San Diego Mayor Filner Says He Didn't Get Sexual Harrassment Training So City Should

[cali]

pay for his defense. And the asshole still won't resign.

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, under mounting pressure to resign over sexual harassment accusations, deserves to have the city pay for his defense because he never received workplace behavior training, his lawyer has told the city attorney.

Filner's private lawyer Harvey Berger wrote in a letter to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith on Monday that San Diego was legally obligated to provide training to prevent sexual harassment to all management-level employees within six months of their joining the city. Goldsmith's office released the letter on Wednesday.


"The city failed to provide such training to Mayor Filner," Berger wrote. "In fact, it is my understanding that such training was scheduled, but that the trainer for the city unilaterally canceled, and never re-scheduled such training for the mayor (and others.)"

Filner, a former Congressman, was elected mayor of San Diego in November 2012. Berger wrote in his letter that Filner had never received training to prevent sexual harassment when he served the San Diego area as a Congressman between 1993 and 2012.

He added that "if there is any liability at all, the city will almost certainly be liable for 'failing to prevent harassment.'"

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/us-usa-sandiego-mayor-idUSBRE96U1IH20130731?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews

[DLevine]

2. Wow. Talk about chutzpah. nt

[cali]

3. Excellent use of the word chutzpah

which I always have trouble spelling so I hope you spelled it correctly as I copied your spelling. It looks right and that's usually how I can tell if a word is spelled correctly.

[Pelican]

4. That's how personalities like this get ahead...

... they do things that other people just wouldn't consider out of common decency.

He'll probably run for reelection....

[DrDan]

5. even worse - some will vote for him and contribute to his reelection campaign

while criticizing the city for not stepping up to their training responsibilities

[hobbit709]

6. If you need "training" to keep your hands to yourself, then there's not much hope for you.

[KharmaTrain]

7. Political Myopia...

...that's a common thread with Weiner and Filner. These guys think that their problem is the perception not the reality. In their isolated worlds they think that they're far smarter than the rest of us and thus can talk or finagle their way out of their indiscretions. Filner's case is worse as we have some serious allegations of crimes that must be investigated and Filner should pay for his defense...or do like the rushpublicans do...set up a website and beg for donations. I think he's political toast...he should have resigned but will endure further embarrassment until he final does quit.

If you have to be taught how not to sexually abuse someone in public, you don't deserve to be in public office...

[cali]

9. really good analysis.

What's pissing me off about Weiner at this point is that he's sucking the air (real issues) out of the race. On the other hand, his political flame out has been a boon to the only progressive in the race, Bill de Blasio, who has never stopped focusing on issues.

[Richardo]

8. Ah, the Costanza Defense:

Mr. Lippman: It's come to my attention that you and the cleaning woman have engaged in sexual intercourse on the desk in your office. Is that correct?

George Costanza: Who said that?

Mr. Lippman: She did.

George Costanza: *pause* Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorence on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices, and I tell you, people do that all the time.

Mr. Lippman: You're fired!

George Costanza: Well, you didn't have to say it like that.

[RiffRandell]

10. Lol! nt