INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett gives no indication he will seriously consider the call of a second city-county councilor for his resignation over the handling of sexual harassment complaints lodged against a former top aide.

Councilor Andy Nielsen, a Democrat from the east side of Indianapolis, issued an open letter Monday, claiming that Hogsett’s decision to let then-Chief of Staff/Deputy Mayor Thomas Cook continue to serve in both administrative and campaign positions despite findings that he repeatedly sexually harassed women in the mayor’s office, “demonstrated a profound lack of judgement and disregard for fundamental ethics.

“Mayor Joe Hogsett must resign," the letter reads.

Councilor Jesse Brown, a Democrat though estranged from his council colleagues, had previou

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