Nora,
This is a typical hatchet job by Slager. What I really am curious about is where does he get his information from? I have a feeling he Selectmen are his source of information. IF that is the case, are they violating the agreement by feeding information to the local media?

What a mess this group of Selectmen is making!  Is it any wonder people are ready to Take Back Wareham?

More misinformation and misrepresentation with just enough spin to suggest ALL others are wrong and the BOS called it right. 
Mr. Slager / Shooter (or whoever you are today) why don't you post what it actually cost the taxpayers over two years in the BOS pursuit to be proven WRONG again.
When are you going to get anything right ?  You, by your complete incompetence, have caused enough harm on our community.  Change your ways or we'll be compelled to step up the boycott effort a notch and force you to move on.  It's your choice.  As Mr. Urbon wrote :  "Shape up or Ship out"...
Shooter,  If you are the one lurking here on this site, be sure to pass that along to the Big guy.  And you may want to send out resume's seeking employment with a real media group.

This type of erroneous--libelous--reporting is why I will not read the rag. Lies, lies, and more lies. Enough already.

Or at leat write letters to the editor of real newspapers - write exactly what was written here.

WHERE DID SLAGER COME UP WITH HIS INFORMATION SO HE COULD WRITE HIS ARTICLE ON THE TRUSTEE SUIT IF THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY A GAG ORDER? BRENDA? BRUCE??

If there was a gag order, why did Bruce confirm what this so-called former trustee said? Wouldn't that have been breaking the gag order? Was he furious with himself too?

According to the trustee spokesperson who wrote the information posted above, there was no gag order. Who is telling the truth?

If ragboy wrote his first article at 2:51 am, how could he quote Brucie if he didn't speak to Bruce until 7:15 am? Am I the only one who is confused here?

Last edited by Molly (2009-08-09 17:10:01)

Nora,

I think Slager may have libeled the Friends in his blog today:

Sauvageau also confirmed what the former library trustee had told me – that the former trustees told the court they had lost $250,000 in bad investments. Court records will confirm those comments.

    The spin and misinformation was to be expected. After all, the former trustees have claimed for nearly two years that they were the victim of a vendetta by selectmen. If that’s true, why settle the case, giving selectmen the very thing they had sought from the beginning – the authority to appoint the board and have the town treasurer serve as treasurer of the trustees? We suspect the missing $250,000 had a lot to do with that.

Note he goes from suggesting there was culpability in the investment decisions resulting in the loss, to calling the $250,000 "missing", thus suggesting to any reader that there was wrong doing involved.

If anyone didn't loss money in the stock market during the current market crisis I'd like to know who their financial advisor is.

Also, my understanding of what happens when one party violates a gag order is that there can be serious consequences depending on the judge. I think you could be held in contempt and fined or even incarcerated.

Suggesting someone violated a gag order is a major accusation that should be backed up with facts.

Last edited by urneighbor (2009-08-09 17:48:42)

So, now two people who were in the courtroom have said there was no gag order.

What I find strange about the posting above from Nora Bicki is that she said the selectmen weren't in the room when the final decision was read. So how could sweet Brucie say the judge claimed a gag order? Two people who were in the room said he didn't. Gotta love those eyewitnesses.

Since there is no gag order, I'd like to hear more about what went on. But is that necessary anyway when the facts speak for themselves?

Steve Urbon's article was pretty clear about the results of the case. That can be proven by reading the court's decision. Even ragboy hasn't denied what Urbon said. So what's all the fuss about?

Ragboy has been saying for two years that the library folks will be proven to be evil people who have committed all kinds of crimes. Doesn't look that way to me.  I agree with others who have blogged. If the town or the town's insurance is paying for the legal fees, the verdict is pretty obvious. Remember ragboy was nearly orgasmic when he announced that Chief Joyce had to pay his legal fees? Does that mean ragboy lost that case? Not to hear him tell it.

So ragboy lies about the library money. Has ragboy seen any of the financial records? I'd like to know exactly how much was donated to the trustees and how much was spent on the library. The first post in this thread says $500,000 spent in ten years. I don't know about the rest of you, but that's a lot of money in my little world. But see, I still don't know what was donated or what was invested. So how can I or anyone make assumptions about the bottom line? And again, she said it was $500,000 income on the investments and "the principal" was preserved which I have to think can be proven. I don't even have a 401k but I understand the word income and the word principal. Of course, if a person's job doesn't pay anything but a bagel or two, these complicated finances might seem incomprehensible. Maybe the town's new accountant will be able to tell us what it all means---in three years or so.

Haven't I convinced my fellow bloggers and blog readers yet? The rag is--in my opinion--worthless and not worth the fish wrap it is printed on.

Bobo's innuendo about the "missing" $250,000 is despicable. He has reached a new level of incompetence, which is hard to believe, since I thought the scum bag couldn't go any lower. I want to state that I have never been involved with the whole library issue. I have followed it in the paper but I don't know any of the players. Reading Bobo's article (sorry Molly) and seeing the word "missing" just really pissed me off.

I think this piece of trash that he wrote may motivate anyone who is a supporter of the library. Supporters who have been sitting on the sidelines may want to help with the boycott of the places that still sell the rag. You should  go and talk to the owners. If you can't talk to the owners talk to the people who work there, they will pass along your message. I know for some people this face to face may not be easy, bring a friend with you for moral support. I was lucky when I went to the Onset Village Market they were very  nice and listened to everything I had to say.

Let's just do it

Rite Aid  If you have a prescription there you could say your moving to a new
             pharmacy

7-11 Wareham

New England Farms Wareham

Mill Pond Diner

If someone does go to any of the places that sell the rag it is only fair that you warn them that their phone numbers might be listed by Bobo. You should tell the owners that instead of Bobo just accepting their decision not to carry the rag, like a man and a professional. He (Bobo) will whine and post their phone numbers as a way of thanking them for all the years they carried the rag in their places of buisness.