A heated election cycle’s decisive races, from the county level to the congressional midterms, drew voters’ attention. We took the first great leaps toward reopening in the post-COVID era. Anything less is a slap in the face to the citizens who approved and paid for this investigation.Every calendar year contains multitudes, but the past one seemed uniquely stuffed. We urge this more transparent approach over the needlessly opaque one the board is currently taking.
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The findings can then be amended as necessary and recommendations thoughtfully debated before being dealt with by the Select Board in full view. If there are disputes to the report’s findings, no better place to air them than out in the open in those hearings. It’s the least that is owed to Monterey residents who deserve to see some meaningful progress toward resolution of this municipal mess. One independent report certainly isn’t going to completely cut through this tangle of tiffs, but the investigation’s findings and recommendations should be subject to hearings, preferably public. Still, town leaders, particularly the Select Board, should not shrink from grappling with it in a serious and official manner. Greene & Hafer investigation report for MontereyĪn apparent leak of the report has given the public a peek. Indeed, the report’s lead investigator highlighted the “tribalism” on both sides of this widening gulf, which the investigator said “expanded the scope of our investigation unreasonably,” ballooning its cost. The Select Board chairman’s dismissive attitude toward an independent investigation that didn’t break the way he wanted is deeply troubling so is the behavior of a vocal critic of his, fellow board member John Weingold, whose long-term solution has been to simply abandon his elected duty and sit out many Select Board meetings, which accomplishes nothing but ensuring the top town board is even more hobbled amid this tumult. To be sure, there isn’t exactly much good light to go around. It shouldn’t be swept under the rug simply because it casts some officials in a bad light. The residents of Monterey paid for this investigation to shed some disinfecting light on the toxic culture undermining their Town Hall.
Further, Select Board Chairman Steve Weisz’s suggestion that in order to “move on” the town should ignore this independent report is not only an unhealthy way to move on but contrary to the notion of open and responsive government. Noe’s job performance as a condition of the Select Board accepting the report. What is not fair is her attorney’s suggestion that the report “review” and “revise” any findings that criticize Ms. She should have her chance to - at a hearing where the report and her rebuttals can be entered into the public record along with responses to them allowing officials to scrutinize any claimed factual inaccuracies. Noe, through her attorney, disputes the report. Letter: Monterey report investigation was performed poorly, unfairly
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