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		<title>Details revealed in Danishevskaya’s sexual harassment complaint</title>
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			<title>private says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I dont understand how they can claim to have a "code of ethics" but go and excuse the behaviour of clark and walker? Their so called code of ethics says clearly to treat officials ect with respect..Both clark and walker admitted partially to their "goofs" but yet neither of them are being diciplined. As far as Elaynas comment about having to work in a "hostile" enviornment, I agree that after seeing how annoyed some of the officers get if you call the police department to report a ordinance violation I can only imagine what it would be like to work with some of them ..In my opinion we all would be better off if the Oakland county sheriff department took over and we have them to protect us..]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:10:33 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>hollynomore says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[@aaavintage, The Chief was not "forced out by a group of people who have already admitted to engaging in less than ethical conduct", she resigned after being placed on a paid administrative leave. She should not have resigned if in fact these were trumped up charges, but I doubt the truth will ever come out now. As for being able to contact the Chiefs of police in Holly, this is nothing new all the folks that have served in that capacity in the last 25 years have been accessible, that is one of the advantages of small town living.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>hollynomore</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:37:47 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Toddski says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ms Leslie, I completely agree with the comment you made at the last council meeting.. " Where were the people that are running for office"? It doesn't seem they are very interested in what's going on in the Village, very sad. Also where are these people that are complaining about the Village officials? Their absence at the Council meetings tells it all.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Toddski</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:36:21 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Tony E. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agreed. In a community the size of Holly every vote does truly count.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Tony E.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:06:09 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Janet Leslie says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As always, aaa, it is the voters who are in charge. I hope both village and township voters will attend the candidates' debates on October 18 and will cast their ballots very thoughtfully in November.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Janet Leslie</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:10:14 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Tony E. says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I've lived in this town for three years and became a small part of the business community in February. In that short time I have seen some changes in leadership that I feel are a step in the wrong direction and now the police chief who returned my calls personally (something you would NEVER have happen in Farmington Hills) forced out by a group of people who have already admitted to engaging in less than ethical conduct in their dealings with the chief. I love alot of things about Holly. It is a wonderful quiet (when car bombs aren't going off) town with some great people and my little outpost of business is doing very well. However until the small minded lifers that are in charge of this town are forced out there will never be any incentive for anyone with fresh, 21st century ideas to even attempt to get involved in local government. (edited to remove some harsh words that took away from my message...change is needed!)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Tony E.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:05:46 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>oldsleeze2000 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Iam a former Holly area Resident(30 years). Have just read the story regardeing The Sexual Harassment charges. My take is that the two gentlemen involved have all but openly admitted their guilt. And they should be discharged. The Female who has been charged may well be guilty also, But I do not believe there is enough evidence to convict her of anything. How ever if it were my call I would discharge her. I believe that the Chief of Police should be reinstated..if that is her wish. I am aquainted with none of those involved and have no dog in this race. But this appears to be blantent sexual harassment and may well bring legal problems for The Village in the future. Love The Paper..It keeps me connected with my Fav. Village!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>oldsleeze2000</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:44:55 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>timmmy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[#31: i read the vote of no confidence letter and it seemed to consist mostly of typical union pettiness. what did stand out was the simple fact that the letter was undated. twelve people who are responsible for filing reports, collecting facts, getting times and dates correct, and yet not one of them thought to put a date in the space they themselves had provided. maybe that was the way walker wanted it. second, walker should go because the fish rots from the head first - he is the head. and because the plain and simple fact is he did not utter it to himself. and because this is 2012 and language like this is inappropriate in the workplace especially in mixed company. "haven't we all?" no, not if you want to keep your job. thirdly, it would appear he does have some control over the police officers. it was walker who the twelve officers sent their undated letter to. the timing of the letter is suspect, and the fact not one of the twelve thought to date it makes even less sense. as for figura, his opinions speak for themselves and will be judged in a court of law should it go that far. plain and simple fact will be determined. may the best man, or in this case the best woman win. i think i'll go with the law offices of deborah l. gordon.