"We have no problem with big business," she says. "The Chamber has traditionally had trouble attracting large companies, and they are trying to blame that on us."
But the committee members' say their complaints with the Chamber were not just about power. Myers says gender issues were at the root of the problem.
"Our lunches were referred to as ladies' teas," she recalls.
"We were told to go and take our lunch money elsewhere," Levine remembers.
Oldach denies that the resignation had anything to do with gender and says he never addressed the women in such a condescending fashion.
"It was simply a question of power," he says. "The women wanted to run the committee on their own terms."
The proof, Oldach says, is that the women chose to form their own committee instead of joining another Chamber upon their resignation.
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