Just when I thought it was over!
Just when I thought I could finally leave the cold weather for some well deserved sailing in the warm climes of SW Florida; just when I thought it was safe to turn off my computer, I received this email from Park Ridge Board Vice President, Rick Biagi:
Note: I decided to reformat and present the contents of the email in the manner below for easier reading.
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| “My name is Rick Biagi and I currently serve as the Vice President of the Park Ridge Recreation and Park District, Board of Commissioners. I was elected by the taxpayers of Park Ridge to serve as a Commissioner in 2009. My current term ends in 2013. I am speaking in my capacity as one elected Commissioner and in no way represent or warrant that my statements are those of the entire Board of Commissioners. For the better part of the last eighteen months, I have witnessed a situation involving the Park Ridge Senior Center spiral completely out of control, for reasons that have totally evaded me up until November of 2011. I have been subjected to personal attacks by members of the Park Ridge Senior Center as has my wife. My character and credibility has been brought into question by these same people, as has the character and credibility of some of my fellow elected Commissioners and certain members of the staff. I have seen false accusations hurled at elected officials and staff of the Park District by members of the Senior Center and the Board of Senior Services, Inc. and I have seen vicious rumors and lies promulgated by these same individuals. In recent days, I have been informed of a vicious verbal assault on a member of the Park District management as well, in which a police report was apparently filed. In good conscience, I can no longer stand by quietly and allow these rumors, lies and ad hominem attacks continue, without setting the record straight, once and for all. In the following, I will attempt to address a number of the false accusations, rumors and/or outright lies that were promulgated, with facts that I can personally attest to in my capacity as an elected official. Moreover, I intend to discuss the substance of this communication with the entire Board at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on Thursday, January 5, 2012.
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The emails also revealed that Ms. Grodsky, Commissioner Vile and certain members of the SSI Board and at least one of their legal counsel were actively sharing and commenting on the privileged and confidential communications from the Board/PRRPD and/or the Park District attorney. It is my understanding that Ms. Grodsky was questioned in detail by the Executive Director regarding her participation in these actions and that, following the advice of the District's Legal Counsel as well as the counsel for the District’s insurer (PDRMA), the Executive Director would seek Ms. Grodsky’s agreement to retire. At no time during these initial investigations or consultations with Legal Counsel was the Board, en banc, apprised of the situation. It was not until the November Board meeting that the Board was consulted in closed session, with Counsel for the District and PDRMA present. Copies of all relevant emails are being forwarded to the Park Ridge Herald Advocate and the Park Ridge Journal-Topics newspapers. |
| Q. Prior to October/November 2011, was there any indication that the Executive Director or other staff wanted to terminate Ms. Grodsky for cause or for any other reason. A. No. |
| Q. Was Ms. Grodsky given compensation in return for her agreement to retire/resign. A. It was agreed that she would be able to continue to be employed by the PRRPD until January 1, 2012, in order to achieve certain employment time periods related to pension calculations. When Ms. Grodsky signed the Supplemental Severance Agreement on 1/2/2012, she was entitled to get 4 weeks vacation time and 4 personal days, which will take her through 2/6/12 and from then until 3/30/2012 she will receive $11,065.40 in pay; she has acknowledged that this is more money, compensation and benefits than she would be entitled to receive from the Park District otherwise. As of 1/2/2012, she has been placed on personal leave and will perform no further work for the District. |
| Q. Was there a concerted effort by the Board to have Ms. Grodsky induced to retire? A. No. There were several individual Commissioners who did not oppose losing her as an employee. However, the hiring/firing of employees other than the Executive Director is generally not a Board matter. It would, in my opinion, take the action of the entire Board in open session to vote affirmatively to direct the Executive Director to terminate the employment of a particular employee; however, such a direction is not necessary, as the Executive Director has the power and authority to hire, fire, or otherwise negotiate (within certain limits) the termination or departure from employment of any subordinate employee when warranted. During my tenure the Board has never instructed the Executive Director to terminate an employee. |
| Q. Was the Board briefed in closed session on the circumstances surrounding Ms. Grodsky’s departure? A. Yes |
| Q. Did the Board take any action related to Ms. Grodsky following those closed session discussions? A. No. |
| Q. At any time did the Board instruct the Executive Director or any other staff member to close the Senior Center? A. No. |
| Q. Did the issue of the Betty Kemnitz trust/bequest have anything at all to do with Ms. Grodsky’s departure? A. No. |
| Q. Is the Board and/or the PRRPD District involved in any legal action regarding the Betty Kemnitz trust/bequest? A. The Park District Attorney has been informed by the attorney for the trustee of the Kemnitz Trust that he will be filing such a lawsuit imminently for the purpose of having a court determination made as to the rightful recipient of the approximately $335,000 bequest to the Senior Center. It is anticipated that the Illinois Attorney General's office will be a party to the lawsuit, as overseer of charitable foundations and the like. |
| Q. Did Commissioner Vile have the authority to share attorney-client privileged documents with the SSI Board and/or Ms. Grodsky? A. No, and by doing so, Commissioner Vile not only arguably waived the privilege, without authorization, belonging to the Board and the Park District but he also waived the privilege belonging to 38,000 taxpayers. |
| Q. Is the Park District and the Board committed to maintaining vibrant programming and socializing activities for seniors at 100 S. Western? A. Yes.
