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    Quote Originally Posted by SabreTooth View Post
    how do you know this is a lie or "a whopper of a story?" who could make this stuff up, pretty specific and detailed, and why?
    I was told it was made up. When you read the complaint including the ramifications of lying in a federal court it makes you wonder how can it be all lies. I also believe our town hold's all these characters liable for their actions. Do you want to pay for this BS?

    I would like to know if Kevin who is our town attorney told the town board which is controlled by the "Cheektowaga Democratic Party" that if this issue isn't handle properly that it may cost us property owners legal fees and a settlement. If he did why would the town board turn a blind eye to the situation. You read the document and this issue has been going on for more than a weekend or two.


    Ms. Sprada was hired by Defendant in May 2010 and transferred to the position of Sewer Maintenance Worker in August 2011. In 2013, she was promoted to the position of Senior Sewer Maintenance Worker.
    Looks like it may have started August 2011 and continued at least into 2013. I would like to know how many times during that time frame was this brought up to our Town Board?

    While she was employed as a clerk typist, Defendant’s Supervisor, Bob Latshaw, told Ms. Sprada that some of the men who worked in the Sewer Maintenance Department behaved inappropriately at work. Supervisor Latshaw told Ms. Sprada that one male employee masturbated in one of the work trucks
    So at that time why wasn't there any action to handle this matter?

    Within a month or two of transferring to the position of Sewer Maintenance Worker, Ms. Sprada spoke to Supervisor Latshaw about the men’s comments when she went to the restroom. In response, Supervisor Latshaw laughed and said that the comments insinuating that anyone who went upstairs was going to perform oral sex on the managers
    was a “long standing joke.”
    So this was an ongoing practice with our employees?

    Ms. Sprada observed that any co-workers who complained about the men’s behavior was either ostracized or harassed. As such, she was fearful to complain.
    Will any of these co-workers testify in her behalf? If so I want to know why the Town Board which is controlled by the "Cheektowaga Democratic Party" ignored the past complaints.

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    http://cheektowagatownny.iqm2.com/Ci...D=1407&ID=6572


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    Department: Personnel Sponsors: Councilmember Stanley Kaznowski, Supervisor Mary Holtz
    Category: Appointments/Reappointments Functions: None
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    WHEREAS, Lisa M. Sprada was appointed by this Town Board to the position of Sewer Maintenance Worker effective August 2, 2011; AND



    WHEREAS, Ms. Sprada has successfully completed eighteen (18) months in the title and is eligible to be promoted to the position of Senior Sewer Maintenance Worker; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT



    RESOLVED, that Lisa M. Sprada of Cheektowaga, New York be and hereby is appointed to the position of Senior Sewer Maintenance Worker in the Sewer Maintenance Division under the terms and conditions of the bargaining agreement between the Town and the Town of Cheektowaga Employees Association effective February 2, 2013.
    Well this part of the story checks out... she was in the department for 18 months before being appointed to Senior Sewer Maintenance Worker..

    So for 18 months she had to work in this environment. Makes one wonder why she didn't go to the media seeing how the situation was. How many times did our HR employee take notes on the situation?

    Anyone know what is the procedure for one of our employees to report issues like this?

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    Let review some past threads.. I thought some of the names seemed familiar


    http://www.speakupwny.com/forums/sho...y-via-cameras&

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    Peter Kreavy, Jr. was named to the position of general mechanic in the facilities department. Marc Meyers was appointed to the position of building maintenance worker in the sewer maintenance department. Peter Dudek was appointed as motor equipment operator in the sewer maintenance department.

    Lisa Sprada was appointed sewer maintenance worker in the sewer maintenance department.

    She joins the ranks of being a trailblazer for women as she is the first sewer maintenance worker.


    Scot Fullington was appointed motor equipment operator in the sanitation department.

    James Dalka was appointed laborer in the sanitation department.

    The next Cheektowaga Town Board meeting is at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15 at town hall, 3301 Broadway.

    For more information, visit www.tocny.org.
    Who are they referring to if She was the first sewer maintenance worker?

    12. As soon as Ms. Sprada transferred to be a Sewer Maintenance Worker, the male employees there said to her, “Oh great, another broad.”


    The court script mentioned

    86. Pete Dudek began asking Ms. Sprada about another female employee named Dawn Burgio......


    Dawn didn't work in the sewer department?

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    128. As to the second element, it is undisputed that Ms. Sprada is qualified for her position.
    Ms. Sprada has been doing her job for several years and was promoted during 2013
    Several years? I thought it was 18 months then appointed to senior maintenance worker in 2013.

    18 months is not several years.

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    I think each and every one of them should be hooked up to a lie detector and questioned.

