State legislator says she was forced out of part-time job
Posted May 21, 2018 1:00 am
A North Side Democrat says she was forced to resign from a part-time job in the Cook County sheriff's office as political payback for her criticism of Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's handling of sexual harassment allegations - a claim the sheriff's office vehemently denies.
State Rep. Kelly Cassidy - who has worked part-time in the sheriff's office since January 2015 - said Madigan's chief of staff Tim Mapes called the sheriff's office in February to check on her employment, within days of her vocal opposition of Madigan's handling of harassment claims.
"It was very chilling. … It felt like a warning, very clearly," Cassidy said of the employment check-in.
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