The complaint contends that the township manager retaliated against Padmaja Rao after she says she blew the whistle on him and other senior and elected officials on a number of fronts.
For weeks, officials stayed silent, even after an investigation was completed. Members of the Montclair African American Clergy Association say they wanted transparency.
Also: Council had report on Ira Karasick calling an official "three-fifths of a human" for weeks before he resigned, and some say it should have acted faster.