From Jeff''s "sofa"

There have been quite a few references to obstruction of justice and reports that this evidence is on paper and investigations coming, so you the reader may look at this one with a grain of salt and doubt. Before you do that, you may wish to take a trip to the treasurer's office and ask for a copy of the weekly payroll warrant and a copy of the check payable to Jeff Ritter in the amount of $14,000.00. You then want to go to theselectmen office and ask for a copy of the legal bill from K&P for the month of April in the amount of $4,289.00 and pay attention to pages 3 & 4 as you will see reference to settlement agreement. You may also request a copy of employment settlement agreement and release of claims which should be public record since money from a salary account was used to pay it off. You can contact me if these requests are denied as I have copies of legal bill and settlement agreement which I did not sign nor vote for. You then might look to the town by-laws book of Templeton, page 6, Article VII - legal affairs, section 2. The subject is settle claims in excess of one thousand dollars. "settle any claim or suit to which the town is a party, which does not require the payment of an amount in excess of one thousand dollars. No settlement of a claim shall be made without town meeting vote. So if as Bob Columbus, Virginia Wilder and Patrick Mullins said and voted for, the $14,000.00 paid to Jeff Ritter so he could resign was not a settlement or claim, why was the town charged for legal services involving a settlement. My question is did those 3 selectmen obstruct justice, that is deny the legislative branch of the government of Templeton, ie: taxpayers, their right and authority to look over and vote on said settlement? If our by-laws which are approved by the attorney general are worth anything and are legal, how is it those 3 selectmen can get away with not following them? How is it they can interfere with the authority of the taxpayers, who by virtue of the town meeting system are designated the legislative branch in town government? The minutes of the selectmen meeting, including executive session minutes, legal bill, settlement agreement, town by-laws, payroll warrant and check are all there for any citizen to look at and request via a freedom of information act request. My contention is in their quest to bring back K&P law firm, get rid of Jeff Ritter and to bring back carolskelton, columbus, wilder and mullins did in fact obstruct justice, they did interfere with the government of the town of Templeton and they interfered with justice by going to town council to try and separate the response of the town and 3 selectmen involving the suit of carol skeltonafter she was let go by the BOS in October 2011. By trying to split the response to the complaint, it is my opinion and the opinion of the attorney hired by the town, through their insurance company, that the splitting of the complaint favored carol skelton thereby denying the town and equal chance in court with this case. At a meeting in early March 2012, attorney from K&P informed the BOS that he had been put in touch with the chairman about 3 weeks prior to this date by Len Kopelman. That date goes close to the date of February 16, 2012 when those same 3 selectmen voted to bring back K&P as the town law firm and at which time they stated they had had no contact with K&P. My opinion iscolumbus had been talking with K&P on this and other issues for a while. This is 3 selectmen by their votes which are on the record, denying taxpayers having their say and their vote, this is interfering and refusing to answer the questions of the taxpayers who were trying to see if the rules and laws were followed by the very people they think are representing them and their town responsibly. I have the green card that shows the AG office has received these complaints and we will now see who the AG works for and if there is a rule of law for the little guy. Hopefully we can read about these 3 people in court answering these questions.        Jeffrey Bennett