In her email, Pettaway admitted that she attended the United Way meeting. “They kept calling on my personal cellphone asking if I was still coming,” she wrote.

“These excessive attracts (sic) are the same patterns of institutional racism and harassment, retaliation of people of color I was hired to address for the City of Madison,” she wrote. “Inside (sic) of addressing the issues you attract (sic) the messenger. The attacks, heighten when I announced my run for Mayor.”

In an interview, Pettaway said Davis was the primary source of a “hostile work environment” in DCR, but declined to say what, if any, steps she plans to take against the city. She said no disciplinary hearing has been set for her in the latest incident, and she’s been given no idea as to when she might return to work.

“I have a plan. I’m keeping that close,” she said. “I have to have an attorney to protect myself.”

In an email responding to Pettaway and others Pettaway copied on her initial email, Ald. Barbara Harrington-McKinney, 1st District, asked: “When does this very embarrassing scenario end. I request that the Executive Leadership place this on their agenda with their meeting with the Mayor. It is unacceptable to continue to ignore this very damaging scenario.”