Toxic Workplace Leads to Employee Suicide at LA County Department of Public Health

Back in 2022 we wrote about the terrible working conditions in the Environmental Health Division of the LA County Department of Public Health where, according to a whistleblower, Director Liza Frias runs a tyrannical and retaliatory toxic workplace. In spite of numerous actions by the employee union to address the issues, including sending cease and desist letters to Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer and a vote of no confidence, nothing has been done - and now there are deadly consequences.

Last Thursday, LA County Environmental Health Specialist Heather Hughes took her own life by jumping off the top of the 18-story building in which the Environmental Health Division is housed. Co-workers say that Hughes had been dealing with depression for some time and that Associate Director Brenda Lopez denied Hughes' request for a medical leave of absence despite it being recommended by Hughes' doctor.

From a written statement a co-worker sent to RedState: Hughes left a suicide note in her car accusing Brenda Lopez, Environmental Health assistant director, for her death. She accused Lopez, uniformly disliked by co-workers, of bullying, harassment, and not taking her needs and complaints about the division seriously. Concerned for the welfare of others, Hughes chose to jump onto the parking structure instead of the plaza where passers-by could have been hurt. A selfless last act.

The co-worker also told that meetings have been held between senior management and members of the Board of Supervisors to attempt to keep information about the circumstances of Heather's death from coming out in the media. Phone calls made by RedState to the Board of Supervisors on this issue were not returned.

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Putin Calls Tucker Carlson 'Dangerous Person' Following Their Interview

Tucker Carlson conducted a two-hour interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Carlson received criticism from the mainstream media, politicians like Adam Schiff, and Democrat-run social media accounts because he dared to interview Putin, just like other journalists have done in the past.

Carlson did not interrupt Putin often, allowing him to answer the questions asked, as Russia's President spent about one hour giving a history lesson on Russia and Europe. The interview on X has received over 200 million impressions and the post has over one million likes. This is just another example of X becoming the new media. As noted earlier, following the interview, Putin called Carlson a "dangerous person."

The Russian President continued, saying he was prepared for Tucker to ask questions in an aggressive manner. Putin "imagined he [Carlson] would behave in an aggressive manner and would ask so-called sharp questions”:

Not only was I prepared for that, I wanted that, since it would provide me with an opportunity to respond likewise sharply, which, I believe, would give a certain special character to our whole conversation. However, he opted for different tactics, he tried to interrupt me several times, but still, surprisingly for a Western journalist, he was patient, he listened to my long speeches, especially those related to history, and did not let me do what I would have been ready to do.

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