<div dir="ltr">I can only respond to this by saying that on May 18 an e-mail message starting with the following content was sent to all members of the Council by the Town Manager. I have no idea why CM Henry did not receive it. <div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Sylfaen,serif">Good Afternoon Mr. Mayor and Council,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As you are aware, the Town has been defending a lawsuit filed by Mr. Ashkar from Greg’s Towing based on allegations that date back to 2013. The original filing included a number of allegations. The sole surviving allegation in the complaint, Failure to Hire / Discrimination based on National Origin, was decided this morning by a<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">jury</span>. The<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">jury</span><span> </span>found in favor of the Plaintiff and awarded $269,244.00 to the Plaintiff.</span></p><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 6:26 AM, Mhenry3240 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net" target="_blank">mhenry3240@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I spoke to my husband...CM Henry states you are <u>Lying</u>, he was not informed as you stated.<br><br><div id="m_3710735818048981773AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On May 30, 2018, at 11:24 PM, Alan K. Thompson <<a href="mailto:akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov" target="_blank">akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.<wbr>gov</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">I have responded to CM Henry off-list. All members of the council were informed of the decision, and I told him that I did not know who was informed when the lawsuit was filed in 2016, as Mayor Archer was handling that.<div><br></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 9:30 PM, Mhenry3240 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net" target="_blank">mhenry3240@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Mayor Alan, <div>What legal team? That’s a generic response. The fact remain - the news is out in the media and residents should have been made aware of both lawsuits, yet we had to hear from a indirect source. What we have here is a failure to communicate.</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, have all Council members been made aware of the lawsuits before and after?<br><div id="m_3710735818048981773m_2762649203368538166AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="m_3710735818048981773h5"><div><br>On May 30, 2018, at 9:00 PM, Alan K. Thompson <<a href="mailto:akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov" target="_blank">akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.go<wbr>v</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">The Town's legal team has asked that we not discuss this case, both during the case and until all post-trial motions and resulting rulings are completed. I am hopeful (but far from sure) that we can discuss this within a few weeks.<div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Karon Henry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net" target="_blank">mhenry3240@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">
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