October 14, 2008

No answers for Stortz

Richard Lacey, an assistant city attorney, said the city can't answer the chief operating officer questions posed by former Mayor William Stortz.
Lacey said that state law requires "strict neutrality" by city officials on referendum questions.
Municipal employees "cannot take any official action" related to the issue, he said, or they could face fines up to $1,000 and other penalties.
So it's up to supporters of the COO to respond to Stortz, if anyone does.
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Contact Steve Collins at scollins@bristolpress.com

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally, Lacey gets what he always wanted -- to tell Stortz to shove it.

Anonymous said...

Headline should read "No answers for the people".

Again the public gets shortchanged,

Bill, thanks for trying.

What aboutt the money aspect?

Anonymous said...

Ridiculous!

How are we supposed to know what is going on?

Anonymous said...

How does a citizen get answers?

Did Laceys office review this before it became a question on the ballot?

Anonymous said...

What was Stortz question?

Anonymous said...

Too bad Billy, your going to have to find another to be an obstructinist.
Thank God your not doing it as Mayor.

Anonymous said...

Thats not the first time Lacey has stuck it to Stortz: remember when ehe didn't tell Stortz that the Supreme Court had set a date on the Ocean State issue, and he then brought it up during the meeting.

Not a nice guy.

Anonymous said...

The questions were on this blog: Collins has since taken them off.

Maybe he will repost them, or put them in the Press article.

Steve Collins said...

I did not take them off. They're here: http://bristolnews.blogspot.com/2008/09/stortz-raises-questions-about-chief.html

Anonymous said...

Guess Ward didn't help Stortz the way Stortz helped Ward get elected!
Stortz, why don't you just call Johnson and ask the questions yourself?

Stortz....go back into your little hole and stay there.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't trust Johnson's answers, and I don't think Bill would either.

I would think that with the time in office that Bill has, his questions would be meaningful.

Anonymous said...

Nevermind who asked the questions, it's important that the voters get the answers prior to the election so that they can make an educated decision when they vote. Right now we are just being asked to vote on something without important details.

Anonymous said...

A lot of people have posed questions, and I am sure that Bill will admit that many of his came out of discussions with voters who trust him.

Who asked is not important, but what is important is getting answers from an objective source.

By the way, the questions are good, and they are pertinent.

Anonymous said...

if the charter revision commission, ken johnson, ken cockayne, craig minor, gary schaffrick and craig yarde did their jobs, this would not be the abomination that it is - they should have been the ones to explain the details - they want it.

Anonymous said...

The Clan hasn't explained it, and if they did, would anyone be comfortable with the accuracy?

Anonymous said...

1:46

They can't explain it, they don't understand the charter.

Anonymous said...

It is interesting that we don't see any attempt by the Johnson group to respond to any of the questions.

Wonder why???

Anonymous said...

6:44am - refer to 8:35pm posting

Anonymous said...

9:34

OOPS!, Sorry I lost my head.

Thanks

Anonymous said...

Here is a case of politicians on both sides protecting their turf, and joining forces against a maverick.

Anonymous said...

so if bill reads this blog, which I am sure that he already has, then he should be able to understand that, by law, he has to get the answers to his questions from the "proponents" of the coo movement, not the elected officials.
if the proposers of this question can't answer the questions then one needs to question how they can propose such an inadequate proposal.
"Voter Beware"

Anonymous said...

I find it difficult to understand why the mayor did not respond to stortz, at least giving reasons for not answering the questions.

Only proper business courtesy to respond.

Anonymous said...

the community heard the corporation counsel's reasons at the council meeting, the council meeting has been on Nutmeg TV 3 times, the media has had stories on it and it has been on here. seems as though public access has been addressed.

Anonymous said...

1. when did the press put Laceys opinion in the paper?

2. Common Courtesy and good business practise justifies a responce in kind, and should have been done BEFORE Lacey announced it at a council meeting.

Ward is totally out of it.

Anonymous said...

8:19 - not a problem, you probably won't remember this posting either but we hope that the help that has been requested will be delivered to you very quickly - padded walls don't really hurt.

Anonymous said...

Heading should read, no answers for the voters!!!

Anonymous said...

Maybe Stortz wasn't so bad after all.