Schmitt, whistle-blowers and Intimidation

One thing you can say about Peter Schmitt is he doesn't give a darn about being consistant. I mean it's not even as if he tries. He just barrels along doing whatever he needs to do and say to garner headlines.
The Nassau County Legislature passed a whistle-blowers protection law last week.
Back in January, Schmitt issued a press release that said his "2005 Whistleblower Protection Act" would "protect an employee who comes forward with an allegation of unlawful activity." and "It became quite clear that these employees were afraid of retaliation by their employer."
Hmmmm....

Isn't this the same Peter Schmitt who forced a young woman to attend a legislature hearing and then brought her to tears by publicly announcing that she was sexually assaulted by a county manager?
The young woman did not want to go public with what happend to her yet Schmitt felt that he could use the woman's story for political gain. The young woman broke down in the hearing room sobbing as Schmitt recounted in public what she told him in private.
The shock and disgust at Schmitt's actions came from all sides. Instead of helping the young woman by offering to take her to the DA to file charges, Schmitt made a public spectacle of what she went through.
Why would Schmitt do this to the young woman? Because he wanted to "get" CE Tom Suozzi and make some headlines. How sick and sad.
The young woman is suing Schmitt charging that he INTIMIDATED her to come forward. She did not want to be at the hearing. She did not want her ordeal and name made public. Schmitt just didn't care.
What Schmitt did makes a mockery of anything he proposed.
Schmitt's over-paid mouth-piece Ed Ward told Newsday "he was glad Democratic lawmakers 'finally passed a law we proposed back in January'."
Where were the concerns for the young woman last year?
She was abused by Peter Sylver and then she was abused by Peter Schmitt.

We covered this Here, Here and Here.

We NEED real whistle-blower protection. A Los Alamos whistle-blower was beaten and left for dead a few days before he was going to testify.