{"id":219579,"date":"2010-01-23T20:40:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T01:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=12971"},"modified":"2010-01-23T20:40:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T01:40:59","slug":"daley-will-consider-suspension-recommendation-against-aides-for-their-handling-of-sexual-harassment-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/219579","title":{"rendered":"Daley will consider suspension recommendation against aides for their handling of sexual harassment complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12366\" title=\"daley-aides-mark-meaney-tony-boswell\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/daley-aides-mark-meaney-tony-boswell1-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/>Mayor Richard Daley pledged today to consider a recommendation by the city&#8217;s inspector general to suspend two key aides for their handling of a student intern&#8217;s sexual harassment complaint.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/2010\/01\/daley-aides-boswell-meaney-ferguson-harassment-probe.html\" rel='nofollow'>Tribune reported Friday<\/a> that Inspector General Joseph Ferguson has issued a report to Daley recommending he suspend Anthony Boswell, executive director of the mayor&#8217;s Office of Compliance, and Mark Meaney, the first deputy. <span id=\"more-12971\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ferguson found Boswell and Meaney violated city policies and showed favoritism to an official at the 911 center after an intern there complained about being harassed in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Daley, who spent much of the week at a mayor&#8217;s conference in Washington D.C., said he hadn&#8217;t seen Ferguson&#8217;s findings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to sit down. I haven&#8217;t discussed it with him yet,&#8221; Daley said at a Saturday event to announce the donation of three Chicago Fire Department ambulances to Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But like anything else, I&#8217;ll listen very closely to his recommendations and evaluate it. I have not seen him as yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Daley also reiterated his pledge not to endorse anybody in the Feb. 2 primary election.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor acknowledged some candidates might be touting his support on their campaign literature, but said he won&#8217;t seek to prevent them from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think some of them maybe are using my name. It doesn&#8217;t bother me,&#8221; the mayor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em><a href=\"mailto:jebyrne@tribune.com\" rel='nofollow'>John Byrne<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/2010\/01\/daley-will-consider-suspension-recommendation-against-aides.html\"  rel='nofollow'>Tribune News Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5DK4yvzRGQRVtyc65PMF8P00W5Y\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5DK4yvzRGQRVtyc65PMF8P00W5Y\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5DK4yvzRGQRVtyc65PMF8P00W5Y\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5DK4yvzRGQRVtyc65PMF8P00W5Y\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=6Fa4A25isDI:y2qqCUhDFsQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=6Fa4A25isDI:y2qqCUhDFsQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=6Fa4A25isDI:y2qqCUhDFsQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=6Fa4A25isDI:y2qqCUhDFsQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/6Fa4A25isDI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Richard Daley pledged today to consider a recommendation by the city&#8217;s inspector general to suspend two key aides for their handling of a student intern&#8217;s sexual harassment complaint. 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