Mark,
You made a great point. If a male supervisor would have behaved as Bonnie was allowed, he absolutely would have been fired! The sad truth is that there is a huge cover up happening within the fire department admin, and the city. They, the fire administration turned its back on this behavior and failed to uphold the rights of its employees to work in a hostile/harassment free environment. Period.
Did Ulie Seal and Rocco Forte know about her behavior? Heck, they may have even taught her to use authority as a lever to force people into her grasp or at least support her methods. I say Yuck! And shame on the city council and fire administration for thinking they could get away with not being accountable.
Bonnie has sat on "paid leave" since March, and its a disgrace to the city. Let her face what the victims have had to endure all these years. They are hoping the media frenzy goes away. So, I say keep it up! Louder!
Maresca, Bonnie's partner currently, has been untouched despite a threatening phone call with full retalitory knowledge of the civil rights complaint filed by Ms. Lemon- a captain within the fire department. They both remain unaccountable for career damaging actions and comments toward people that did not want to "play" their games.
Sexuality approval, last I heard, has little to do with the work that these men and women do for us citizens, day and night.
I say throw the book at such bad behavior and do it firmly and decisively. Everyone is watching how Minneapolis handles this first ever lawsuit- woman sexually harassing other women- so I say lets stand tall Minneapolis in saying zero tolerance!