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>timmmy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:58:01 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Toddski says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Iroquois: Read the Vote of No Confidence Letter (in red) in this article,as it does list the twelve officers. Secondly, why should Walker go? over a remark he utters to himself when frustrated?? Haven't we all? And, thirdly, he has no control over police officers or council members for that matter...are we on a witch hunt in this village?? Furthermore, Mr Figura is an experienced lawyer, and reports to a much higher ethic authority at the State level and he is not going to risk his license and reputation for this village. Just because you don't like what someone says or does does not constitute sexual harrassment in the eyes of the law. Plain and simple fact.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Toddski</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:31:03 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>iroquois says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Time to go Clark. Time to go Walker. Why are the 12 officers that signed the no confidance letter not out front and public about WHO they are.Please introduce yourself and explain your actions. Mr Figura is sexual harasment a crime? Why did the chief not put the cuffs on Clark and Walker and read them there rights?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>iroquois</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:15:23 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>circus011574 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Timmmy, I agree, the hugging thing, holy cow. How could he compare hugging at an Olympic even to huggin in a professional setting? It doesn't make any sense at all. This guy is a lawyer? Really? So, there were lots of drunk people at the Olympics as well, does that mean it's appropriate to drink on the job? I have been hugged against me will, it sucks. I don't care if he's a "huggy" person, save that stuff for family.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>circus011574</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:02:11 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>timmmy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[reading figura's analysis of gibbs's report on line was both sad and pathetic. to see and hear it read live on wxyz news was ten times worse, especially the part where he used his viewing of hugging in the olympics to defend the actions of clark. one nice thing on the newscast was seeing that chief elena is being represented by the law offices of deborah l. gordon, one of the best. hopefully, the days of the embarrassing actions of holly's good old boys are coming to an end. ron white says "you can't fix stupid". just maybe, with good lawyers and a good judge, this time stupid can be fixed. it's time to end this neanderthal thinking - even if it was a "mistake", a "goof", the result of "frustration", or any of their other excuses. holly deserves better - a lot better.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>timmmy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:03:11 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>epease3088 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's the link to WXYZ News as stated in localyokel's comment above. Copy and paste in your browser. Take a look. http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/oakland_county/hollys-former-chief-of-police-speaks-out-says-she-was-harassed-forced-from-her-job]]></description>
			<dc:creator>epease3088</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:27:21 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>localyokel says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oh timmmy - thank you for the laugh this morning. I spit coffee on my monitor. I dont think I have ever read a comment so spot on. And you're right, she will have her day in court and the village will pay dearly for it whether the claims are substantiated by the attorney or not. In other news, this situation made the 11pm WXYZ news last night complete with a lengthy interview of the Chief and an explanation of the allegations - there is a clip online for those of you interested in seeing how much further our little village can be drug into the mud. Mr. Walker and Mr. Clark declined to comment. There are a couple nice shots of our downtown but otherwise, this certainly shines a spotlight on Holly and lets us be known, once again, as a troubled community (close to Flint). Way to go Village, way to go.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>localyokel</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:11:21 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>hollynomore says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One of the council members raised a number of questions regarding these types of issues with the village manager before he was hired, however shut down by others on the council as just rumors or bad blood. There were questions that needed to be answered before they hire anyone that were not, which seems to be standard operating procedure with the Village council. Maybe those that shut down the investigation of Mr Walker will be willing to pay any settlement awarded? http://http://www.thehollyexpress.com/community/local-news-holly-michigan-48442/1077-holly-councilwoman-questions-walkers-background]]></description>
