"Don't Complain & Don't Ask" - The Brooks & Hatfield Motto for keeping the people's government running smoothly

It's official -- Brooks, Republican candidate for Jewett City Borough Warden, denied:

"giving Anne Hatfield access to her website or password or asking and obtaining permission from Anne Hatfield to use, copy and paste material considered to be property of the Borough of Jewett City or the Town of Griswold."

It's official -- Brooks, acknowledged:

"copying the Borough of Jewett City portion of the Town of Griswold website and incorporating it to her campaign website."

It's official -- Hatfield, Griswold First Selectman & former election campaign finance treasurer for Brooks stated:

[that she] "did not take or use or authorize anyone else to take or use the Town of Griswold or the Borough of Jewett City seals (copyrighted or not) for the Melinda Brooks election campaign."

Now that -- "Brooks said what she did do and Hatfield said what she didn't do" -- has been officially determined by the State Election Enforcement Commission; let not there be any "songs of exoneration" from the Brooks-Hatfield "she said - she said" political chorus.

Especially, since they are the only two people (in the entire world) who know what they said to each other; and, like a magic act stage show, their stories coincide to "keep the lady in the box from being sawed in half."

Like the Election enforcement commission said, "The Commission has not discovered any evidence to the contrary."

click here to read: February 22, 2007 complaint filed by Ron Ward, Jewett City Party founder and candidate for Borough Warden

click here to read: April 11, 2007 "Findings and Conclusions" issued by the Connecticut Election Enforcement Commission

click here to read: April 4, 2007 "JCP eblog! publishes Facts on Republican candidate's alleged campaign wrong-doing"

click here to read: April 3, 2007 JCP eblog! article "Griswold Town Attorney uses public Tax Dollars to defend Brooks against Allegations of Election Campaign wrong-doing???



"Don't complain" & "Don't ask"

"Don't Complain" -- That is the Brooks plan for "problem solving" and responding to resident complaints. In a April 13, 2007 post on her personal political campaign website (www.jewettcityborough.com), Brooks stated:

"It would appear to me that all allegations of "ELECTION WRONG DOING" that Mr. Ward made, had NO SUBSTANCE other than being an attempt to smear my name and Anne's name.

Mr. Ward also threw out allegations of wasting tax dollars for defense in this matter (also fictitious) when it was actually Mr. Ward who's complaint against a town employee wasted some tax dollars for the town attorney to respond to requests made on the town when the complaint was filed.

I THINK IT IS TO SAY THAT MR. WARD HAS WASTED TAX DOLLARS. REMEMBER THAT ON MAY 7TH."

Apparently, the Brooks "problem solving plan" works sorta like this. If you complain, you better be right. Otherwise, you are wasting tax payer dollars.
click here to read the post.

"Don't Ask" -- That is the Hatfield plan for "freedom of information" requests. In a January 23, 2007 email from Griswold First Selectman Hatfield addressed to Ron Ward, Hatfield stated:

"That is the point I was trying to make "the act of 'creating information to fulfill your request' would be fraud and is something that can't be done. The grant administrator either has documentation of the due diligence record keeping maintained by his office or he does not."

However, I believe my Finance Director has provided you with an adequate response. I will have her revisit your request upon her return next week.

Please note, the amount of time to continue to chase your request for information that doesn't appear to exist is also a waste of taxpayers dollars."

Apparently, the Hatfield "freedom of information plan" works sorta like this. If you ask, I had better be able to find it. Otherwise, you are wasting tax payer dollars.
click here to read the Hatfield email.