The Lumumba administration forced out Thalia Mara Hall manager Angie Ladner.
Ms. Ladner resigned after Human & Cultural Services Director Pamela Scott sent her a notice of intent to terminate her employment on November 8. The letter allowed her to contest the termination at a hearing on November 18. However, the auditorium manager beat her to the punch and resigned on November 15. Her letter states:
Dear Office of the Mayor, Pamela Scott and Mike Williams,This letter serves as my official and immediate resignation from my position as the Auditorium Manager of Thalia Mara Hall for the City of Jackson, MS effective today, November 15, 2024. I am resigning under duress for reasons that are outlined in the accompanying letter, and which include:
- Workplace Harassment
- Gross negligence
- Toxic work environment
- Lack of support in the workplace
- Mental and emotional abuse
From the very beginning of my position on June 5, 2023, I have documented, and raised concerns about the unsafe work conditions, and general disrepair of Thalia Mara Hall. My concerns, shared with my director, and others in the COJ, were ignored or minimized and my professional integrity was called into question by those with no understanding of my work process or experience.Given current affairs in the City of Jackson, I cannot see any other choice than to end my employment the City of Jackson, MS.For those of you that I had the honor and pleasure to work with, you know that I DID MY job. Now that my emails are public record, I know some of you have them or have requested them, but I am also including most of my weekly reports and documents that I sent to Director of Human & Culture Pamela Scott and Deputy Director of Human & Culture Mike Williams over the last year or so. This will give you a timeline of how I forecasted upcoming disasters, continually asking for help to no avail-knowing we would be in crisis if we did nothing- The current crisis could have easily been avoided had there been support. I also have documentation to support all bullet points listed above. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything or have questions. Keep fighting the good fight.
Ms. Ladner underwent chemotherapy treatment this year. She said her doctor recommended she work from home for severalweeks so her immune system could recover. The city rejected her request to work from home and ordered her to return to the office. Ms. Ladner continued to work from home, per the doctor's orders. Ms. Scott responded with the notice of intent to terminate posted below.
Kingfish note: The administration's actions towards Ms. Ladner come as no surprise after she blew the whistle on its neglect of Thalia Mara Hall. WLBT story.
42 comments:
The mayor and his entourage are still welcomed into the restaurants and shops of Jackson instead of being refused service. This must be what local business owners want.
I guess the people who used to be TMH’s biggest boosters are no longer around.
She needs to call Richard Shorts (One call that's all) and file a lawsuit against the Mayor and his lackies. Richard could use that in his news hour ads, showing moldy TMH photos and all, since most in Jackson know very well what has happened there.
Add it to the list of pitiful management and leadership by Lumumba. He deserves to rot in jail for how he has treated his citizens, employees, and even voters
They should just relocate to a more supportive city
Move it to Madison
Thalia Mara Hall is the Welty Library all over again. Literally falling in on itself, with rain pouring in. Listen to the WBLT interview of Angie Ladner back in September. BTW, Patty Furr got herself a nice little settlement when the Library Commission fired her. I see another settlement on the horizon.
Mic F'ing Drop!
Human & Cultural Services Director..this administration is a laughable joke. Not one person has ever, or will ever take them seriously, or the people who support them seriously, including their entourage of attorney and friends who have buzzword salad jobs. And yes, Bellinder, I am also including you.
Once all of the proverbial sh!t hits the fan, and they are outed for all of their BS everyone has been claiming for years, the Lumumba clown show will go down as they worst thing that has ever happened to the City of Jackson, and that is really saying something.
I hope she sues, and wins "Biggly" on a wrongful termination lawsuit. Retaliatory firings aren't seen as a good thing in "the collective".
I think Thalia Maria Hall will be no more. Jackson doesn’t care.
Appalling. Forcing her to work in that contaminated dumpster while receiving chemotherapy (I'll keep my opinion to myself).
I see the problem - she is too fair skinned.
As bad as Jackson is, I can understand how an events venue manager might need to be present at the events venue. Or take medical leave if needed. Some jobs you just can't do at home.
