On February 25, in direct violation of the city charter, Alderman Catanzaro spoke against and then voted to reject the bipartisan, unanimous ethics commission ruling which was issued against him by the commission.
Both speaking on and voting on an Alderman’s own issue are both separate violations of the same charter section that provides the penalty of expulsion from the council as the punishment for violation of that section.
Since the other Aldermen swore an oath to uphold the charter of the City of New Britain, does this not violate the oath of their office? Remember this is a blatant violation of the city charter that was committed in their presence, and not only did each of them witness the offense, they participated in it by joining Alderman Catanzaro in voting to reject the unanimous finding of the ethics commission.
Even more incongruous, is that the self proclaimed champion of ethics, Alderman Sherwood, not only witnessed this outrageous defiance of the charter, but also joined his fellow aldermen in voting to ignore the unanimous decision of the city’s ethics commission.
What do you, as a voter, a taxpayer, or a citizen think of this unethical behavior by the council?
PLEASE VOTE YOUR OPINION AT THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PAGE!
All the Council members who refused to abide by the decision of the ethics commission should be removed from office. That should have been done when the same thing happened in the case of Rich Lopes 2 or 3 years ago.
ReplyDeleteya and a whooping three republicans were elected. the electorate only see blue and "D".
ReplyDeletethese wacked out socialists have no shame!
ReplyDeleteRemoving this sleazy group of 13, now that is change we can believe in!
ReplyDeletePeople who are sworn to uphold the law, should be held accountable when they violate the law. REMOVE ALL 13!
ReplyDeleteelection time should be very interesting
ReplyDeleteAnonymous says...
ReplyDeleteIncompetents such as the 13 Dems on the NB Common Council really have nothing going for themselves. Consequently they rely on subterfuge and chicanery in all they do. I feel bad for some of the 13 who don't have a clue about what's happening and merely follow their leaders like Trueworthy, Bielinski and Sherwood (AKA users/losers).
Frank, you should run against them. You would give them a run for their money....
ReplyDeleteIn fact, you might even get 25% of the vote needed to win!
The voting shows just how unpopular this group of nut jobs really are. I like to think of this council as a group of pirates who have hijacked our city and are intentionally running it right into the ground, but it is time to take our city back.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for some of the 13 who don't have a clue about what's happening and merely follow their leaders like Trueworthy, Bielinski and Sherwood (AKA users/losers).
ReplyDeleteThis is true that some of these mush brains don't have the common sense to get out of the rain, never mind think for themselves!
AMEN!!!
ReplyDeleteboy do we need change!
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