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| Rick Biagi Neal & McDevitt, LLC This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
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As you can see, the only thing missing from Board Vice President Biagi’s email is: It’s all true – I swear by my tattoo!
Mr. Biagi thought it important to support his assertion of betrayal with this data dump.
Godsky.vile.SSI Email Communications
Note: I took a quick review of the file and noticed that documents I would have expected to see were missing. No problem though, that’s what the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is for.
A couple of observations if you will:
- It (Battle for Senior Center) was over!
- Mr. Biagi and Ms. Wynn-Ryan got their “clubhouse” back.
- Ms. Grodsky was removed.
- The Senior Center has been under complete control of the Park District and its Board since January 2011.
- Seniors, although dejected and unhappy, were coming to grips with the new situation.
- Things were calming down.
It was over and now it’s not!
Apparently, these “successes” were not enough to overcome Mr. Biagi’s upset.
And by the way, in my opinion, anyone believing that the creation of these emails were a “loose canon” exercise by a overly distraught attorney and seasoned Park District Board VP, is kidding themselves. I talked to a couple of people today who know Mr. Biagi. None of them considered him a “loose canon”.
In the end, Mr. Biagi told us what we needed to know about this story or at least why the data was exposed at this time:
| “Q. Is the Board and/or the PRRPD District involved in any legal action regarding the Betty Kemnitz trust/bequest? A. The Park District Attorney has been informed by the attorney for the trustee of the Kemnitz Trust that he will be filing such a lawsuit imminently for the purpose of having a court determination made as to the rightful recipient of the approximately $335,000 bequest to the Senior Center. It is anticipated that the Illinois Attorney General's office will be a party to the lawsuit, as overseer of charitable foundations and the like.” |
Where do things go from here?
Over the next few weeks we will be reviewing these documents and putting them in context. The story of the PRPD Senior Center is about money and power. It’s about people in power and those who are not. And it is the human side of the story that interests me and that’s where I hope to focus.
And just so I might clear up a couple questions up front, and so that I might state my bias precisely, let me restate in public for the umpteenth time, my position in this matter.
- I do not care if there is a Park Ridge Senior Center.
- I do not care if there is a contract.
- I do not care if there is a Park Ridge Park District for that matter.
- I do however, care how tax-paying citizens (senior or not), are treated by their elected officials. And Senior Center members are tax-paying Senior Citizens who have been in my opinion, treated miserably in this affair.
In the end, in spite of the public diversion that will take place because of the document dump presented by Mr. Biagi, we will all quickly come to the conclusion that it’s all about the old Seniors Center regime. First, the reacquisition of the “clubhouse” and second, relieving the regime of it’s trust money.
So I guess I’m not going sailing for a while!
Gee, thanks Rick!
As always, it’s just my opinion.
21 comments:
Jesus Christ, what have they done?
Forget Park Board President. Can we get Rick Biagi to run for Mayor? I like a guy who understands the management food chain and doesn't try to insert himself into every decision.
You are absolutely correct. It is about money and power. Seniors Inc. wants the money and the power and as a taxpayer, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT! Get over it.
The "Senior Center" is a PRPD property and if it can be used for other uses while still serving the needs of the senior community then it should serve the community as a whole. Hey look! The teens in this town would love to have a clubhouse to use as well! Why not share the property?
The seniors who use this facility need to get over that their "Shepard" is gone.. Does that mean she can't continue on helping all her so called "flock"? No.. If she cared that much, she would continue on as a volunteer and help all the seniors who need her.