    The ones telling the truth will be more than happy to hook themselves up and be tested. Wouldn't you agree?

    Then we hold the liars liable for every penny this issue costs us property owners.

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    Here we go..

    First off support local businesses.



    http://www.mattepolygraph.com/

    JamesAllanMatte@mattepolygraph.com

    43 Brookside Drive | Williamsville, NY 14221-6915 | (716) 634-6645 | FAX: (716) 634-7204
    Legal Admissibility of Polygraph Test Results The results of polygraph tests known as psychophysiological veracity (PV) examinations are admissible in a court of law if the particular polygraph technique used in the proffered PV examination meets the Daubert standard to the satisfaction of the presiding judge who acts as the gatekeeper of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Recent advances in polygraph instrument technology and polygraph techniques that have been validated by scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals that meet the Daubert standard should open the field for renewed challenges to rules of inadmissibility. As of 1 May 2009, 18 states have adopted the Daubert standard of admissibility and the judicial door is open for other states to follow.
    The federal courts and most state courts that adopted the Frye standard have since then, with rare exceptions except for the State of New Mexico, denied admissibility of psychophysiological veracity (PV) examination (polygraph) results in court. 19 States admit results of PV examinations under stipulation by the parties. The State of New Mexico permits the introduction of polygraph results into evidence without a stipulation, under strict evidentiary rules.
    It was not until 1993 that the U.S. Supreme Court revisited the Frye standard in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 113 S.Ct 2786, 125 L.E.2d 469, 509 U.S. (1993), and issued another landmark decision directly affecting the admissibility of expert testimony, including PV examinations results.


    I don't see pricing on their website. Seeing we have quite a few characters involved we should get a quote first.

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    Originally posted by WNYresident: Dawn didn't work in the sewer department?

    RES-2006-244 : Appointment of Clerk Typist Sewer

    Appointment of Clerk Typist In Sewer Maintenance (Dawn Burgio);

    Georgia L Schlager

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    Here we go..

    First off support local businesses.



    http://www.mattepolygraph.com/

    JamesAllanMatte@mattepolygraph.com

    43 Brookside Drive | Williamsville, NY 14221-6915 | (716) 634-6645 | FAX: (716) 634-7204
    I don't see pricing on their website. Seeing we have quite a few characters involved we should get a quote first.
    most courts won't admit them or any reference to them, either because the science behind them is questionable or because the jury is the trier of fact and determiner of veracity of witnesses.

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    I would still like to have it done. It seems lkorn-law.com is the firm representing the person suing us property owners. Lynn Korn, Esq believes her client right? Would she not jump at the chance to strap her client to a lie detector test to strengthen her case. Same goes for all the men involved. They would jump at the chance to prove who the story teller is.

    It would still give our town a pretty good idea of who may be lying or not. Then we we know who to sue for damages for every penny this situation has cost us property owners.

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    51. Supervisor Latshaw told her to let the comments go, and see if things got worse.
    At this time was our town board notified what was going on?

    52. Ms. Sprada spoke to her colleague Tommy Marten about Ritchie Wdowik’s sexually offensive comments. Tommy Marten stated that he was surprised she put up with the
    comments and that he would never allow his wife or children work in that workplace. She replied that if the comments persisted, she would take her complaints to the Personnel Department.

    Is there a paper trail of this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    I would still like to have it done. It seems lkorn-law.com is the firm representing the person suing us property owners. Lynn Korn, Esq believes her client right? Would she not jump at the chance to strap her client to a lie detector test to strengthen her case. Same goes for all the men involved. They would jump at the chance to prove who the story teller is.

    It would still give our town a pretty good idea of who may be lying or not. Then we we know who to sue for damages for every penny this situation has cost us property owners.
    It would be an interesting experiment - what would you do if the test concluded that both sides were telling the truth?

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    I would review our budget and see if we spent enough on pink slips. Would need a full pad and get the ball rolling.

    This is a liability for the property owners of Cheektowaga. I don't care who is related to who.

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    She wins hands down the town goes with outside lawyers that goof.... ball in the town hall cant handle this mess. $$$ big money they pay out .. they just payed out big money for a lawyer on her in another case she took them to court with. the boss says.. Pissing in the sink in the work shop is something that is done all the time that guy should gone tooooo

    looks like the town has a real mess on there hands... more reason to vote these idiots out this nov.
    God must love stupid people; He made so many

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    Let review some past threads.. I thought some of the names seemed familiar


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    Who are they referring to if She was the first sewer maintenance worker?



    The court script mentioned



    Dawn didn't work in the sewer department?

    DB was hired as a laborer, no CDL required. Sewer Maint req a cdl

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    Dan,

    How do you feel about this situation?

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