07.31.08
Gilbert swallows foot in letter to Mr. Warner
It seems this week was a banner week for interesting quotes in the Dillon Newspaper - The Dillon Tribune. In an article about the City digging up Mr. Warner’s and Mr. Brenneke’s yards to install water pits, Mr. Gilbert makes some interesting comments -
The article quotes a letter dated July 1, 2008 penned by City Attorney Gilbert responding to the request for information made by Mr. Warner about when the meter project was approved. I would remind the reader that under Montana’s Open Document Law, any citizen of the City has a right to request and receive copies of ANY city document or communication that doesn’t contain “confidential” information. Any minutes of the Dillon City Council woud certainly fall under under the catagory of “City Documents”.
In my recollection serves, the meter project was approved by the council at a meeting from which you were absent. regardless, the project is ongoing, and has reached virtual conclusion. I am not going to spend any of the City’s time and money on extracting the council minutes in which the water project was approved
So to paraphrase… Mr. Gilbert is saying that he remembers the meter project being approved but he isn’t going to do anything as mundane as to actually look to make sure - it would be a waste of time…
What Mr. Gilbert seems to fail to understand is that it is his job to do exactly that. Mr. Gilbert is the legal council for the City of Dillon. He is failing to do his job if he does NOT verify that the meter project was property authorized. I can see the court testimony now….
Judge: Mr. Gilbert, can the City produce documentation of when and how the Meter project was approved?
Gilbert: No, Your Honor. We felt it was a waste of City Time and Money. We remember doing it. You will have to just take our word for it.
That will fly…
I wonder how those shoes he wears taste.
Moorcat
Martin Brenneke said,
August 2, 2008 at 2:14 pm
The response by Mr Gilbert was to me rather than Mr Warner. It was in response to a request I made in writing on6-27-08. If I missed a meeting I still read the minutes from those meetings and I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACTS THAT NO VOTE OF THE COUNCIL WAS EVER TAKEN TO FUND THE FULL PROJECT. Also various councilmen have told me no vote was ever made by the council as a whole up to the time the pit was placed on my property after denying them the right to do so. Maybe Mr Gilbert should refresh his memory or get his facts straight as I am getting tired of His BS.
Moorcat said,
August 2, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Thank you for the correction, Mr. Brenneke. A number of former Councilmen and Councilwomen have gone on record already that this vote never occured and I am reasonably sure that this action was not in keeping with required practice and policy. It should be interesting to see how this City Council addresses the situation.
Moorcat