KIM. >> THANK YOU, MS. CLARK.
AS IS THE FORTH, WE FIND THAT
THE CULTURE WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER CONTRIBUTED TO THE
CONDITION THAT ALLOWED THE
GOVERNOR’S SEXUALLY HARASSING
CONDUCT TO OCCUR AND TO PERSIST.
THE CULTURE ALSO INFORMED THE WAY IN WHICH THE EXECUTIVE
CHAMBER RESPONDED TO ALLEGATIONS
OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AS MS.
CLARK DESCRIBED THROUGH
VIOLATIONS OF THEIR OWN POLICIES
AND THROUGH UNLAWFUL
RETALIATION.
WHAT WAS THE CULTURE?
WORDS THAT WITNESSES HAVE USED REPEATEDLY TO DESCRIBE IT
INCLUDE TOXIC, HOSTILE, ABUSIVE.
OTHERS USE WORDS LIKE FEAR.
INTIMIDATION, BULLYING,
VINDICTIVE. AS ONE SENIOR STAFFER STATED
BLUNTLY, AS THE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS BECAME PUBLIC IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR IN
TEXT EXCHAINS WITH ANOTHER IN
THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION, I
QUOTE, HOPEFULLY WHEN THIS IS
ALL DONE, PEOPLE WILL REALIZE
THE CULTURE EVEN OUTSIDE THE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT STAFF IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH. YOU CAN’T BERATE AND TERRIFY
PEOPLE 24/7.
IT WAS A CULTURE YOU COULD NOT SAY NO TO THE GOVERNOR.
AND IF YOU UPSET HIM OR HIS
SENIOR STAFF, YOU WOULD BE