Mayor Anthony Foxx’s mysterious email warning city council members about the city’s sexual harassment policy has all eyes on councilman Warren Turner.
According to a Charlotte Observer article, Foxx’s email came about after a female staffer complained about inappropriate behavior by council member Warren Turner, according to three city officials.
The staff member complained to City Manager Curt Walton, who then asked Foxx to send an e-mail to all 11 council members. The e-mail, sent by Foxx on March 14, said that “sexual harassment … will not be tolerated” but did not name who his warning was directed at.
Turner, a Democrat who represents west Charlotte, has said repeatedly he didn’t do anything wrong. He told the Observer last week that no one from the city had told him the e-mail was about him.
