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Former clerk sues Hackensack council, former city manager
August 15, 2014, 6:21 PM Last updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 6:21 PM
By HANNAN ADELY
staff writer
The Record
The former Hackensack clerk is suing the city, the former interim manager and all five City Council members for “in excess of” $2 million over claims they illegally retaliated against her and drove her out of her job because of her personal relationship with a political foe of the administration.
Debra Heck, who left the job in December, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Newark. Heck said in the complaint that she resigned because of “hostile” and “intolerable” working conditions and intimidation by her superiors.
The alleged hostility began when council members learned that she was in a romantic relationship with Richard Salkin, a former city attorney who is aligned with the council’s political opponents, according to the lawsuit.
just watching:
Throwing her lover under the bus. Secrecy means nothing when $2m is on the line. How convenient. And what will Salkin's wife say about all of that.
Editor:
Justwatching: you don't know that. You are making assumptions that may very well be wrong.
No need to reply.
just watching:
OK. Just because SHE SAID she was in a romantic relationship with person xyz, doesn't mean that actually happened. How does one prove that in court, I wonder ? This will be interesting.
Editor:
http://www.bergendispatch.com/articles/36466262/Hackensack-Settles-Law-Suit-With-Former-Clerk-For-500-000-.aspx
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