I commented last week that the word “hot” had played a significant role in the firing of San Jose auditor Jerry Silva.

It seems that the word had been used in Silva’s office to describe a woman,  and  in the report that served as the sexual harassment case against Silva – the word showed up more than once.

Well,  that tells me that, if I were working for the San Jose city council instead of being the CEO of these radio stations,  I might be out of a job.  That may be a slight exaggeration,  but listen to this:

On Friday of last week,  Randy Jones,  a popular broadcaster on our Station KRTY,  came to work wearing a T-shirt.  In large letters,  the T-shirt proclaimed “I Love Hot Moms.”  I didn’t ask Randy to take off the T-shirt,  and not once did I reprimand him.  The word “hot” was with us throughout Randy’s shift.

Granted:  there’s probably an essential difference between the office atmosphere in a radio station and what you might expect in city hall,  and “hot” was not the only word the investigator used against Silva.  But,  for me,  Randy’s T-shirt says something about the weapon called “sexual harassment”  and the way it was wielded against Jerry Silva.