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I honestly don't understand what Carpenter is doing. So many things that while they may not be illegal, they're certainly questionable. Winning by 54 votes is Not a landslide. Feels like he's alienated so many folks. Guess we will see come November.
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James Casieri – the city’s superintendent of buildings – is the plaintiff, seeking an injunction against the release of the results of a 2012 investigation that began when a city employee accused Casieri of “potential criminal activity.”
On the other side is Police Chief John Crowley, representing the Brockton Police Department. The city’s law department, which has argued the report should be secret, is now defending Crowley against the injunction.
In doing so, the city’s attorneys are continuing to argue the report should not be made public – meaning the plaintiff and defendant are working toward the same goal. There are two parties seeking disclosure – including the state – but until recently neither was officially a party to the case.
“I’m the only one that asked for transparency,” said Ron Matta, a former mayoral candidate who requested the report last summer and who earlier this month was granted status as a co-defendant. “The state is doing nothing as far as I can I see.”
Matta is not alone in his concern about the state failing to be transparent about public records, and also failing to fight for transparency when those records are ruled public.
The Enterprise and many other newspapers in Massachusetts urged lawmakers this spring to revamp the state’s public records law, noting that it has been largely untouched since 1973.
m.enterprisenews.com/article/20150627/NEWS/150626917
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The transparency is getting cloudy with Mayor Carpenters term. I see the positives of his term, but then this stuff sours it.
"Do the right thing, even when no one is looking"
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If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
2/1/1938-5/4/2019
Rest in peace
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"A committee that was formed to select a new director of the Brockton Public Library is meeting for the first time on Monday night. The Library Director Selection Committee will hold a public meeting on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the main library, 304 Main St., to discuss "the selection process and job posting for the library director."
m.enterprisenews.com/news/20160222/searc...ton-library-director
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If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
2/1/1938-5/4/2019
Rest in peace
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Daisy wrote: I'm wondering more of what happened with Paul Sullivan, from the Assessor office?? An honorable man and without an explanation, he is gone?!? Something smells, then add this Casieri drama. I see Ron Matta is taking a beating on Facebook, but he may be onto something.
The transparency is getting cloudy with Mayor Carpenters term. I see the positives of his term, but then this stuff sours it.
When did Paul Sullivan leave? He was a very nice man. Was it voluntary?
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