Paul VanDenVouver says the administration is working on distractions.
Dunkirk’s top council member says the administration of Mayor Wilfred Rosas is playing the role of a “magician who distracts the audience with his right hand, while hiding the ball with his left” when it comes to the removal of a tree done by city workers on private property.
Paul VanDenVouver, councilman at-large, in a statement to the OBSERVER says he and council are looking for answers, not excuses after he released an eight-page report by council attorney Dan Gard that alleges there was work done in 2019 by city Department of Public Works employees over three days in August on private property at 10 Finch St. Gard’s recommendation in the report of the “large, unjustifiable and unconstitutional gift of municipal resources to a private individual” was to refer this matter to the appropriate enforcement agencies, recommending both the state comptroller’s office as well as the FBI’s Public Corrupt
May 6, 2021
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This picture of wood from a tree cut in 2019 was included in a report made public by Common Council.
Dunkirk’s top council member says the administration of Mayor Wilfred Rosas is playing the role of a “magician who distracts the audience with his right hand, while hiding the ball with his left” when it comes to the removal of a tree done by city workers on private property.
Paul VanDenVouver, councilman at-large, in a statement to the OBSERVER says he and council are looking for answers, not excuses after he released an eight-page report by council attorney Dan Gard that alleges there was work done in 2019 by city Department of Public Works employees over three days in August on private property. Gard’s recommendation in the report of the “large, unjustifiable and unconstitutional gift of municipal resources to a private individual” was to refer this matter to the appropriate enforcement agencies, recommending both the state comptroller’
Jill Meaux became full-time director of planning and development for the city of Dunkirk at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting. The council tabled a motion to
Randy J. Woodbury
Dunkirk’s Department of Public Works director says there was “no wrong doing” by any city official or workers regarding the 2019 removal of a tree from a plot of land that is now privately owned.
In a commentary piece published on Page A4 today, Randy J. Woodbury says he stands by his staff and again noted omissions from the report done for council members by attorney Dan Gard. “That the special counsel report did not disclose all of the deeds and easements and dates, with surveyed boundaries, remains a disappointing surprise, although the special counsel did explain he was a hired advocate for council against our mayor,” Woodbury writes.
Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas
Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas says the recent eight-page report compiled by attorney Dan Gard regarding the removal of a tree in 2019 is part of a “vindictive and mean-spirited agenda” by Common Council.
In a statement released to the OBSERVER on Friday, Rosas outlines not only issues with the report brought forward by Councilman At-Large Paul VanDenVouver. He also takes issue with how council has worked with his administration since day one.
During Tuesday’s meeting, VanDenVouver released the report that alleges there was work done in 2019 by city Department of Public Works employees over three days in August on private property. Gard’s recommendation in the report of the “large, unjustifiable and unconstitutional gift of municipal resources to a private individual” was to refer this matter to the appropriate enforcement agencies, recommending both the state comptroller’s office as well as the FBI’s Public Corruption Division.