During last night’s Board of Trustees meeting, Mayor Shaprow was accused of defamation, slander, violation of her oath of office, abuse of power, and election Interference by Matt Franco, a resident who has announced he is running for a trustee position in the June election. Matt called on Deputy Mayor Bob Juliano to initiate an internal investigation into the alleged incident. Candidate Franco stated, “ The Mayor has done this before to another resident in the community, that resulted in a complaint being filed with the District Attorney's Office, Bureau of Corruption. This pattern of behavior needs to stop. Dignity, class, and professionalism need to return to the Mayor’s seat.”
According to Matt, it is alleged that on a day in March, Mayor Sheprow held a meeting with a village resident in her office as the Mayor. During this meeting, the Mayor allegedly accused the candidate and his son of stealing rounds of golf. Candidate Franco stated that he has all the text communications and receipts that any round of golf played by him or his son was paid for. Candidate Franco said that the resident at the meeting also alleges that the Mayor stated, “I also have something on Matt Franco that I have not yet used”.
The Village attorney told Matt that he is not giving much detail and he suggests that the candidate put his detailed complaint in writing and submit it to the Village Clerk. Candidate Franco stated that he has an attorney and that the letter of complaint will arrive shortly.
Mayor Sheprow did not comment on this subject during the meeting.
My Opinion:
Let’s hope that Deputy Mayor Juliano will immediately, on the receipt of Canidate Franco's complaint, initiate a full investigation on this alleged behavior. With the start of campaigning for June’s election, it is so important that every candidate has a fair chance.
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