Schuylkill County News Boots Relied Solely on Hearsay to Conclude 2 Jane Does Needed to be Fired The Chairman's testimony shows, despite ample time to research on his own, Boots relied solely on what he was told to do. Coal Region CanaryOctober 7, 2023
Schuylkill County News Judge Orders County to Make Critical Decision on Jane Doe Suspensions It's you-know-what or get off the pot time for Schuylkill County government officials. Coal Region CanaryJanuary 28, 2023
Schuylkill County News 2 Suspended Jane Does Get New Jobs at Schuylkill County Courthouse Employees have been suspended for more than a year. Coal Region CanarySeptember 26, 2022
Schuylkill County News HR Director’s Update: Schuylkill Commissioners Got No Respect, No Respect … A lecture last week was dripping with irony. Coal Region CanaryJuly 26, 2022
Schuylkill County News Schuylkill County Keeps Paying $215 Per Hour for Human Resources Work If the Courthouse is actively pursuing a replacement, they're keeping it a secret and you're paying through the nose for it. Coal Region CanaryJune 24, 2022
Schuylkill County News Schuylkill County Re-Hiring Third-Party HR Firm at Grossly Inflated Rate We should all be HR Directors for this money. Canary CommenterJune 7, 2022
Schuylkill County News Schuylkill HR Director Leaving for Job in Harrisburg Schools There's a revolving door on the HR Director's office. Coal Region CanaryMay 25, 2022
Schuylkill County Me Too Courthouse Denies Our Snoopgate RTK Requests – Investigation Details Remain a Big Secret We've got 15 days to file an appeal to the state. Coal Region CanaryApril 23, 2022
Schuylkill County News Schuylkill Commissioners Hear Concerns Over Snoopgate Letters Treasurer again calls for employees to be fired. Coal Region CanaryApril 13, 2022
Schuylkill County News People are Getting Snoopgate Letters from Boots in the Mail Did you get a letter? Coal Region CanaryApril 13, 2022
Schuylkill County News Schuylkill Courthouse Keeping Snoopgate Investigation Details Secret They could deny ours today but they'll wait until the last minute. Coal Region CanaryApril 12, 2022
Schuylkill County News DOJ Wants to Join Jane Doe Lawsuit Against Halcovage and Schuylkill County EEOC asked DOJ to intervene when it couldn't reach agreement between the sparring sides. Coal Region CanaryApril 1, 2022
Schuylkill County Me Too Tax Claim Employees Granted Unemployment After Schuylkill Courthouse Appeal Flops If the County's got evidence, it didn't bring it to this hearing. Coal Region CanaryMarch 30, 2022
Schuylkill County Government Schuylkill Courthouse Says It Needs 30 More Days on Snoopgate RTK Requests Hmmm ... wonder what prompted this response. Coal Region CanaryMarch 22, 2022
Schuylkill County Dept of Memes Schuylkill Courthouse Playing Hard-To-Get on Snoopgate Investigation Requests We're forced to appeal to the state Open Records office. Coal Region CanaryMarch 22, 2022
Schuylkill County Government Schuylkill Commissioners Shift $64K to Pay for Experian Credit Monitoring Boots, Halcovage vote to approve; Hess votes nay Coal Region CanaryMarch 21, 2022
Schuylkill County Government Jane Doe Attorney: County Presents “Distorted Information” on Snoopgate Investigation Lawyer: "We believe that it is purely retaliatory ..." Coal Region CanaryMarch 12, 2022
Schuylkill County Government Canary Files Right to Know Requests Regarding Snoopgate Investigation Remember what we said about selective transparency and the Courthouse? Coal Region CanaryMarch 12, 2022
Schuylkill County Government Schuylkill County’s So-Called Independent Investigation – Who Really Did It and Where’s the Report? You've never seen so many people so sure of something be so hesitant to prove it. Coal Region CanaryMarch 12, 2022
Schuylkill County Government Boots Tells Halcovage to “Resign Immediately” After He Abstained on Jane Doe Firings Boots has had it with his fellow Commissioners: "This is a total disgrace." Coal Region CanaryMarch 10, 2022
Schuylkill County Government Jane Doe Jobs at Schuylkill County Courthouse Saved for Now Just the tip of the iceberg on a wild morning at the Courthouse! Coal Region CanaryMarch 9, 2022
Schuylkill County Me Too Trying to Prove Potential Cost of Snoopgate, Schuylkill Commissioners Show Rare Transparency Commissioners see an open lane to dunk on these women and they take it "with no regard ... ." Coal Region CanaryMarch 9, 2022
Schuylkill County Me Too Schuylkill Commissioners Will Try Again to Fire 2 Jane Does from Courthouse Jobs on Snooping Allegations It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it pays off for them ... Coal Region CanaryMarch 8, 2022
Schuylkill County Me Too Schuylkill Commissioners Want to Fire 2 Jane Doe Plaintiffs – Action Put Off Pending Investigation Schuylkill County Commissioners planned to fire 2 of the 4 Jane Doe plaintiffs who are suing their government/employer over an alleged infraction in which... Coal Region CanaryNovember 4, 2021