GOP Co-Sponsor Of Proposed TN Anti-Trans Law “Quarantined” As Danger To Female Coworkers

[KamaAina]

http://www.joemygod.com/2016/04/11/tennessee-gop-co-sponsor-of-proposed-anti-trans-law-quarantined-as-danger-to-female-coworkers/

A Tennessee lawmaker is effectively being quarantined from lawmakers, lobbyists and interns after the state’s attorney general determined that he could pose a risk to “unsuspecting women” at the state Capitol complex.

House Speaker Beth Harwell announced Thursday that she is moving Rep. Jeremy Durham’s office to the ground floor of a building across the street and that his access to committee rooms and the House chamber will be limited to when meetings are taking place. The move comes amid a state attorney general’s investigation into the Franklin Republican’s “pattern of conduct” toward women.

Interviews with 34 current and former lawmakers, lobbyists, staffers and interns included allegations that Durham made sexual comments and inappropriate physical contact with women working at Legislative Plaza, according to Attorney General Herbert Slatery’s memorandum to Harwell.

Slatery recommended that the House take action to avoid a hostile work environment at the Capitol complex. “Representative Durham’s alleged behavior may pose a continuing risk to unsuspecting women who are employed by or interact with the Legislature,” Slatery said in the memo.

[HuckleB]

1. Oh, goodness.

Umm. Sounds like someone needs to find a hermitage.

[KamaAina]

2. Fortunately, there's one right outside town

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hermitage_%28Nashville,_Tennessee%29

The Hermitage is a historical plantation and museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville. The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. Jackson only lived at the property occasionally until he retired from public life in 1837. It is a National Historic Landmark.