Robyn Wilkerson, who quit on May 1, is alleged to have sent the texts between 2017-2018. The city council received the texts from a city employee in April.
“There were some very negative comments, some racial comments that were made,” said City Councilwoman Kathy Griswold. Examples of some of the texts include "bragging about promoting a black guy … LOL" and "Like she is from the ghetto or trying to be ghetto."
Two texts implying violence were: “I wish I could bring my 9mm but I would get fired for violating city policy. Wait … hmmmm?” and “Not sure what I can do other than blow up City Hall, an idea that has some chance of success given our lack of an emergency plan, LOL.”
The incident prompted City Hall to initiate an independent investigation last month of the overall work environment, The Michigan Daily reports.