The seniors have absolutely no problem with sharing the building. As a matter of fact, they had asked why trhe building wasn't being advertised for additional use, as some of the other buildings in Park Ridge have been. The seniors wanted to add revenue to help out. The seniors also ran benefit after benefit to raise money to help out with the deficit. So why don't you get it straight before you start castigating the seniors.
The content of the post Jan 7 at 9:41 am is ENTIRELY untrue. The cabal of uber-users objected strenuously to any outside use that might have non-club-members touching the pool table or any other item "donated" to the place. Use of the washrooms was actively discouraged; those screeching that this is not a fact know full well it was a fact until a fuss was made and so much egg was on their faces they had to make a big show of relenting. The benefits for the most part netted, after expenses, at best a couple thou each and in many cases did not take into consideration high-priced staff costs and other incidental costs as part of the expenses until a fuss was made about inaccurate accounting. Lunches that grossed $6 a head were added revenue, but at that rate, MacDonald's would not be able to sell enough to offset the operating deficits. These fundraising benefits and similar events were key to the Senior Services, Inc.'s whole purpose as a foundation but that would have been overlooked had the cabal not fought so bitterly to keep the Park District from using any part of the building for alternative revenue generation on its own. That's the sad, straight truth. Successful fundraising organizations don't have to rely almost entirely on bequests to provide value, and unsuccessful ones certainly don't deserve to be able to bully and slander and libel innocent others to try to distract the public from the facts. Fortunately, Most of the Senior Center members are pleasant, polite, contributing and fun individuals who are an asset to our community; for them, the future looks bright.
Great job Rick...thank you for doing the right thing!
Anon: January 6, 2012 7:13 AM,
Well, I guess it’s time for me to weigh in.
You said: “Jesus Christ, what have they done?”
My Response: What Commissioner Biagi has done, supposedly by himself, is open the curtain, and for the first time in “over 18 months” as Biagi suggests, given the public and the seniors specifically, an opportunity to peak behind that curtain to find out what the Great Oz really had in mind. Like Mr. Trizna, I am a big fan of transparency from public bodies. Mr. Biagi’s display of, as some might call it, the Board’s/District's “dirty laundry”, is refreshing and long overdue.
Well, the Genie’s out of the bottle and as I see it, I'm sorry to say, no ones going to come out of this farce unscathed!
Anon: January 6, 2012 8:03 AM.
You said: “Forget Park Board President. Can we get Rick Biagi to run for Mayor? I like a guy who understands the management food chain and doesn't try to insert himself into every decision.”
My response: I too think Mr. Biagi should “forget Park Board President”. I also think he should do the same regarding the Park Board Vice Presidency as well as his position as PRPD Commissioner. Mr. Biagi’s recent act, in my opinion, inflicted substantial damage to the reputation of the Park Ridge Park Board and the Park District as well as himself.
Why do I say that?
Mr. Biagi leaked documents involved in a personnel matter; the investigation and forced resignation of a highly respected and honored (just to mention one; 2009 PRPD Employee of the Year), 35-year public employee. By the way, I don’t think this duplicitous act went unnoticed by other employees working for this and other Districts.
By LEAKING these documents as he did, Mr. Biagi, in my opinion, broke an implicit agreement made between the District and Ms. Grodsky, an agreement which kept Ms. Grodsky from publicly revealing the truth; that she was leaving her long held position under duress, forcing her to lie to the newspapers and lie face-to-face to the Senior’s she served.
PRPD Commissioner Biagi is not the “whistle-blower” he currently portrays himself to be, but rather, in my opinion, a self-promoting tin-horn-tooter! In the end, the difference between one and the other can be found in one word: INTENT.
You know, the more I think about it, Mr. Biagi's current credentials WOULD make him a highly qualified candidate for Park Ridge Mayor!
As to your second comment, was that made in tongue-in-cheek?
Reasonable minds have prevailed and the issue is over. Life goes on. Enjoy the Senior Center, it too will continue. Ken, enjoy the boat.
Anon: January 6, 2012 8:24 AM,
You said: “You are absolutely correct.”
My response: You should have stopped there!
You said: “It is about money and power. Seniors Inc. wants the money and the power and as a taxpayer, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT! Get over it.”
My response: Lets start with a few truths:
Money is power! If the seniors control the money they have the power. If the Park District Board controls the money they have the power. Who has the money now? The Seniors! Who wants the money now? The Park Board! So who are the power-luster’s here? If you answered “PARK BOARD” you got an “A”! And who are you, Anonymous that you can say “You can’t have it” and “Get over it.”?
