To Deny And Deflect

Dennis Martinek and Ken O’Brien

Updated 4/1/2012, 7:58 pm


Back in the beginning of August, Dennis Martinek sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Town Clerk which read in part:

“Pursuant to the Public Records Law, M.G.L. c. 66, as amended, and the Public Records Access Regulations, 950 CMR 32.00 et seq., I am requesting the following public records in the possesion, custody or control of the Town of Southbridge, and its agencies, divisions, or offices:…

PUBLIC SAFETY OR PUBLIC SNAFU?

Kenneth M. O’Brien

Recently there has been a lot of controversy on this site regarding the Southbridge Police Department.

The night of the recent Southbridge Town Election the wife of the police chief appeared on this blog and ridiculed critics of her husband in light of the election results (the second comment).

What was notable was that, as others have commented, there was no attempt to answer or deny the questions that were raised by such prior posts as “Ain’t That A Crime”, or “Liquorboarding The Lazos”.