Records detail business dispute between Athens mayoral candidate Richie Knight, former employees
Amid questions about living wages at the Athens candidate forum on March 26, one audience member stood up and directed a tough question to Athens mayoral candidate Richie Knight.
“Richie, you run a business campaign. You’re a businessman. You mentioned living wages,” Emily Dardaman said. “How many employees are currently suing you to get wages that they should’ve had? Where is the money?”
Dardaman is the wife of Eric Daniel, a former employee of HW Creative Marketing, Knight’s business. At the forum, Dardaman mentioned concerns that HW Creative Marketing sometimes failed to pay employees.
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Knight said he is “taking care of anyone that had missing wages,” and added that claims which were not taken care of have been turned over to an attorney.
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