You said: “The "Senior Center" is a PRPD property and if it can be used for other uses while still serving the needs of the senior community then it should serve the community as a whole. Hey look! The teens in this town would love to have a clubhouse to use as well! Why not share the property?”
My response: You need a thought adjustment. The Senior Center is not PRPD property. The Senior Center building is. The Senior Center are people! As to the use of the building, it is and was since January 1, 2011 under full control of the Park Ridge Park District. It can be used as they wish. If it is not being used to your liking, see them! As to your “Teen Center”, I wrote about that in my first blog post. You really should read it!
You said: “The seniors who use this facility need to get over that their "Shepard" is gone.. Does that mean she can't continue on helping all her so called "flock"? No.. If she cared that much, she would continue on as a volunteer and help all the seniors who need her.”
My response: You also need an empathy adjustment. I’m sure as heck glad I’m not your best friend. The rest is not worth my time.
Anonymous 8:14
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Reading your post clarified and reinforced for me why this situation with the Senior Center has deteriorated into the complete mess that it is in. And that is primarily because of your attitude about it all, which is shared by some others in the community.
You are clearly an insider into this situation. I, too, am an insider, which is why I know that you are. But we are insiders on opposite sides. Let me share my views of your "take" and my own perspective with the readers of this blog.
Your statements are inflammatory and inaccurate, and reflect your underlying attitude about the state of affairs that has made that state of affairs so bad.
· You refer to the senior center members as a "cabal" of "uber-users." The connotation of those terms is negative, shady, evil, and superior to boot.
· You say that seniors went about "screeching." A screech is strident and annoying.
· You say the seniors “bully and slander and libel innocent others to try to distract the public from the facts.” Wow. These are strong accusations of immoral or illegal actions, cast out without any specificity.
· You denigrate the contributions of Senior Services, saying their benefits “netted... at best a couple thou....”
Over the years, Senior Services has contributed at least $1,000,000 to the benefit of the senior center, and the vast majority of those contributions come from senior center members themselves, in the form of estates or smaller contributions made in a variety of ways during the lives of members.
· You also make a jab at the $6 "just lunch" program at the senior center, and in so doing, insult the seniors who came up with the idea for it and work at it-- all of which was done to help raise money for the center.
The language you use, and the way you use it, reflects an underlying attitude of deep disrespect. Believe me, the seniors on the receiving end of such terms heard your message loud and clear and felt that disrespect and disdain in the fiber of their beings.
Anonymous 8:14 continued…
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And then you get your facts wrong. You say that “the cabal” (again, that term!) fought “bitterly [emphasis added] to keep the Park District from using any part of the building for alternative revenue generation on its own.” This is absolutely not true. The building has been used for years by other groups, and seniors were more than amenable to finding ways to increase revenues at the building.
· Dog training is held there in the evenings, and has been for many, many years. Seniors did not object to this.
· In the summer, childrens camps are run out of rooms in the building. Seniors did not object to this.
· There was no resistance from seniors when the Park District decided recently to use an additional room for summer camps, which brought in an additional $30,000 per year.
· Seniors agreed in writing to allow greater use of the facility generally in the last draft of the use agreement (which was never accepted by the Park Board).
· Seniors understood when Park District staff recommended cutting the janitorial services at the center in half to save a hefty amount, and made no objection.
You also state that seniors object “strenuously to any outside use that might have non-club-members touching the pool table or any other item ‘donated’ to the place.” This is also untrue.
The seniors are currently allowing the Park District to use many of the items seniors own in the building for other programs the Park District is running, which includes all the chairs and tables, the pianos, etc... Seniors have simply asked that use of some of those more valuable or fragile items by people other than seniors be approved in advance.
That’s not unreasonable at all.
It’s just the seniors protecting their own property. The seniors pay to insure those items, and they have a right to reasonably limit the use of them.
You need to look in the mirror and realize your own role in this situation, and the role of others who share your attitude. If you treat people badly, negative things will happen. If you insult and dictate, people will fight back.
Here's the sad truth: the Park Board had all kinds of chances to avoid this mess, and consistently chose not to take that path. About a year ago, Mr. Ochromowicz, the former director, recommended that the Board sign the proposed agreement that he and the Park Board attorney negotiated with Senior Services. He felt it was the right thing to do on balance. He suggested that the Board see how things worked out with the changes agreed on before deciding to end a long-term cooperative relationship.
The Board said NO.
Seniors also suggested that a one year extension of the contract be signed, which would give both sides a chance to figure out how to raise more money at the center, see how the agreed on changes worked.
