing need some work. Imagine that!!!!!!!! "

" As Bob's attorney, I can understand that people will view the Board's vindication of Bob with some skepticism, particularly because the Board's need to maintain the confidentiality of the accuser's identity limits what it can say to the public. At the same time, however, it would be incredibly unfair to Bob to infer (as has The Cats) from the investigator's thoughtful recommendations for future improvements that Bob himself engaged in wrongdoing.

If implemented, the recommendations, which Bob and I support, will protect the County, the accuser AND the accused. So one can no more read into the recommendations that Bob engaged in malfeasance than one can read into them that the allegations of sexual harassment were false. And as for BigBrother, you know not of what you speak. Please, by all means, stay tuned for future developments; at the appropriate time, more will be revealed. But please do not draw inferences where they cannot be drawn. Jon Backman "

" I have a few suggestions of my own for the County Board. 1.) Rid yourself of Mr. Nuckles as he has clearly used his position to assist a person in getting a job unfairly over other candidates. 2.) Rid the office of the persons unfairly hired as they have acquired positions under unfair conditions. 3.) Have only supervisors and managers of employees evaluate the performance of employees. 4.) Have only qualified HR people evaluate the qualifications of applicants and decide on best qualified. 5.) Allow no employee to be supervised by their immidiate relatives. "

" To "booklover"...so you know the whole story. Let's here it in all the details. Otherwise why would you post such drivel...how do you know what happened? Try reading a book on sexual harassment (one written from the victims point of view). If they have to change policies there are issues raised by the complaint. An investigator, employed by the employer (in this case), will have a difficult time finding for the accuser because such a finding would automatically hurt the employer tremendously during a civil suit. I am sure this investigator was as fair and honest as possible but he was serving the board and the county. Wait until you see the civil suit (if there is one). "

" BookLover, I doubt this is a false accusation. Brow beating and verbal intimidation are tools that he freely chooses to use. Now, putting 2 and 2 together from this article, previous articles, the PDF of the reccomendations and a WJBC article that identifies the women as mother and daughter you can see that all parties in this situation have known each other for some time. It makes me wonder how these two women didnt know what they were in for. From the tone of the reccomendations it seems clear that the county employee mentioned in the article secured her job in the time honored "you scratch my back ill scratch yours".
Now im not saying that these women deserved whatever prompted them to file for the orders of protection. Im saying that when dealing with a man with plead down domestic battery charge under his belt you need to be careful what you get yourself into "

" They wouldn't have to censure him if they still had prayer in schools "

" I wish I was an hysterical woman who could get the whole county in an uproar by falsely accusing people... "

" Ooops - commented on wrong article. "

" Unfortunately I do not believe that they have the evidence to back up the charges & he could get acquitted. I wonder if the police officer who let Pelo walk away the night he caught him outside the stalking victim's house, feels like he let him walk away with much needed evidence? I'm not sure I will feel very safe if he is acquitted. "