The Village of Franklin recently had the entire office staff quit due to the toxic environment created by the millennial faction of the ex-Connect Franklin group, led by the husband-and-wife team Angelina Sulaka & David Sahli.

President David Goldberg refused to provide any details why, instructing residents to file a FOIA request if they want to know. The reasons for hiding it from us is clear when looking at the words describing the office environment in the resignation letters, which is very similar to the Main Street Franklin board’s feedback on Franklin Trustee Angelina Sulaka in the letter they sent requesting her removal from the board.

Angelina Sulaka and david sahli responsible for mass resignations caused by toxic, hostile working environment full of racism, age discrimination, bullying, harassment, and micromanagement

The information will be laid out here for transparency and to avoid wasting valuable village resources, such as unnecessary FOIA requests (6 as of the last meeting).

Overview

June 11: Village Administrator Megan Schubert resigns Resigned without having another job lined up Cited ongoing overreach by council members as the primary reason for her departure Reported that the husband-and-wife team of David Sahli and Angelina Sulaka intensified an already dysfunctional environment Experienced repeated undermining of her role by council members Noted a persistent lack of respect from certain trustees Described excessive micromanagement and a disregard for proper administrative boundaries Raised concerns about council members exerting inappropriate control over staff, in violation of the village charter Expressed alarm over the suggestion that staff "serve at the pleasure of the council." Cited unethical treatment of office staff, including misuse of public platforms to question their competence and integrity June 20: Main Street Franklin requests Angelina Sulaka be removed from their board Engaged in combative exchanges with board members and staff Consistently interrupted discussions and hijacked agendas Displayed rude and dismissive behavior Created a hostile environment June 30: Economic Development Director Susan Goldstrom resigns Cited age discrimination Endured repeated instances of disrespect and unprofessional behavior Described the work environment as toxic July 1: Village Clerk Dana Hughes resigns because the job became a nightmare Enduring harassment from council member Angelina Sulaka Subjected to racial discrimination from Angelina Sulaka Cited discrimination based on age Described a persistent negative and toxic environment July 9: Special meeting held to address unprecedented series of mass resignations David Goldberg chose to hide the many issues caused by Angelina Sulaka and David Sahli’s divisive politics Tells residents no additional information will be provided on why the entire office staff quit Instructs residents that pushed back if they want to know they must file a FOIA request Documents were scrubbed of any mention of trustees, invalid reasoning provided for redactions Residents were seriously overcharged for the FOIA information Entire letter from Main Street Franklin was redacted from FOIA request which clearly highlighted a 3rd boards issues with Angelina Sulaka creating a hostile environment July 11/12: Angelina Sulaka attempts cover-up for the resignations with a letter to be signed by all trustees in violation of OMA? Attempts to gaslight residents stating the administrator resigned and has accepted a new position in a neighboring municipality Administrator clearly communicated in her resignation letter she was not leaving for another opportunity Administrator quit because of Angelina Sulaka and David Sahli, a husband-and-wife team created an unbearable working environment, so bad the entire office staff quit. David Goldberg asserts “it is not accurate” and that he does not want to release anything Angelina Sulaka desperately tries to get make improvements to make it acceptable David Goldberg confirms he does not want to release anything
Timeline providing overview of Franklin Village office staff mass resignations

Village Administrator Resigns

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Main Street Franklin Requests Angelina Sulaka be Removed from the MSF Board

The following document was not included in the FOIA request. Instead it was entirely redacted in the FOIA response, a clear violation law to hide information from the public.

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FOIA provided document with MSF letter redacted, redaction clearly hides the actual issues caused mainly by Angelina Sulaka.

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Director of Economic Development Resigns

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Village Clerk Resigns

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Angelina Sulaka Attempts to Gaslight Village with False Narrative about Resignations

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