‘Hostile environment’: Hayden staff ask council to publicly defend them from harassment, social media attacks

‘Hostile environment’: Hayden staff ask council to publicly defend them from harassment, social media attacks

Hayden town staff used a public letter this month to plead with elected officials to more forcefully defend them from what they describe as escalating harassment, social media attacks and a “hostile environment” tied to contentious development decisions. At the Hayden Town Council’s March 5 meeting, Council member Trevor Gann read aloud a letter drafted by a longtime staff member and signed off on by nine total staffers across departments and se…