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Human Rights Commission Wants Answers About Colleague

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She's a familiar sight on the Tulsa school board, and the head of the city's Human Rights Department, but lately, it's her lack of presence that's attracting attention.

"Where's Dr. Turner-Addison?," asked Emily Harris, chair of the Human Rights Commission.

At Monday's commission meeting, the fate of the doctor was of chief concern.

"We just want to know where she is? What's going on?" said commission board member Maria Barnes.

Turner-Addison has been on administrative leave for nearly three weeks, put there not long after her own civil rights lawsuit against the city was dismissed. She had alleged discrimination. Some see her current status as city hall payback.

"I feel like this was retaliation for just having the gall or the nerve to say no that's wrong and you know I deserve to be treated better," said Harris.

The city's response? "This is a personnel matter and we cannot discuss it any further at this time." Is anyone talking?

"I'm the one with the gag order," said Dennis DuBois, also on the commission, and recently completed some work on grants.

"I worked for the city for about a month and a half and on my last day they had me come down and sign that I would not comment. Really? Really. That's a fact, here in America. A gag order? A gag order," he said.

The hush, hush surrounding Lana Turner-Addison. A city hall silence that isn't sounding good.

"Do you think this will have a happy ending? I don't think so.," said DuBois.

 

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