I belong to the YMCA — I work out (infrequently!) at the Y in Winooski. Late last night, I got an email from YMCA President/CEO Mary Burns, assuring me that the Y takes complaints of inappropriate behavior “very seriously”. I can only assume the message is responding to the charges leveled against Senator Ed Flanagan, which Shay Totten reported in this week’s “Fair Game.”

This issue is receiving a fair amount of media attention — it made the front page of the Burlington Free Press this morning. And there are two threads dissecting it over at Green Mountain Daily, here and here.

Read the full text of the YMCA email below.

This article appears in Jul 29 – Aug 4, 2009.

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2 replies on “YMCA Sends Email to Reassure Members”

  2. I just got this email from the Vermont GOP: “It’s fun to (WHAT!) at the Y…M…C…A..! Chittenden County Democrat Senator and candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Ed Flanagan, stands accused of… how to put this delicately… publicly self-satisfying…… Just go to the link here where WPTZ and Seven Days explain all. Suffice to say, Flanagan will not be returning to the Burlington Y any time soon. (But he is going to want to shake your hand as he campaigns for Vermont’s second highest office!)”

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