Word: nero
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This assertion is dubious. During the month of July, Nero was involved in three driving accidents in three consecutive days while driving PBHA vans. Although Nero asserts that the first two accidents were not her fault, her argument is weakened by the fact that the third accident occurred when she made an illegal U-turn and hit an off-duty police officer. In light of all this, PBHA staff hardly had any choice but to revoke Nero's driving privileges...
...this weren't bad enough, Nero defied the revocation on July 16, when she drove a van without permission to obtain first-aid kits for a planned program sleepover, hardly the life-threatening situation stipulated. Finally, Nero allegedly authorized an uncertified counselor to drive a PBHA van and blatantly disregarded PBHA's insurance policy...
...Nero's actions have put PBHA's vans in jeopardy, as Harvard has threatened not to renew insurance coverage unless action is taken against Nero. And without those vans, many of the activities of PBHA's 51 committees would be severely limited...
Perhaps even more disturbing than the decision not to remove Nero is the rationale behind it. Nero herself defended her position with the excuse that countless other PBHA drivers have violated vehicles policy, including PBHA President John B. King...
Such accusations are alarming and should not serve to exonerate Nero. On the contrary, if true, they make painfully clear that there should be stricter supervision over PBHA's vehicle policy...