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After reading the latest articles regarding the process utilized to fill my board seat, I am deeply saddened by the actions of the Thomson Township board.
It’s obvious mistakes were made. It appears some of the mistakes were theirs, some the township attorney’s. Regardless, I ask that both parties own these mistakes so the community may move on with them.
I served in this seat for six years with the same veracity and passion that characterized my decade of service in the Marine Corps. I believed in openness.
Even if they thought a closed session was legal, it was the wrong thing to do. I ask t...