<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4285" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4284">Looks like that clears things up. Perhaps the finger pointing and whining can stop now and we can focus on more positive developments in our town. </span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4272"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4266" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4265" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4264" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4270" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4271" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4292"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Alan K. Thompson <akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Mhenry3240 <mhenry3240@verizon.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> TownTalk <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 31, 2018 6:43 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RP TownTalk] F.Y. I. to RP residents - (WJLA) news article re: Lawsuits against Riverdale Park<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4263"><br><div id="yiv0174080931"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4262"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4261" 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 clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4294"><div class="yiv0174080931MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4303" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4302" style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Good Afternoon Mr. Mayor and Council,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0174080931MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4293" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0174080931MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4297" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-color: initial;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4296" style="font-size: 12pt;">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="yiv0174080931gmail-il" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4295">jury</span>. The<span> </span><span class="yiv0174080931gmail-il">jury</span><span> </span>found in favor of the Plaintiff and awarded $269,244.00 to the Plaintiff.</span></div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv0174080931gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1527784777506_4301"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0174080931gmail_quote">On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 6:26 AM, Mhenry3240 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net">mhenry3240@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0174080931gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div class="yiv0174080931yqt0505967868" id="yiv0174080931yqt48664"><div>I spoke to my husband...CM Henry states you are <u>Lying</u>, he was not informed as you stated.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv0174080931m_3710735818048981773AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="yiv0174080931h5"><div><br clear="none">On May 30, 2018, at 11:24 PM, Alan K. Thompson <<a href="mailto:akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov">akthompson@riverdaleparkmd. gov</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></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 clear="none"></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Alan</div></div><div class="yiv0174080931gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0174080931gmail_quote">On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 9:30 PM, Mhenry3240 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net">mhenry3240@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0174080931gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div>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 clear="none"></div><div>By the way, have all Council members been made aware of the lawsuits before and after?<br clear="none"><div id="yiv0174080931m_3710735818048981773m_2762649203368538166AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="yiv0174080931m_3710735818048981773h5"><div><br clear="none">On May 30, 2018, at 9:00 PM, Alan K. Thompson <<a href="mailto:akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.gov">akthompson@riverdaleparkmd.go v</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></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 clear="none"></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Alan</div></div><div class="yiv0174080931gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0174080931gmail_quote">On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Karon Henry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mhenry3240@verizon.net">mhenry3240@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0174080931gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><font color="black" face="arial" size="2">
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