A federal appeals court ruled today that the former head of the Illinois Gaming Board may sue the Blagojevich administration for sex discrimination and retaliation. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that Jeannette Tamayo had alleged suffic
Tamayo resigned from the Gaming Board in 2006. She claimed the administration retaliated against her after she refused to cooperate in what she alleges were illegal activities. She also claims she never received the $160,000 salary she was promisedùthe amount male predecessors received.
A federal court dismissed her lawsuit in September 2007.
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