HOPEWELL, Va. (WRIC) — The city of Hopewell’s attorney told 8News that he is expecting to be served with fired city manager Concetta Manker’s $6.8 million racial discrimination lawsuit by the end of the week.
City attorney Anthony Bessette said that process has yet to be served. However, once Hopewell receives service, the city will respond “in due course and vigorously defend the lawsuit.”
Manker’s lawsuit alleges that the vote that terminated her employment as city manager was not only an act of racism, but blatantly illegal under procedural rules in Hopewell…