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What is the name of your state? Mississippi
I am a local government employee in an upper management position. Our department has been through two years of hell, due to internal turmoil fostered by another manager who recently resigned.
I have tried to be the best manager I can be, treating everyone fairly, but I don't put up with a lot of BS. Some employees have been openly hostile towards me, and try to undermine my policies and procedures by "bending" words and practices.
With the advent of having me become the only executive-level manager in the department, a small group of disgruntled employees sought out two city councilmen to voice their grievances. Under Mississippi law and our city's form of government, council members cannot become involved in personnel matters; that duty is relegated to the mayor.
After the conclusion of the meeting, one councilman prepared a written "laundry list" of complaints aired against me, along with one particular statement that alleges I am a "racist." This list was typed and handed out to all council members, calling for a council meeting to hear the allegations.
Besides being outside the council's jurisdiction, I am seething that a scurrilous, false allegation of this magnitude could have devastating effects on my career, current and future.
My question to the collective body of legal knowledge here is: Do I have any legal recourse against the people who brought these allegations, as well as the council people who disseminated them in writing?
I am a local government employee in an upper management position. Our department has been through two years of hell, due to internal turmoil fostered by another manager who recently resigned.
I have tried to be the best manager I can be, treating everyone fairly, but I don't put up with a lot of BS. Some employees have been openly hostile towards me, and try to undermine my policies and procedures by "bending" words and practices.
With the advent of having me become the only executive-level manager in the department, a small group of disgruntled employees sought out two city councilmen to voice their grievances. Under Mississippi law and our city's form of government, council members cannot become involved in personnel matters; that duty is relegated to the mayor.
After the conclusion of the meeting, one councilman prepared a written "laundry list" of complaints aired against me, along with one particular statement that alleges I am a "racist." This list was typed and handed out to all council members, calling for a council meeting to hear the allegations.
Besides being outside the council's jurisdiction, I am seething that a scurrilous, false allegation of this magnitude could have devastating effects on my career, current and future.
My question to the collective body of legal knowledge here is: Do I have any legal recourse against the people who brought these allegations, as well as the council people who disseminated them in writing?