Employees in the Connecticut attorney general’s office complained about former Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) employee and whistleblower Adam Osmond while working on behalf of DECD in complaints Osmond brought to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO), emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveal. Records show they also asked for personal information, like date of birth and social security number, to search for liens against Osmond.
“Really don’t want emails from this a__h___. He is a pistol. Maybe in the future we’ll just mail stuff to OPH.” paralegal specialist Leonard Auster wrote in a July 15, 2016, email to Colleen Valentine, an assistant attorney general.
Auster was referring to the CHRO’s Office of Public Hearings (OPH), which manages the public hearings processes in contested discrimination cases and in certain whistleblower retaliation cases.
Auster’s email was sent after Osmond emailed OPH, objecting to a motion Valentine filed giving notice of her appearance and asking for an extension of time to file an answer to Osmond’s whistleblower retaliation case. The email was sent on Valentine’s behalf by Auster.
Osmond has a long history of state employment, including working for the Department of Public Health between 2000 and 2003, the Department of Children and Families between 2004 and 2010, the Department of Social Services in 2012, and with DECD beginning in 2013.
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