This Zoom thing is really, really, really old. We have another correction, and we again apologize and are being very quick to blame the remote connection.
Okay, onto the shitshow (yup…I used that word again) that is the Selectboard and the Town Administrator hiring process.
Stop blaming the messenger. The Selectboard Chairperson ranted on and on about the newspaper and how it’s all our fault because we did what we do. What do we do? We tell people stuff, true stuff, real information-type stuff. We are not responsible if the information is damaging to the person or persons it is about. They shouldn’t be doing stuff that will be damaging, then we won’t have any stuff to tell people about that will be damaging. See how this goes? It’s pretty simple, honestly.
We transcribed Mr. Freitas’s entire diatribe and will have it on our website for you to read.
Now, to the substance of the problem.
Mr. Silvia has a conflict of interest because his wife is the Council on Aging Director who reports directly to the TA. Yes, this has been true all along. Did we drop the ball by waiting so long to point it out? Maybe. Honestly, I thought that Mr. Silvia MUST have checked with Town Counsel at the outset, right?
Holy moly, do NOT assume anything about these guys (see page 3).
There is some scuttlebutt that they will try to use the “rule of necessity” to allow Mr. Silvia to vote. Well, you’re not supposed to use that rule to break a tie. It’s only supposed to be used to make sure that the work gets done. As far as we observed, the work got done: The interview happened, a vote was held. The fact that the votes failed does not trigger the rule of necessity, as far as we can see.
But, then again, we’re not lawyers trained to twist the law to our own devices.
Good heavens, “shitshow” doesn’t even begin to describe this mess.
No candidate for a job has a constitutional right to be appointed. A vote was taken. It failed. Move on.
We also lost two of the three REAL finalists, they withdrew.
What next you wonder?
Yeah, your guess is as good as mine.
As for all these foolish cryptic, enigmatic and vague references to some dire horror in the background of one of the finalists, tell us what it is already. Stop telling us to Google it. We DID that, for all of them. We are not finding your big secret.
These games are ridiculous, and such an insult to the residents of this town.
We have other stuff in here, of course. Our cover story is the candidates night (see page 16); part one. We will have more of that night next week. BPW on page 24, still entertaining and substantive…oh, how I long for the days when they were the Bozo Board.
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