Smiling Faces

Per the minutes of the January 12th, 2010 Selectmen/Town Counsel board meeting, a motion was made by First Selectman Drayton-Rogers to move the Vizzo Lawyer fee issue to the Board of Selectmen meeting scheduled for January 20, 2010.  No other information was made available on the executive session for this issue.

January 14th, 2010 - Do you remember what happened back on October 28th, 2009 (one week before the town election)?  That was when the Economic Development Commission endorsed the third line Planning and Zoning candidates Vinnie Vizzo, Edwin Hellauer and Eric Tichy.  When Maryann Drayton-Rogers was asked later during a Town Meeting "How a town-appointed body could endorse and make a recommendation to voters" and asked what she thought about the commission's endorsement, Maryann Drayton-Rogers, with a glowing smile from ear to ear and a grandmothers' gentle tone of voice responded with a simple "I thank them."  At that time Vinny Vizzo was already being investigated by the Ethics Committee which Maryann Drayton-Rogers knew all about.

This week on January 12th the Board of Selectmen with Town Counsel went into executive session with the Vinny Vizzo legal bill as the subject.  As you probably already know, the public can not witness any matters under discussion in executive session.  The public should also know this was not a matter of contract negotiations or anything else that are permitted in executive session.  Dave Mckane, Maryann Drayton-Rogers, Town Counsel and the secretary were the only ones at the meeting.  The decision on the amount of the legal bill that will be paid for by the Oxford tax payers has not yet (as of this morning) been made public. 
Another question might be "Is an executive session, as used here, a form of hiding the dirt under the rug?"  And what should be ask "why was the findings of the ethics committee not forwarded to the States Attorney Richard Blumenthal for further investigation?"

On an entirely different matter: why was someone (elected official) told to pickup her belongings and escorted out of the Town Hall yesterday?  It has been decided that this story is very big and beyond the scope of this web site.  Oxford-CT.com will not cover it in anyway due to it's a possible criminal case pending.  See local newspapers and/or local news broadcasters for additional information.

Selectmen Still Undecided About Paying Vizzo's Lawyer

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December 8th, 2009 - It seems that Vizzo (Vizzo himself, not his attorney) turned in to the Town Hall an outrageous amount of billing for  his attorney fees.  The decision for the Town of Oxford to pay his attorney fees were tabled until all the billing is completely turned in and an explanation of the charges is received.  The selectman is still undecided what percentage of the attorney fees, if any, will be paid for by the Town of Oxford.  Can you believe that the Selectmen are still considering paying for Vizzo's Lawyer, even though the ethics committee found that Vizzo violated ethics rules and regulation regarding a raise given to Brian Miller, the Town Planner, a raise without disclosing to the Zoning Board his business relationship with Miller.  Next question: is Brian Miller still receiving the raise given to him due to Vizzo?  Can'nt you see Brian Miller laughing all the way to the bank while Vizzo takes the fall?