COD Board Candidate Was Fired from College After Sexual Harassment Charges
Frank Flores, Jr. was terminated from the College of DuPage for a disorderly conduct incident; he claims the investigation was “cursory” and the charges “malicious and unsubstantiated.”
A candidate in the contested election for College of DuPage Board of Trustees was previously fired from the college’s aquatics department after multiple people alleged incidents of verbal and/or physical sexual harassment, the Daily Herald reports.
According to the paper, Frank Flores Jr. was employed as a temporary assistant aquatics manager in fall 2010 until a female lifeguard reported verbal sexual harassment, a claim corroborated by another female student, and a male student who also alleged physical harassment. A patron filed a separate complaint that Flores had made comments to her like, “I want to taste you” and “I peed in the pool,” the paper said.
No criminal charges were filed, but after an investigation, Flores was fired on Dec. 2, 2010, and was made ineligible to be hired again, The Herald reports.
Flores, who is endorsed by the COD Faculty Association, told The Herald he was resented by employees for replacing a well-liked manager and "dismissed unjustly after a cursory review of the facts.” He said the charges were “malicious and unsubstantiated,” accusing COD President Robert Breuder of “digging in the basket of the unsubstantiated."
Dan F.
3:42 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
"I want to taste you."
That, and teacher endorsed (=democrat) pretty much says all I need to know.
Ewww.
DHD
5:19 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
"I peed in the pool" lol was that his pick up line?
Buford Pusser
10:37 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
That constitutes D.C.? Not!
Treville
12:53 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
How about (1) the only source is the bitterly embattled President of the college whose gravy train (David Carlin) stands to lose his chairmanship of the Board. Nothing sleezy to see here, nothing at all, Oh, and by the way, how about some evidence rather than tales that cannot be checked...not that would I ever suspect Bob Breuder of not being truthful, just ask anyone in Glen Ellyn about him :)
DHD
2:31 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
This was investigated had witnesses and two separate complaints. Why has this Flores filed a wrongful termination suit? Too busy trying to impress young subordinates by peeing in the pool maybe.. You can vote for him, I sure won't.
Erin R
6:57 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
His response to the Daily Herald was "this is news to me" when the complaint of physical contact was mentioned. OK - so all the other accusations of non-physical harassment 'didn't count'? I'm not sure if that is what he meant but that is what stuck out to me about the article. If you are not eligible for re-hire at an organization, wouldn't you avoid running for a trustee at that very same organization? Mr. Flores is a self-proclaimed "community organizer" for Obama which does not have a skill set well suited for this position. Who vetted him when he received the COD Faculty endorsement? This candidate STINKS no matter how you look at it. I support Kathy Hamilton who is a mom, and a respected CPA. She can roll her sleeves up and make reasonable decisions that represent the interests of the students.
J D McNugent
6:29 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Typical Democrat candidate...
Rudi P
7:16 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
# vioice of treason
Mr Madigan says we need to elect democrats in this April election
Danielle Masek
1:47 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Um, being a democrat has nothing to do with this. For fucks sake.
Jim Court
9:13 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Danielle,
Somehow you slipped passed the sensors. Was it a Freudian slip or????
Take care