Last week I submitted a letter to the editor questioning the Friedel administration’s failure to issue a statement that would bring media and public attention to the order dismissing Councilmember Skillicorn’s lawsuit with prejudice. I then sent an email to Mayor Friedel suggesting that: “(A)s the town’s mayor you have an obligation to do everything in your power to restore the reputations of the town, its public officials (who were found to have acted legally) and the employee who was labeled a ‘thief’ for doing his job.”
Mayor Friedel’s reply to my request (forwarded to me by the Town Attorney) included the following justification for his administration’s silence: “It has not been our practice to comment on nor issue media releases on legal matters when they conclude.”
This statement was demonstrably false.
