In August 2021 a woman I met at a work conference two years prior posted on Twitter that I put my hand in her skirt and grabbed her ass. I did no such thing.
At the time, I was the Conservative candidate for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and this false allegation became national news instantly. My life was forever changed by this one malicious lie. The Conservative Party dropped me that day with no investigation and four months later I lost my job as Chief Librarian after an investigation determined in modern “he said, she said” fashion that, while I likely didn’t grab her, I probably ‘abused my power” during our interaction.
Abuse my power? What power did I have over her? She didn’t work for me.
We talked about her doing an internship with South Shore Public Libraries. There was nothing promised or suggested.
Two years after the conference, I ran for the Conservatives and she worked for the NDP as a paid member of the national campaign team. She fired off her assault on Twitter only hours before the deadline to replace a candidate expired.
Just like that, my political life was dead and my library career would soon follow. Now, that is real power.
In an effort to tell my story and improve my mental health I started this blog. Like most long narratives, it took on a life of its own and morphed into a work of speculative fiction where my election story found an opportunity to play out in a different part of the multi-verse.
It is now complete.
If you are interested in hearing my side of the story, it is best to start at the first post in the chain.
All the people in the story are real. I have changed a couple names to protect the guilty.
Troy Myers – Dartmouth
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