A Muscogee County Prison Lieutenant has lost his job for the second time after a unanimous vote by Columbus Council.
In a rare move, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson challenged the city’s Personnel Review Board and their decision to reinstate Little Lynn after he was fired for having a sexual relationship with a subordinate.
The council chambers resembled a court room yesterday as councilors heard arguments that Lieutenant Lynn's dismissal was too harsh and he should either be demoted or suspended.
The city argued that favoritism led to Lynn approving more than 50 days and over $5,000 of overtime to corrections Officer Angela Askew in 2010 alone. Reports at the hearing state the average overtime amount for a Correctional Officer was around $500 that same year.
Lynn admitted to having an affair with Officer Angela Askew- but says he never gave preferential treatment to her or any other employee.
Mayor Tomlinson said Wednesday on News Three First Edition that the intimate relationship was picked up on by the 600 or so prisoners in isolation and that Askew was not held to the same management level as other officers.
The Mayor says at the time the Personnel Review Board heard the case, not all the information was available. The Mayor says if it was, the board would have come up with the same conclusion council did on Tuesday.
She says the prison now has a new Warden, Warden Dwight Hamrick, and this is now in the past.
The Mayor also commented on a recent News Three Special Report, “No Kill Community.”
In that report, members of "No Kill Columbus,” a local branch of a world-wide non-profit organization say they are fed up with the way things are run at Columbus Animal Control and are ready to see a change.
Mayor Tomlinson says the Animal Care and Control Center has saved over a thousand animals- compared to a little over 300 last year.
The Mayor did clarify that Macon, Georgia is not a standard for Columbus when it comes to animal shelters.
She also presented a letter from PETA, or the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, that she says claims to caution against the extreme “No Kill” organizations. She says they have told her that the organizations have failed in several states and says if you take reckless steps to get to a “No Kill” shelter, you end up being inhumane with the animals.
To see the entire letter from PETA to the Mayor go here: http://www2.wrbl.com/mgmedia/file/1062/peta-letter-mayor-tomlinson/
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