A Conversation With Stephanie Hagar

Today I decided to see former Urban Native Homes outreach worker Stephanie Hagar at her place of employment in hopes of having a chat about KMHC. She agreed and our conversation covered a lot of areas.

When she was here I found her to be full of young vibrate ideas and I could tell she really cared about the tenants. She worked here for 6 months and was off for 3 months on sick leave. When she came back to work on the very first day Ingrid Nosel threw her under the bus meaning she was terminated. I know this because I witnessed it, she ran out of the building in tears. Ingrid claims she dressed inappropriately and didn’t like her suggestions on how to improve KMHC also co worker Joseph Anton warned her UNH’s was considering legal action because she was off work for so long.

Personally I found her likeable and was a good worker and never did she dress like a slut or a bum, she came to work looking like a lady of fashion. Perhaps the HSC would prefer the female Islamic dress code. :P Anyway back to Stephanie when a female tenant was emotionally upset she was there for them and was very helpful when I lost my house keys. Another thing that sticks to my mind KMHC does not like change they think their rules are carved in stone and shouldn’t be questioned or challenged.

In a democratic society that's considered barbaric when one is persecuted for having a difference of opinion and logical ideas. ie: Stephanie had a few suggestions on how to improve the boring tenant meetings...that was rejected by the HSC.

We also had a discussion on Ingrid Nosel's character, to make a long story short I asked how would she describe her, she paused for a second and replied “Ingrid Nosel is not the person she seems to be” since I’m the King of metaphor and innuendo I knew exactly what she meant. This confirmed my suspicion.

Then our conversation moved to the insane incident I had with Ingrid Nosel, Stephanie warned me to be cautious, Ingrid will look for any petty excuse to evict me and gave some excellent advice on how to proceed forward.

Our conversation lasted awhile and I’m glad I took the initiative to approach Stephanie Hagar, this young lady’s professional training and experience was very helpful.

She’s still a outreach worker and councilor and doing well, I wish the best of luck in her career. :)

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