Mexia Daily News, The (Newspaper) - January 27, 1998, Mexia, Texas NEWS Serving The People Of The Area Since 1899 Index City Class A AllState Page 2B Good Afternoon Allen Baker Volume 99 Number 18 Texas January 2 Sections 18 Pages 50 Cents City of Mexia faces lawsuit from By BOB WRIGHT Editor The City of Mexia is facing its second relating to alleged actions in the Police Lori Steinhurst was the first to lodge a lawsuit against the that was Police That law suit continues to be in while Steinhorst continues to be employed in the The latest to be filed comes from who was fired from his job as an by Police Chief Greg Attorney for who lives in is Amy Thomas of Richard Bostwick of Waco is lawyer for the The suit by Parker was filed in District Next on tap for this suit is the written discovery requiring the City of Mexia to file sworn answers by early in Depositions will The City if being according to Amy based on actions of Chief in the firing of who has been a policeman for eight Served with the Parker lawsuit was Mexia City Manager and was filed under the the same as Steinhorst filed her At the time fired Parker was employed with the city as a Patrol Sergeant with the Mexia Police and had been employed here since The lawsuit alleges that on Parker reported including violation of laws and that had occurred or were occurring in the Police Department under the direction of Chief of Greg to the Mexia Police Department to appropriate law enforcement According to the On September Parker notified Police the Texas Commission on Human Rights TCHR and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC of violations and the suit alleges that on within three days of his report to the Mexia Police the TCHR and the defendant terminated Part of the lawsuit is Request for which included the fol lowing Admit or deny that Greg gave false or misleading statements on his application or interviews with the City of Admit or deny that Greg in the performance of duties as Chief of Police has engaged in conduct tive to proper discipline and morale of the Mexia Police Admit or deny that Greg has been incompetent in his performance of duties as Mexias Chief of Admit or deny that Greg has engaged in conduct causing or leading to significant expense for the City of Admit or deny that Greg has falsified official Admit or deny that Greg has authorized the use of city vehicles for use other than city Admit or deny that Greg has retaliated against the City of Mexia Police Department employees who make sexual harassment The fired Sergeant is alleging that termination of plaintiff as an at will employee was and his termination was in retaliation for plaintiffs good faith reports of viola tion of He furthermore contends in the law suit that the termination was in direct violation of Texas Government Code which provides that a public employee may not be terminat ed or suspended for reporting in good faith a violation of law to the ate Plaintiff had in good faith reported violations which he had observed while employed at the As a result of Plaintiffs he was from his job within 90 days of such is claiming damages as a result of firing citing the loss of capacity and other benefits due him as an employ ee in the past and in the Parker also cites the fact that he has incurred expenses in prosecuting this action and is asking for costs of court and reasonable attorneys fees ed by In the Parker says it will that it is the habit and routine practice of the Defendant to engage in retaliatory conduct against its employ ees who make good faith reports of vio lations and attempts to restrict the right of employees to make such He also alleges that the actions of Defendant were in conscious disregard of Plaintiffs He thus is suing for exemplary damages as provided by law as the result of the Defendants malice and flagrant disregard for Plaintiffs Parker is also suing for all attor neys fees that are reasonable and nec essary in this both at trial and in any and also is demanding a jury OF MEXIA Jane an exchange student an engraved plaque to Mayor who accepted on behalf of the City of The plaque came from the county In tht Australian exchange to resides Limestone Constable under indictment for theft By BOB WRIGHT Editor 2 Constable Levingston of is under indictment for and he could either plea or request a jury Thats the word from County Attorney Don who said that Levingston had been indicted when the Limestone grand jury met in session last As Precinct 2 Levingston is based in Some 20 charges of stemming from nondelivery on after Levingston collected payments for those mark He allegedly sold the tomb working as an independent The indictment alleges he was selling the this had begun in about some of his customers reported to Limestones County Attorney about what they said was nondelivery on what they had Although taken each of the some 20 counts of was not a They combined to form a state jail Levingston was served with a warrant about Sheriff Doyle Coslin said this morning he had telephoned Levingston after the Sheriff got the and that the Constable came to the county jail on his He was released on an attorneys Coslin Pat Simmons of Mexia is Each marker was estimated to have cost from to The charge against Levingston is said to Theft over but less than which is a state jail according to the penal Limestone grand jury indicts 6 The latest session of the Limestone County grand jury has returned six indictments in District Those the charges on which the indictments and the incarceration sta tus of are as follows Darnell credit card in Limestone County Law Enforcement Center county jail under bond of burglary of in county jail under Wayne driving while posted bond of Urias driving while posted Kenneth Wayne possession of a controlled posted Randolph possession of con trolled posted Grand jury probe delving into allegations of Clinton Australian exchange student to Mexia sponsored by Rotary Jane Mincherton seems to be enjoy ing her life in Mexia as a exchange student from The is from the state of Western and resides on a ranch located approximately 45 miles northeast of the coastal town of Geraldton about 200 miles north of She resides on the ranch with her parents and younger She also has two older The Mexia Rotary Club gave a big Texas come to at the last when the visitor presented a large flag the is sponsored by the Rotary Club of in District She is a leng term student with an m ed length of stay u and 18 Her host parents are Ken and Cindy She will be attending Mexia High is interested in a variety of including field water and Other interests and hobbies include viewing going to the camping and relaxing with When she returns to ber she feo further her education at a One of her dreams includes becoming a Sports Medical Practitioner and work with an Australian Rules football team or at the institute of strong characteristics WASHINGTON AP With a summary in hand of what Monica Lewinsky would Whitewater prosecutors opened a grand jury probe today into allegations that President Clinton had sexual relations with the former White House intern and then tried to cover it offer to cooperate which sent shock waves through the White House prompted an indefinite delay in any grand jury appearance by Hillary Rodham Clinton today blamed the sex scandal surrounding her husband on a vast rightwing that has them for Weve been accused of includ ing she said on Today She described the allegations as an effort to undo the results of two elections and said when all the facts are known some folks are going to have a lot to answer Clintons allusion to a murder accusation stems from the suicide in 1993 of White House aide Vince Extensive government investi gations concluded he killed Clinton declined to offer details the of Clintons relationship with At the federal court John Whitehead of the Rutherford group helping Paula Jones in her sexual harassment case against the delivered documents to the grand jury convened by Whitewater prose cuter A person close to the Jones legal tewn confirmed that was deliv ering of and affidavit in the Jones by reporters about Clintons allegations of a Show us the facts who conspired and whert appears to be in serious legal jeopardy and her lawyers Monday gave investigators an outline of what she would testify to if granted immunity from She signed an affidavit this month in Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit denying she had a sexual relationship with But Lewinsky contradicted that in secrecy recorded phone calls with a according to sources listened to the As Whitewater prosecutor ramped up his investigation into the sex and coverup accusa Clinton gave his most forceful denial I want to say one thing to the American peo Clinton said Monday at the end of White House ceremony on child I want you to ten to Im going to say this I did not have sexual relations with that Miw Clinton also said J never told body to Administration officials said the Secret Service had investigated rumors that an agent had caught Clinton and Lewinsky together and was unable to verify the Senior the agency Associated they had doubts about the but said be his Denial m the bit to j
