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The content of Burkett's discussions with the former mayor and city council members is corroborated by the affidavits of all the persons named by Burkett.  Former Mayor Kelly Ohlson's affidavit states that he "found [Lewis'] work performance to be inadequate" when Lewis served as council liaison:


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The position of council liaison was a key position and constituted the main point of public contact between the city council and the citizens of Fort Collins.  Ms. Lewis' job involved handling inquiries and complaints from the citizens and preparing responses on behalf of city council and the mayor.  Her responses were often incomplete, inaccurate, grammatically incorrect, and even at times insensitive to citizen concerns.  Ms. Lewis often seemed "put-out" that some requests had been made of her bycity council.


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I was also not pleased with Ms. Lewis' performance as a lobbyist in handling intergovernmental relations when she was transferred from the position of council liaison to one of responsibility for intergovernmental relations and lobbying efforts.


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The affidavits of Rutstein and Horak strike a similar chord of dissatisfaction with regard to the quality of Lewis' performance in the positions of council liaison and Assistant City Manager.  Additionally, the affidavits of Estrada and Stoner state that, although they did not take negative positions regarding Lewis' work when approached by Burkett, they were aware that other council members were dissatisfied with her job performance.


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Again, Lewis' affidavit attempts to rebut appellants' showing.  Specifically, she contests appellants' position that her previous work in high-level positions (as Assistant City Manager and