			<dc:creator>hollynomore</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:51:48 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>hollynomore says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well we finally have the accusations against the Chief out in the open and I find it very interesting that all but one of the police department employees signed it. There have been many claims that the No Confidence letter was retribution by Mr Walker for the hrassment issue, but as there never seemed to be any love for Mr Walker by the members Holly police department, judging by the level of tension in any of the council meetings attended by officers, I wonder how it could be that they submitted this Vote of No Confidence letter to protect Mr Walker? Something doesn't add up here, so I am going to be real interested in seeing the report from the Sheriff's Department.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>hollynomore</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:31:59 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>tiger13 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When can we expect Mr. Clark's letter of resignation? His retirement is overdue.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>tiger13</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:29:21 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Cathy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In Holly,many businesses are owned and operated by women. I think we all should be extremely concerned with what is going on here. This is 2012, we need leaders that have respect for women and act like professionals. This is appauling and embarrassing when I have to hear my customers murmur about our town leaders. They are not referring to the chief either. I have to wonder how much this is hurting our businesses.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:07:49 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>timmmy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[seems like we went through this about a month ago when missouri's republican representative to congress, todd akin (a man), explained "legitimate rape" to us. if you remember, he stated that pregnancy from "legitimate rape" is "really rare". he explained that "if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut the whole thing down". now holly's attorney figura (a man), with no apparent training in the handling of sexual harassment cases, has found there are no legitimate sexual harassment claims from chief elena. this should come as no surprise. figura is after all, paid by the village. we should be impressed he was able to crunch the 150 page factual account of attorney gregory t. gibbs into a much more manageable 9 page analysis. and let's not forget, had this been a "legitimate sexual harassment" it's very possible the chief's body could have shut the whole thing down and she would not have heard the inappropriate language, seen the sexual video, felt the hug, or read the racial email. yeah, right. i hope the chief has her day in court, with an attorney specializing in sexual harassment cases, before a judge that will get to the bottom of this.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>timmmy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:25:59 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Ryan Bladzik says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now that there is much more information out about this situation, here are some more questions I hope the community asks of our leaders: 1) What was the determination of the former chief's performance reviews, and were there any disciplinary actions on her record of employment? Where do these fall under the timeline of her complaint and the "vote of no confidence"? 2) The Village Council instituted a code of conduct/ethics in this last term. How does this factor into the actions of Mr. Walker, Mrs. Behrens, and especially Mr. Clark? 3) When Mr. Walker and Mr. Clark visited Memphis, Mich., during the hiring process, they spoke with many citizens who gave glowing references. Did they speak with any Memphis police officers, administrators, or people from peer agencies (i.e. the State Police or the Sheriff's Dept.?) in regards to her administrative capacity? 4) In regards to the "vote of no confidence", did the signing officers and dispatchers bring up their concerns to Sgt. Story or Sgt. Sano when they occurred, or did their union steward bring these issues with either the Chief or Mr. Walker directly? (If the chief was "not timely" in her complaints, wouldn't that stipulation also apply here). I think there's still a lot to understand about all of this...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ryan Bladzik</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:08:34 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>susie25 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tom Clark needs to realize the world is a different place now.He has always been this type of person,,,make jokes or comments first and think later.I know him very personally.I have been hugged several times over the years by him...he has to stop and think,,,you cannot do this anymore.And Jerry Walker should also realize he has to shut up when in the company of others,,,so what if it is a phrase he always uses,,that does not make it ok,,,these people are supposed to be educated leaders of our Village, acting this way? How much is all this going to cost the taxpayers,,,hiring this lawyer and that lawyer,,I feel my water bill going up again. Come on Holly,,,,we need to get rid of some of these people.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>susie25</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:56:07 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Dan Jablonski says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Business Etiquette 101, people... that's all I'm saying.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Dan Jablonski</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:52:36 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Two50r22 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Both the Vote of No Confidence and the sexual harassment complaint are a joke. If only we had some true professionals working for us. This high school grab a** needs to stop, it not so publicly went on at the DPW also. Council get it together and try to be an example for the community.