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Kristal calls report âirresponsibleâ
In a statement, Tisbury select board member says he strives for âequitable playing field.â
Select board member Jeff Kristal, shown here in a 2018 meeting, responded to a Times story. -Gabrielle Mannino
Tisbury select board chair Jeff Kristal has responded to police allegations he targeted a local businessman with a written statement calling The Times story âirresponsible.â
The response from Kristal came via email from town administrator Jay Grande, even though The Times reached out to Kristal as much as 24 hours prior to publishing the story by phone, email, and even showing up at the door of Crocker House Inn where Kristal lives and works.
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Town officials: No cover up, no collusion
Sewer advisory committee delves into Mansion House; increase in fees coming.
Select board member Jeff Kristal, shown here in a 2018 meeting, responded to a Times story during a sewer advisory board Zoom Thursday night.
The Mansion House met its deadline to install a leaching field, and there was no attempt to cover up the hotel’s illegal discharge of groundwater into the town’s wastewater treatment plant, Tisbury officials said during a sewer advisory board meeting Thursday.
The officials select board members Jeff Kristal and Jim Rogers, as well as town administrator Jay Grande were responding to a Times story that detailed public records and interviews with the former wastewater superintendent David Thompson, who blew the whistle on the illegal discharge. Thompson was fired within two months of his discovery, told he had not met the terms of his probationary period. Former select board
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âCorruption at its highest levelâ
Report on Mansion House illegal hookup preceded firing of town employee who blew the whistle.
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Several people said select board member Jeff Kristal applied pressure to keep the Mansion House issues quiet. Kristal did not respond to multiple messages seeking comment. â Gabrielle Mannino
Josh Goldstein, co-owner of the Mansion House, has declined to answer specific questions about the illegal hookup found in his hotel basement. â Gabrielle Mannino
An excavator digs a new leaching pit at Mansion House last week. â Rich Saltzberg
Workers install a leaching field at Mansion House. â Rich Saltzberg