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�oOK 9 9? 7 no supervisory duties. I Director Wright highlighted information he had considered in formulating his finding. He initially reviewed Miss Freeman's annual evaluations where he saw suggestions for improvement in neatness, thoroughness, prompt relay of correct information, and attention to detail. Director Wright found a letter of commendation in Miss Freeman's personnel file that he wrote to Lisa for the Hurricane Andrew recovery effort; he wrote 400 of those letters and sent them to everyone remotely involved in the effort, most were volunteers. Director Wright had encouraged her to take courses but she had testified she didn't know, and had never been told, about the County's policy that the County would pay for an employee to take a job-related course at the Community College. Lisa stated she had never been advised of that, did not know about it, and yet he found documents to prove that the County had previously paid for her to take a computer course at Indian River Community College. It was clear to Director Wright that Lisa had not improved with Mr. King's informal efforts. Then, in the middle of the formal process, when she was applying for the U. S. Wildlife job and asking Mr. King to be a reference, he got a letter from her alleging harassment. The letter had a very detrimental effect on other staff members, especially people who had used their time to try to help her. Nevertheless, after receiving that letter, Director Wright wanted to make a thorough investigation and told Mr. King, "Don't do anything further. This has got to be fair. If there is something going on I don't know about, I'm going to find out and we'll resolve it." He interviewed every office staff member and talked to Lisa again and, in fact, could find that no harassment had occurred. He remarked that if he complained every time somebody looked over his shoulder, he'd never get any work done, because certain things are expected and if we don't deliver, then we're probably not going to be here very long. He also considered why Lisa would want to return to an office where she felt people manufactured evidence and harassed her; he really couldn't answer that question. It was clear to him that Mr. King had sincerely tried to rehabilitate her over the past several months, but was unsuccessful, and there was absolutely no reason to think she would do any better in the future. Director Wright regretted having had to take this action, but supervisors are charged .with carrying out the mission assigned 16 April 24, 1995