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Two50r22</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:48:11 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>localyokel says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The whole situation continues to smell bad for our community. What a waste of taxpayer money to pay for an attorney (who quite possibly has no background in sexual harassment lawsuits) to the tune of $15K. How can the claims all be dismissed if it is mostly a he said/she said situation? Is this a matter of the chicken and the egg and what comes first? Was the No Confidence Letter in response to the Sexual Harassment Claim or was the Sexual Harassment Claim an early attempt to divert known ongoing management issues at the HPD? Either way, the taxpayers in our community continue to bear the burden for the unprofessionalism in the Village offices as well as now being in limbo for the chief position again (with possible costly legal repercussions in the future). I hope all of those who can vote in the Village will remember this farce in November and have your opinions heard. Mr. Walker should be disciplined, Mr. Clark should be removed and proper professional office procedures should be put into place. As for the chief, if the allegations made regarding her professionalism and management were not already addressed privately then perhaps Mr. Walker, who seems to have qualifications that could have assisted his coworker, should have mentored her and Ms. Behrens could have communicated with her more frequently. Not all Cops excel at the management side of things. She was valued enough to hire, she should have been valuable enough to assist before we reached this juncture.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:47:37 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>tiger13 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wow, after reading Mr. Figura's analysis I was amazed at the lack of professionalism by Mr. Walker, Mr. Clark, Ms. Behrens and Mr. Figura himself. His report sounds ridiculous. How do you continue to sweep things under the rug over and over again. This just sounds to me like a couple of immature, unprofessional idiots trying to cover their @$$es now that someone has finally had the guts to call them out. ANY sexual comments, gestures, touching that make someone feel uncomfortable in their daily work life should never be tolerated. My question is were there ever any women involved in this investigation? The things that Mr. Walker and Mr. Clark find humorous or innocent gestures may not come off the same to a woman and that is where the professionalism should come in. You are not standing around the local garage with a bunch of guys telling dirty jokes, you are in a position to represent the village of Holly and it sounds to me like you need to grow up!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>tiger13</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:33:03 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>amayhew says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You can get Gibbs' report through the Freedom of Information Act at the village offices. All I was able to obtain was the first 35 pages - I didn't get any of Gibbs' analysis or any of the exhibits with it. It will cost $.35 per page per village policy.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>amayhew</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:26:55 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>C. Rankin says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'd like to find out if Gibbs's entire 150-page report is available thru the FOIA, in addition to the analysis of that report done by Figura.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>C. Rankin</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:06:51 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>circus011574 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saying "suck it" to yourself while being frustrated is totally understandable to me. I get that, I've said similar things, probably much worse. But the hugging thing, that is very inappropriate and kind of creepy. As for the "stupid Russian" remark, I don't even know where to begin. Those are fighing words. Behrens denies it though, so if it happened, she's lucky she didn't get punched in the face. If it's made up, then that is worse than actually saying it. Oh my, what children...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>circus011574</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:54:30 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Joe says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As someone who works in this field, how the village handles information security is of concern to me. You'd be floored to see how careless some companies are in protecting your mortgage documents or other items filled with personally identifiable information (PII). Everyone gets wound up about SSNs; I see many companies that toss those around all over the place with little to no protection. Earlier in the year I received notice that despite my water bill being setup for direct withdrawal from my checking account, the village did not have record of my bank information. Well I obviously provided my checking account information at one point, so where did it go? ...maybe it was emailed to someone's cousin.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:06:08 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Joe says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Reading Figura's document just makes this whole thing even more ridiculous; it's like a bunch of junior high kids running the show. -- I'm glad that Mr. Figura enjoyed the Olympics (pg 2). Who tells a coworker of the opposite sex that they look "scrumptious" without some intent? (pg 3) It's comforting to know that communications intended for the village were accidently sent to Mr. Figura's cousin multiple times (pg 3). Again, separate the business and personal emails. So when a council member leaves, they retain village business in their personal email and computers? You can't operate like that. I would really love to know what is and isn't allowed to be sent via email. With his "I hope so" comment (pg 5), Mr. Clark is clearly auditioning to replace Michael Scott on "The Office". Are we sure he didn't follow it up with a "That's what she said"? It's clear if nothing else, the village, or at least a few members, operates in a very unprofessional manner. It's also clear that Mr. Clark makes many "mistakes" that he later is "sorry" for, many of sexual nature that I would say amount to harassment. And finally, Mr. Walker should probably come up with a replacement for his so beloved phrase "suck me". Maybe he can stop by the local truckstop and pick up some better phases from the bathroom stall walls.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:58:28 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>hollyshopper says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Whether or not any of the behaviors listed by the chief rise to the level of sexual harassment, I certainly couldn't say. But to say they were unprofessional, particularly the ones village officials admitted to, is a gross understatement. And speaking of unprofessional, is anyone else bothered by the fact that the village attorney was formulating his opinion while watching t.v.? Is television really where he gets his concept of what acceptable behavior looks like?