The OBSERVER s View
Jan 16, 2021
Judging from the most recent Fredonia Village Board meeting, there is a definite divide among trustees and Mayor Doug Essek. Adding to this current problem is the lack of two representatives on the board as well as the growing amount of major issues that face the municipality.
At this week’s virtual gathering, there were more concerns and criticisms voiced than having action taken on any issue. Most of the discussion revolved around Roger Britz, village trustee, who commented in the OBSERVER that with illness and two open trustee seats it is a “weird time.”
Both Essek and Trustee James Lynden went on the offensive. “I want to make it clear to the board and village residents that I was able to communicate to our residents, department heads, trustees and many of my constituents every day except the day of my surgery as a result of my heart attack,” said Essek, who had been battling pneumonia and COVID earlier this month. “I spoke to many