Fast Fallout: Lansing CEO Harassment Saga Brings Resignations, Shunning And Infighting

Ripples spread from news of a boss behaving badly at a Lansing communications and public relations agency.

A respected blogger and a capital reporter for the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday quoted descriptions of persistent sexual harassment by TJ Bucholz, the 50-year-old chief executive of Vanguard Public Affairs. The accounts come from five women who worked there, as we excerpt with linked excerpts. (They cite offensive remarks and behavior, not inappropriate touching or relationships.)

The impact is felt swiftly with the exit of two ranking staff members.

Less than five hours after progressive activist Chris Savage of Dexter broke the story at his Eclectablog, Vanguard partner Jen Eyer announced on social media that she quit "due to today's revelations." She was a vice president there in 2016-17 before serving as Gretchen Whitmer's campaign communications director, and returned at the partner level. Eyer also is on Ann Arbor's City Council.

On Thursday, vice president Dave Lossing also resigned abruptly and the agency's website was taken offline except for a contact page.

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