Jones, a former Houston ISD trustee and member of the Houston City Council, says they...
Texas Rep. Jolanda Jones speaks during a town hall with UH Theatre & Dance students and other officials at Emancipation Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in Houston. In November, a University of Houston police officer pulled a gun on a student rehearsing a domestic violence scene outside.All three members of Houston state Rep.
Jiovanni Jones is not on staff, but the employees who resigned say his mother let him participate in team meetings and provide his input on policy matters. They also said she had involved staff in the affairs of her personal and family life and had engaged in “physically threatening behavior in public view that has made staff feel unsafe,” though they did not specify how or when.Aside from the intern relationship, the staffers claimed the representative called staff “at all hours of the night and on weekends to discuss work and to drive from place to place.
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