Friday, July 19, 2013

FIRED DPW WORKER CLAIMS ANTI-GAY VIEWS "BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION"

The former DPW worker fired this week for alleged anti-gay postings on a Facebook page said he has a right to say his views and called the situation “blown out of promotion.”

Contacted by Maplewoodian.com, Sam Falcetano Jr. said he should not have been let go.

“I think it’s blown out of proportion, it is one big mistake, a debacle,” Falcetano, a 19-year public works employee, said by phone Friday. “It’s First Amendment rights, it’s my beliefs and they [the township] are wrong.”

Falcetano declined further comment, saying his union would take care of the situation and any action that might follow.

See background on his comments HERE.

Township officials have declined comment, saying only that Falcetano no longer works for the township. Mayor Vic De Luca reportedly stated at Tuesday night’s TC meeting the comments were “appalling.”

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