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FakeNoose

(35,690 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2023, 06:16 PM Jan 2023

Lobbyist says she was harassed by current Pa. lawmaker, wants legislature to change misconduct rules

(link) https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/01/pa-house-lawmaker-harassment-allegation-misconduct-rules/

HARRISBURG — A lobbyist for one of Pennsylvania’s most influential unions says a sitting state House lawmaker sexually harassed her, and she is urging the legislature to expand internal rules that govern who can bring misconduct complaints.

Andi Perez, who advocates on behalf of Service Employees International Union 32BJ in Harrisburg, plans to make the allegation Friday evening in Philadelphia during a listening session organized by new state Houser Speaker Mark Rozzi (D., Berks).

Rozzi has scheduled a series of public meetings to solicit feedback about the state House’s operating procedures amid partisan deadlock over which political party controls the chamber. The sessions offer a rare opportunity for Pennsylvanians to directly weigh in on the rules, which in most years are quickly adopted at the beginning of each new legislative session.

Perez said she was harassed by a male lawmaker while discussing a bill outside of the Capitol building, according to prepared testimony reviewed by Spotlight PA. She did not provide the lawmaker’s name, his party affiliation, or additional details.

The lawmaker “decided to caress my leg while I was wearing a skirt all the while telling me he was impressed by my passion and knowledge of the issues we were discussing,” Perez plans to say. “I moved away from him hoping he would stop — he did not.”


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Lobbyist says she was harassed by current Pa. lawmaker, wants legislature to change misconduct rules (Original Post) FakeNoose Jan 2023 OP
Ya' gotta' love....... MyOwnPeace Jan 2023 #1
My thoughts exactly - it has to be a Repuke FakeNoose Jan 2023 #2
Speaking of whack jobs just where is Dr. Oz? twodogsbarking Jan 2023 #3
Probably driving around somewhere in New Jersey......... MyOwnPeace Jan 2023 #4

MyOwnPeace

(17,275 posts)
1. Ya' gotta' love.......
Fri Jan 27, 2023, 07:17 PM
Jan 2023

how the Repukes in Pennsylvania are working so hard to keep up with the whack-jobs from other states like Florida and Arizona.
Yes, I know, there's no 'mention' of who it was or which party put him there, but you've got to believe that if it were a Dem, good ole' Doug Masterbato would be out there telling us all how HE should be leading the Keystone State down the path of righteousness (funny how 'right' is in that word!) and away from the evil world of those that opposed him and the other tRumpers.
Of course, the 'lobbying-folk' are surely pure and clean in all of this......

MyOwnPeace

(17,275 posts)
4. Probably driving around somewhere in New Jersey.........
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 09:15 AM
Jan 2023

looking for a grocery store who's name he can remember..............

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