Fake mayor took a couple administrators on trip out of town to influence future testimony against him.
She made the award winning recipient of the Harvard, John F. Kennedy New Frontier award look bad. She had to go. Thalia Mara is not a priority with him.
Sounds like the best thing she could hope for is to no longer be employed by the cesspool. I bet she feels like she got paroled.
Angie Galle Ladner is a hard worker and a good friend. She's had her finger on the pulse of live entertainment for a long time. We were lucky to have her and now they've pushed her out. Can't wait to see how this biscuit crumbles
Anyone connected have a sister that the mayor's minions could just slip seat into this job?
Sister P?
Sister Q?
Sister
2:34 nails it. We haven’t had any great mayors this century. But Lumumba should be in the running for worst mayor of any city EVER. Completely and utterly incompetent. And then throw in his very thinly veiled corruption on top of that. Everything he touches turns to sh@!.
Why is the Mayor recall bill by Shanda Yates not garnering enough support to be passed into law?
Add racism to the list of allegations against COJ.
I agree
Ms. Ladner seems like a very intelligent lady. Thus my question is why she accepted a position in this administration from the start ?
His trial can't come soon enough. The Lumumba regime needs to be done once and for all!
So she wasn't allowed to temporarily work from home, but her termination hearing for working from home is virtual? Rich. "Exhibit A, Your Honor."
Nothing to see here….just opened a position for one of the Mair’s minions
Thank you, Ms. Ladner, for working so hard and being dedicated to your job. Prayers for your health.
Even under federal indictment on corruption charges, the Lumumbas continue to squirt their venom around. Amazing.
Move it to Madison. No one wants to spend a night out in that dump of a city.
Hold up . . . The Lumumba Administration fired someone for not reporting to the office?? And without a hint of irony??
I hope Ms. Ladner collects a truckload of money when this is all said and done.
Good luck finding someone competent to run that dump. Assuming it ever opens again
This admin has consistently not managed facilities across the board. Thalia is just one example of many. The Hood Building is also very moldy from past air conditioning outages throughout the years. It didn’t have fire suppression at one point due to interior fire line having been cut off from leaks years ago. Probably still that way. Zero concerns for employee conditions. Library conditions lead to demo of Tisdale and Welty, with Richard Wright is on its way. Many of the fire station conditions are terrible, and firefighters stay in them overnight while on shift. .
Question for the mayor: What competent person would now even bother to apply for this position? Is this another "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" for the Greater Jackson KUSH?
Did the Human and Cultural Services Director have anyone on staff that could assist Ms Ladner while she was recovering? We have to do better as loving, kind and caring people. I know her termination of employment was bullshit, this shigity happens in government. You have to spend thousands of dollars to prove you did nothing wrong for a two penny job. Her director and staff attorney should be ashamed. Karma is a bitch! Just a matter of time they asses will be gone!
@ 2:34- NAIL. ON. HEAD. "Director" Pamela Scott and
"Deputy Director" Mike Williams over @ Human & Culture are the ones that need to be looked at, and held accountable. The only "REPAIRS" being done at TMH currently is the mold treatment; which could have been easily avoided had they just done ONE thing- Fix the HVAC. This is on them- over a million dollars worth of mold cleaning- - and while their staff hung on for dear life, they retaliated; and ran out an entire group of hard working professionals, dedicated and willing to work even in the worst case scenarios. Shame. Shame.I hope someone is paying attention... thank you kingfish!
Some of these people just need a good old fashioned ass whooping and a piece of humble pie.
You have to wonder if her reason for needing chemotherapy treatment might have been related to the various toxic substances she was undoubtedly exposed to at work.
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MOVE the capital
With all the problems in that building, I'd argue we're looking at a case of systemic environmental racism.
Or it's just absolute incompetence, ignorance and grift.
It should just relocate maybe Madison
Ms Ladner if you’re reading this just move it to a more supportive city. Like Madison,Brandon or Flowood
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