The Board said NO.
Now that relationship is destroyed, and the very loved and respected Teresa Grodsky is gone.
For those “pleasant, polite, contributing and fun individuals who are an asset to our community” the future does not ook “bright.”
Even that statement is insulting.
Mr. Butterly, thank you for providing this forum. As a 28 year resident of Park Ridge, I am truly appalled by the conduct that has come to light concerning the inappropriate actions of PRRPD employee Teresa Grodsky, PRRPD Commissioner Steven Vile, and some of the members of the Park Ridge Senior Center, in particular, members of the Senior Senate.
After reading the e-mails you posted from Commissioner Biagi, I would be extremely interested in reviewing Ms. Grodsky’s job description to see if her duties included: (1) Being a liaison between the Senate and the Park District (as stated by Ms. Grodsky in an e-mail); (2) Proofreading SSI Board Minutes; (3) Proofreading a “Letter to the Editor” authored by Senior Senate President Barbara Ingolia concerning an incident which took place at a PRRPD Meeting; (4) Obtaining a “Certificate of Good Standing” from the Secretary of State’s website for a Not-For-Profit Corporation; (5) Sending and retrieving e-mails from her personal e-mail account on Park District time and, I am assuming, on a Park District computer; and (6) Sending and retrieving numerous other e-mails which dealt with delicate and confidential matters.
It appears by an e-mail that Ms. Grodsky may have suggested to Commissioner Vile that he serve a term on the SSI Board. On or about May 15, 2011, Commissioner Vile consulted with PRRPD Attorney Tom Hoffman as to whether a conflict of interest would exist. I wonder how much it cost the Park District (ultimately the taxpayers) for Attorney Hoffman to render an opinion (by e-mail on a Sunday) that should have been quite obvious to Commission Vile. I wonder if the other Commissioners privy to his consultation.
Collectively, these e-mails not only demonstrate a concerted effort and a pattern of unprofessional conduct by both Ms. Grodsky and Commissioner Vile, but reflect their complete disregard and disrespect for the PRRPD (Ms. Grodsky’s employer) and the PRRPD Board of Commissioners (of which Commissioner Vile is a duly elected member). It isn’t hard to determine exactly where both of their loyalties lie.
Finally, based on what I have read, 30 years ago, some perceptive residents had the foresight to start a Senior Center. They combined all their time, effort, talents and money to create a place where they could all go and socialize, the likes of which still exists today. Sadly, most, if not all, of those residents are now gone, but I am quite confident that each and every one of them experienced tremendous pride and enjoyment in what they accomplished. The present members of the Senior Center still have a place to go and socialize seven days a week. The “100 people” who volunteer at the Center do so because they want to, not because they have to. Who doesn’t feel good when doing something with and/or for other people? Unfortunately, some (and certainly not all) of the Senior Center members feel an entitlement for what they do, and for what they have done, for the Center. In so doing, they have roused other members and people to join in “their cause”.
What has happened to Commissioner Biagi, and others, is unconscionable. As a senior, I had just recently contemplated joining the Center; however, based on the foregoing, at this point in time, I have no intention of doing so.
Again, thank you for allowing me to express my opinion.
Anon 10:21
I was hoping you could you tell me what you mean when you say "What has happened to Commissioner Biagi, and others, is unconscionable."
What exactly has happened to Mr. Biagi and the others?
Dear 28 year resident of Park Ridge,
I've also read those emails, and I guess I don't see it the same as you.
If Teresa didn't like or respect something the board was doing (and she has a right to her opinion) I guess I am wondering what the heck that board was doing. She was around longer than any of them. She was very good at her job. She understood things. Maybe she was frustrated. Maybe her frustration was because they were doing a bad job handling things with the senior center. But I didn't see anything in there that was bad enough to let them fire her. And I see now they were going to do that, or were talking about it anyway. Mr. Vile was of the same view it seems. I think we should be looking at what both of them were frustrated by. And that seems to be the park board itself. What they did or didn't do to help the situation.
By the way, the place is not the same. People started it up 30 years ago, you are right about that. It wasn't the park district that did that. It was people, and the place was run by the members. But now the park district doesn't want the people to have any say in what happens and they want all the money the members bring in. That's why they feel mad about things. I can tell you aren't a member, or you would get it.
signed,
35 year resident of Park Ridge
Mr. Butterly, what has happened to Commissioner Biagi, and others, is fully disclosed in his “Statement”, which you have provided to your readers. In particular, the “personal attacks, accusations, vicious lies and rumors” are specifically what I consider to be unconscionable.
