THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE THREE RIVERS REGIONAL COMMISSION, LANIER BOATWRIGHT,HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FOR TWO WEEKS FOR SENDING RACY E-MAILS FROM HIS OFFICE COMPUTER, THAT SHOW A CITY OF GRIFFIN.COM ADDRESS. THE 35 MEMBER BOARD OF THE COMMISSION MET FOR OVER THREE HOURS WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE GRIFFIN OFFICES WITH BOATWRIGHT IN THE ROOM AT ONE TIME. AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WOODBURY MAYOR RON GARRETT MADE THE MOTION TO SUSPEND BOATWRIGHT AND IT PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY. THE MOTION ALSO STIPULATES A WRITTEN REPRIMAND WILL BE PLACED IN HIS PERSONNEL FILE AND IF HE SENDS ANY SUCH E-MAILS IN THE FUTURE HE WILL BE TERMINATED. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO UNDERGO SENSITIVITY TRAINING AND WILL UNDERGO A PERFORMANCE REVIEW IN THREE MONTHS. THE E-MAILS CAME TO LIGHT AFTER A PLANNER BOATWRIGHT FIRED EIGHT MONTHS AGO, CARTER THOMPSON, PLANNED A LAWSUIT ALLEGEDING SHE WAS DISMISSED FOR BEING A WHISTLE BLOWER. THOMPSON CONTENDS SHE COMPLAINED TO BOATWRIGHT ABOUT SEXUAL HARRASSMENT BY A FEMALE SUPERVISOR AND HE CLAIMED SHE THREATENED HIM.
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