Glenn’s disappointing, though not entirely surprising, dirty politics

Annette is not Gary, however. She is her personal particular person. But not too long ago, Annette Glenn has occur across more like Gary Glenn whilst attacking her State Senate opponents Christian Velasquez and Tim Kelly.

You likely gained Glenn’s modern campaign mailer targeting Velasquez. She promises he landed in federal courtroom after ending a woman’s career at “a area company” so he could give her task to his buddy. Glenn also sent out a press launch considerably refunding $1,175 that Velasquez donated to her 2018 and 2020 strategies.

Her marketing campaign is characterizing Glenn as a hero – “Rep. Glenn had the courage to act as a whistle-blower pertaining to this court circumstance,” said Stacey Ault, Glenn’s campaign supervisor. The marketing campaign has attempted to goad the Day-to-day News into publishing its problematic interpretation of that lawsuit. The marketing campaign challenged the Everyday Information to “just publish the points” (that the campaign cherry-picked from the lawsuit) so that viewers “can choose for by themselves.” 

Right here are some facts. Judge for yourselves. 

You can also go through the courtroom document – and I suggest go through the whole matter – if you want the total, unvarnished fact.

In accordance to the 2016 civil lawsuit, a female who experienced been with Dow Corning for 30 many years injured her eye in the course of a operate vacation. Right after her restoration, she returned to do the job to an workplace that had been reorganized through her convalescence. She was transferred to yet another posture. Then that work was removed.

The woman sued Dow Corning proclaiming it violated the Spouse and children & Professional medical Leave Act, Individuals With Disabilities Civil Legal rights Act, for retaliation less than the Worker’s Disability Payment Act and gender discrimination less than the Elliott-Larsen Civil Legal rights Act.

She sought $75,000 from Dow Corning.

Two years in, Dow Corning questioned the court docket for a summary judgment – an fast ruling on whether the situation experienced any benefit. The company’s movement was denied. In his responses, the choose named the case “complex” but ruled that there were being enough discrepancies amongst the get-togethers to make it possible for the circumstance to shift forward.

None of what is in the lawsuit reflects well on Dow Corning or the 8 or so folks deposed in the circumstance. It seems like it an HR nightmare – and there is no issue Velasquez, a supervisor, played some purpose in this mess. 

The get-togethers settled out of court. Glenn’s campaign is employing language to consider to make it appear to be as if some judgment – other than Glenn’s – was rendered versus Velasquez.

“I really feel dreadful for voters and primarily donors to Mr. Velasquez’s campaign, who he misled by failing to thoroughly disclose this federal courtroom ruling up front,” Glenn said in a assertion defending her attack.

There was no ruling, or judgment, in the circumstance. There was no trial.

State Sen. Ken Horn called out Glenn for the mailer, describing it as “both equally 50 percent-cocked and much less than fifty percent factual.” 

In her push launch, Glenn can make apparent that Velasquez’s alleged behavior so sickened her that she wanted to “disassociate” herself from him and his money. 

Now, that is taking a principled stand! 

Or is it?

According to her individual campaign finance documents, Glenn has approved thousands of dollars from disgraced Home Speaker Lee Chatfield considering the fact that 2018.

You may well recall Chatfield from his preceding adventures, this kind of as trying to acquire a loaded gun on to a airplane at Pellston Regional Airport or meeting privately with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., to mull around Michigan’s 2020 election outcomes. Recently, Chatfield has been in the information due to the fact his sister-in-regulation publicly accused him of raping her when she was a 15-12 months-outdated college student in a significant faculty in which Chatfield taught.