Dear 35 Year Resident of Park Ridge:
It’s okay if you don’t interpret the e-mails the way I do; everyone does have a right to their own opinion.
Even though I do not personally know Ms. Grodsky, I won’t dispute that “she was very good at her job”. After all, she had to be to retain the position of Sr. Center Manager for 30 years.
Ms. Grodsky was not fired; she tendered her resignation (yes, at the suggestion of the Superintendent). Although I cannot say for sure, but had she been fired, it is possible that her pension could have been jeopardized.
Ms. Grodsky was hired by the PRRPD to be the Manager of the Sr. Center. She cannot be an employee of the Park District and participate in actions that constitute a conflict and/or are detrimental to her employer. If she was frustrated with what was going on with the Sr. Center, as hard it was, she needed to step back. Instead, it appears she chose to “join forces” with the Commissioner Vile and some of the Sr. Senate members. In so doing, she was given the option of either resigning or getting terminated. I suspect that based on her past performance as Manager, she was given the chance to resign rather than being immediately terminated.
Maybe I should reconsider joining just to see if I can get it.
Sincerely,
28 Year Resident of Park Ridge
Anon: January 15, 2012 12:51 PM,
The statement Mr. Biagi purposefully distributed to Mr. Trizna’s “Watchdog”, Pioneer Press, Journal-Topics and Butterly on Senior Issues, and presented here in its entirety, did not “disclose” anything. Mr. Biagi merely complained of, as you put it, “personal attacks”, “accusations”, “vicious lies” and “rumors”. Nowhere in his remarks did Mr. Biaci specify examples of those “personal attacks”, “accusations”, “vicious lies” and “rumors”.
What I find unconscionable with your comment is your use of Mr. Biagi’s unsubstantiated complaints; unsupported accusations used to justify his apparent attack, (and I consider his data dump an attack) on Ms. Gradsky and Fellow Board Member Vile, without you’re first taking the time to find out if his accusations are true.
It seems to me the Bard said it best: he “doth protest too much, methinks."
Mr.Butterly,
Commissioner Biagi’s Statement did, in fact, “disclose” the real reason for Ms. Grodsky’s rather unexpected “resignation”. Am I correct in stating that you even assumed that the Park Board “fired” Ms. Grodsky?
You are absolutely correct in your assertion that Commissioner Biagi did not state, with specificity, the personal attacks, etc. against him and others. In this case, I personally did not need to hear specifics. I have read some troubling comments made on your blog by a FEW (and I emphasize the word “FEW”) people; comments made well before the data dump.
What do you think Commissioner Biagi’s alternative was to ceasing the “unsubstantiated and unsupported” personal attacks, etc.?
Anon: January 16, 2012 11:28 AM and January 15, 2012 12:51 PM,
Let’s stay on target. We were discussing “personal attacks”, “accusations”, “vicious lies” and “rumors”, not the Grodsky resignation.
You say you have “no need to hear specifics”. I assume you mean read specifics from Mr. Biagi, regarding alleged “personal attacks”, “accusations”, “vicious lies” and “rumors” on him or his family by others.
That’s odd. Why wouldn’t you be curious? Mr. Biagi issued a very powerful and possibly libelous charge against UNKNOWN members of HIS community. HE made them in a very OBVIOUS and PUBLIC WAY. No one else made them for him. I know I didn’t. Obviously, you believe him, and wish to remain dumb, naïve, uninformed and clueless. So be it!
Mr. Biagi is a local political want-a-be, albeit in my opinion, a poor one at that. He made the charges! He needs to back up those charges with specifics.
Mr. Biagi needs to publicly tell us whom he is charging.
He needs to publicly tell us the names of these “personal attackers” and a description of the attacks. He needs to publicly tell us the names of his “accusers” and the accusations that have upset him.
We need to know the accusations!
Mr. Biagi needs to publicly tell us who issued those “vicious lies” and “rumors”, and what those lies and rumors are. He needs to publicly explain himself!
I might have been happy to discuss those charges with him on this site. He didn’t come. Instead I got you! And you’ve brought nothing to the party!
One more thing; the turmoil Mr. Biagi is feeling is one that one often gets when one kicks a person when they’re down; the seniors, Mr. Vile and Ms. Grodsky in this case. All things considered, maybe it time for Mr. Biagi to consider resigning - for everyones sake!
I am not dumb, naive, uninformed or clueless, and this is not a party.
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