(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Auditor Tim Stabosz denied allegations made in a complaint from a county government employee who claims he harassed her.

 

Stabosz said he acted cordially in verbal and text message exchanges with Human Resources Director Monique Thomas, who he described as “having an ax to grind.”

 

On Thursday, Thomas filed a written complaint about Stabosz with the La Porte County Commissioners and La Porte County Council. She alleged that Stabosz, over about a two week period, kept asking her if she leaked incorrect information about high turnover from his office that aired on a local radio talk show. Eventually, Thomas said, she hung up on Stabosz and blocked him from contacting her on her phone.

 

Stabosz said about half of the employees who left his office since becoming auditor in 2021 were promoted to other departments, alleging that Thomas and others are just playing dirty politics to make him look bad prior to the May 7th primary.

 

“Let’s get Tim Stabosz, Let’s get Tim Stabosz.' A professional would not do that. It’s completely inappropriate. So, this is the way the game is played and I just appeal to the public to look at this for what it is,” he said.

 

Stabosz is running for the Republican Party nomination for a seat on the La Porte County Commissioner against Steve Holifield and Martin C. Smith.

 

Stabosz also said Thomas stepped out of bounds in her official job capacity from her complaint finding its way to the news media when such complaints are supposed to be kept in-house as a personnel matter.

 

“It’s a terrible reflection on her,” he said.

 

Stabosz and Thomas have sparred in the past over Stabosz opposing her hiring as the permanent human resources director. She was previously the interim human resources director for about two years.