Wicked Local
Nominated by: Town of Wellesley department heads (Executive Director Meghan Jop, Asst. Executive Director Amy Frigulietti, Superintendent David Lussier, Assistant Superintendent Cindy Mahr, Chief of Police Jack Pilecki, Deputy Chief Scott Whittemore, Fire Chief Rick DeLorie, Asst. Fire Chief Jeff Peterson, DPW Director David Cohen, MLP Director Don Newell, Facilities Management Department Director Joe McDonough, Library Director Jamie Jurgensen, Finance Director Sheryl Strother, Treasurer Rachel Lopes, IT Director Brian DuPont, Inspector of Buildings Michael Grant, Chief Assessor Donna McCabe, Planning Director Don McCauley, Town Clerk KC Kato, Director of Recreation Matt Chin, NRC Director Brandon Schmitt, COA Director Heather Munroe, Youth Commissioner Maura Renzella, ZBA Executive Secretary Lenore Mahoney, Deputy Veteran Service Officer Nancy Blanchard, and Retirement Administrator Lynn Whynot.)
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Photo of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie: VA.gov
Several leading veterans’ organizations, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America, AMVETS, and Vietnam Veterans of America, wrote a scathing letter to President Trump urging for the immediate ouster of Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie.
In the letter, the veterans’ organizations stated that Wilkie, “no longer has the trust or confidence of America’s veterans.” Their condemnation came after a damning audit released by the inspector general of Veterans Affairs. The audit found that Wilkie had acted unprofessionally and unethically in disparaging a Congressional aide to House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, (D-CA). Takano said that actions of senior department leaders “betray the public trust and as a result disqualify [them] from all future public service.”