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>hollyshopper</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:54:26 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>epease3088 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was wondering what Mr. Figura's legal specialties were after reading his nine page analysis, so I went to his firm's website. According to the website of Simen, Figura, and Parker, P.L.C, "Mr. Figura's specialty is governmental law, and he is a former president of the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys. In addition to general governmental law, Mr. Figura provides assistance to public and private clients with regard to property tax assessment issues, general real estate law, eminent domain, zoning, and land use disputes." "Mr. Figura has represented and continues to serve as general counsel for several cities, villages, and townships." "A growing part of his practice is dedicated to alternative dispute resolution activities and he has served as an arbitrator and mediator in more than 200 cases." I was wondering what kind of cases Mr. Figura was an arbitrator for. I did not see any harassment/sexual harassment under his specialties.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>epease3088</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:53:09 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>epease3088 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am sorry that former Police Chief Elena Danishevskaya had to experience all of this. When a person gets that "uncomfortable feeling" from the unwanted actions of another person, the unwanted actions are INAPPROPRIATE and should be reported. Shame on the persons involved and their unprofessional actions/habits. It is my opinion that it's time for a mandatory in-service training on professionalism in the workplace for all Holly public employees. I also agree with the comments written by Joe. "Along with that email service should be a policy around conduct and usage. Otherwise, allowing this to go on is a lawsuit waiting to happen." It would be wise to have someone come in and evaluate the whole security and privacy system for the Village of Holly.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>epease3088</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:32:14 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>lgclason says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[All I read in the 9 page analysis is a lot of people admitting to making "mistakes". I certainly hope that they do not make this many mistakes when running our Village - oh wait, I guess they DO! I understand feeling comfortable to speak freely around co-workers when it is acceptable and accepted. In this case we have a lot of employees in the Village that are costing the taxpayers money (you better believe there will be a lawsuit that will cost us money AGAIN) and not understanding what the term "professional actions in the workplace" means. I hope that someone seriously considers action against these employees that make so many quote "MISTAKES".]]></description>
			<dc:creator>lgclason</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:18:25 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>hollytwpgirl says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As for the Attorney Richard Figura, while he had a few reasonable points, I found most of what he said was so asinine, please! So the first sexual comment by Mr. Clark isn't sexually harassment until there are five more after it??? It only take once! Fire him, before he cost the Village more money!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>hollytwpgirl</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:53:20 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>hollytwpgirl says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After reading the 9-page analysis, it is my opinion that Mr. Clark, Mr. Walker and Ms. Behrens have acted totally unprofessional on many levels! "Suck me" at any point in a professional work environment is unacceptable. The best way NOT to send an inappropriate email to the 'wrong' person is to not send it at all! I'm embarrassed at the lack of respect all three of them show. I would NOT want to work in that type of environment either! Time to bring in new blood, get these types of people out of Holly!! I wish the Chief nothing but the best of luck!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>hollytwpgirl</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:14:48 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Joe says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is why the village should have it's own email system or service and everyone should be using that instead of their personal email accounts (except for Winglemire who I read in another article "doesn't use email"). Along with that email service should be a policy around conduct and usage. Otherwise, allowing this to go on is a lawsuit waiting to happen. The email is no less inappropriate for the workplace just because it was intended to go to a male recipient.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:01:37 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>D.Observer says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Village Officials? More like Village Idiots. Such juvenile behavior! Clean house Holly.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>D.Observer</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:45:51 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Holly says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wow seems like a lot of Village Officials seem to have accidentally sent stuff to the police chief. Are they all that careless on a regular basis? Not very professional that's for sure. The "suck me" comment is so unprofessional! Do I have to worry that my children might hear those words accidentally slip out? So if Walker and Clark both knew the Chief was feeling harassed shouldn't they have been on their best behavior? Instead it seems they continued to play games.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:07:58 -0400</pubDate>
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