Lane County Chair David Loveall is under fire for allegations that he has harassed people in the workplace.

Loveall is accused of likening the leader of an unnamed agency that partners with Lane County to a “stripper” on a pole and calling a former county attorney a “spinster.”

In a Sept. 4 email, County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky said the chair’s actions resulted in a $250,000 settlement with the county attorney and fit a broader pattern.

“You have been defiant and repeatedly escalated the issues by deflecting responsibility, demeaning others and accusing those who have raised the concerns of being at fault,” Mokrohisky wrote. “Employees and taxpayers deserve better.”

The email, which was earlier reported by Lookout Eugene-Springfield, is an unrestrained rebuke of Loveall, wh

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