2/3/2021
Fined $1,250 and barred from future police details
SCITUATE – Town Councilor James Brady must pay a civil penalty of $1,250 for violating Rhode Island Ethics law and a previous opinion and may no longer work police details during his time on the council.
Rhode Island Ethics Commission prosecutor Katherine D’Arezzo found that Brady violated ethics law when he questioned former Scituate Police Chief Donald Delaere about a July 2019 police detail while serving as Scituate Town Council president.
In the July 2019 email to Delaere, Brady asked why an out-of-town officer worked a detail “when all retired officers were not first asked.” Brady said he was not offered the July 2019 detail.
12/16/2020
Mahoney in muddy water over soil erosion control
Neighbors expressed concerns about construction at Chopmist Hill Estates on Chopmist Hill Road, operated by former Town Council President John Mahoney. Neighbors say the site lacks soil erosion and wastewater management features on the site, and large trucks block the road while unloading heavy equipment. (Breeze photo by Jacquelyn Moorehead)
SCITUATE – Neighbors along Chopmist Hill Road say they’re angry about what they say is a lack of oversight on work being done at Chopmist Hill Estates, an 18-unit condo project owned by former Town Councilor John Mahoney.
Brandan Lewis, of 1495 Chopmist Hill Road, read a letter at the Dec. 12 Town Council meeting signed by 17 “gravely concerned” citizens of Chopmist Hill Road about what they say is the dangerous and potentially illegal work being performed by Mahoney and his construction crew on his site on Chopmist Hill Road.