Then-Norwalk Recreation and Parks Department Director Mike Mocciae, center, shows off the second floor of the Fodor Farm main house to Common Council Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs Committee members in 2016. (Archive photo)
NORWALK, Conn. It’s ridiculous to take credit for great things going on in Norwalk parks, developments that were years and even decades in the making, and then claim the Recreation and Parks Department was mismanaged before the latest director came in, Mike Mocciae said.
Mocciae, speaking recently to NancyOnNorwalk from his retirement enclave in South Carolina, hotly took aim at comments made by Norwalk Chief of Staff Laoise King when it was announced that his replacement, Recs & Parks Director Nick Roberts, was leaving.
Mocciae: ‘$60,000, how much did he make?… It’s ludicrous’
“Professionalized restructuring of City Hall” helped uncover alleged forgery by part-time employee William Howard, Mayor Harry Rilling said in a press release last week. Former Recreation and Parks Department Director Mike Mocciae said Saturday that the “many layers of bureaucracy” aren’t serving the city well.
William Howard, 70. (Norwalk Police)
NORWALK, Conn. William Howard, a sporting goods supplier who was arrested last week, created fake bids to make it appear that he had competition, and provided the fraudulent documents to then-Recs and Parks Athletic Director Gerald Anastasia, thereby coming in as the low bidder for City contracts, Norwalk Police say.
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