A list of board and committee meetings for the week with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government: Park Central appeal and Town Meeting prep
As most of you know by now, Selectman John Rooney stepped down on Monday night. When I posted the news earlier this week, I promised to find out if his seat could be filled in the upcoming election. The answer is, it can’t. Read the full article → from Filling Rooney’s seat before 2018 would require a special election
Flags in Southborough and across the country are flying at half staff in honor of for former astronaut and Senator John Glenn until sunset today, April 6, 2017. Read the full article → from Why flags will be at half staff: April 6, 2017
Mid-Monday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, member John Rooney shocked the room by changing the effective date of his resignation from one year out to immediately. Read the full article → from John Rooney walks away from BOS; fellow selectmen express shock and dismay
Board of Selectmen members ruled that Leo Bartolini will keep his seat on the Zoning Board of Appeals. The vote was contingent on Bartolini recusing himself from any Park Central proceedings until conflict of interest issues are resolved. Read the full article → from Selectmen rule: Bartolini to remain on ZBA if recused from Park Central (until conflicts resolved)
Flags in Southborough and across the state are flying at half staff effective yesterday April 3, 2017 in honor of State Senator Kenneth Donnelly who died on April 2, 2017. Read the full article → from Why flags are at half staff: April 3, 2017
A list of board and committee meetings for the week with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government: Decision on Bartolini removal hearing (tonight), Town Meeting Article discussions and hearings
Another candidate for the Board of Selectman has dropped out of the race. But he’s still weighing in on the election by endorsing two candidates. Read the full article → from Selectmen’s race dwindles: Hubley withdraws (endorsing 2 of remaining 5 candidates)
Yesterday, I made an attempt to write an objective balanced post laying out all the facts – hoping that the facts would lead people to the same conclusions as me.
I seriously failed. Read the full article → from Opinion: Rooney’s resignation is based on his ethical stance (not a result of the complaint)
Flags in Southborough and across the state are flying at half staff in honor of U.S. Army Cpl. Jules Hauterman, Jr., recently identified as killed in action during the Korean War. Read the full article → from Why flags will are at half staff: March 31, 2017
[Editor’s Note: Because of my clear failure to do what I intended when I wrote this story, I have written a new story that clearly lays out my opinion: Opinion: Rooney’s resignation is based on his ethical stance (not a result of the complaint).] Selectman John Rooney has submitted his notice to the Town. The resignation letter is on the heels of an ethics violation complaint filed against him and fellow board member Bonnie Phaneuf. But Rooney isn’t stepping down until the spring of 2018. And he is citing very different reasons. Read the full article → from Ethics complaint filed against 2 selectmen; one resigning (next spring), citing a planned stand against recall Articles (Updated-again)
In February, an attorney representing a group of Southborough residents filed a supplement to his previous complaint to the state’s Ethics Commission. The letter added to information from a December complaint filed against Zoning Board of Appeals member Leo Bartolini. Read the full article → from Complaint against Bartolini expanded on; ZBA member refutes allegations
A list of board and committee meetings for the week with my selected highlights from the agendas. Read the full article → from The week in government
Southborough Democrats are invited to attend the the party’s caucus at the Southborough Library this weekend, to help elect delegates to the state convention held in July. Read the full article → from Southborough Democrats seeking delegates to help form new state party platform – Saturday