Talk Mansfield

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This link was begun after the current Town Administrator from Mansfield, Mr. D'Agostino, with the support of local business owner Mr. Saquet, was seriously considered for the position of Town Manager of Middleboro because of the failure of the Search Committee and the Middleboro Board of Selectmen to accomplish their due diligence.
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The documents pertaining to the court case and judgement are posted within the forum.
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At that time, this was written:
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It should be noted that the two Middleboro Selectmen who would have voted for Mr. D'Agostino, Messrs. Rogers and Spataro are computer savvy and certainly capable of doing their own basic internet searches were it not for laziness. Had they done so, they might have re-considered their votes.
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Steven Spataro has spent most of his last term arriving late to the BOS meetings, sat through one meeting text messaging, sat through another eating his supper, did some kind of strange easel presentation that included inaccurate figures, threw a bizarre and embarrassing public temper tantrum targeting a candidate for Town Manager in the first round of the Town Manager search process, couldn't stop giggling when an applicant for a Used Car Dealers' license explained that he NEVER accepted delivery of his inventory on his property because his business was conducted on the internet, and is generally unprepared for meetings. It's a good thing he's moved his seat, so now he arrives on time. Mr. Spataro has spent all of this time on the BOS and recently was surprised to discover that excise taxes are paid to the Town and retained by the Town. And there's much more, like his current folly for Public Safety Director. That's before we even discuss substantive issues.
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If this were some kind of comedy routine, Mr. Spataro might have a place, but this is a public meeting for the purpose of conducting the Town's business.
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BTW, Mr. Spataro's term expires in April. Along with other municipalities and the Commonwealth, we are confronted with difficult fiscal times. An incumbent who has failed to attend any of the free courses and seminars offered during his tenure to develop an understanding of the Town's finances during his term needs to be replaced. His non-published telephone number speaks volumes about his concern

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The Administrator of the TalkMansfield discussion forum has advised of the new URL.

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This link was begun after the current Town Administrator from Mansfield, Mr. D'Agostino, with the support of local business owner Mr. Saquet, was seriously considered for the position of Town Manager of Middleboro because of the failure of the Search Committee and the Middleboro Board of Selectmen to accomplish their due diligence.

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The documents pertaining to the court case and judgement are posted within the forum.

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At that time, this was written:

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It should be noted that the two Middleboro Selectmen who would have voted for Mr. D'Agostino, Messrs. Rogers and Spataro are computer savvy and certainly capable of doing their own basic internet searches were it not for laziness. Had they done so, they might have re-considered their votes.

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Steven Spataro has spent most of his last term arriving late to the BOS meetings, sat through one meeting text messaging, sat through another eating his supper, did some kind of strange easel presentation that included inaccurate figures, threw a bizarre and embarrassing public temper tantrum targeting a candidate for Town Manager in the first round of the Town Manager search process, couldn't stop giggling when an applicant for a Used Car Dealers' license explained that he NEVER accepted delivery of his inventory on his property because his business was conducted on the internet, and is generally unprepared for meetings. It's a good thing he's moved his seat, so now he arrives on time. Mr. Spataro has spent all of this time on the BOS and recently was surprised to discover that excise taxes are paid to the Town and retained by the Town. And there's much more, like his current folly for Public Safety Director. That's before we even discuss substantive issues.

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If this were some kind of comedy routine, Mr. Spataro might have a place, but this is a public meeting for the purpose of conducting the Town's business.

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BTW, Mr. Spataro's term expires in April. Along with other municipalities and the Commonwealth, we are confronted with difficult fiscal times. An incumbent who has failed to attend any of the free courses and seminars offered during his tenure to develop an understanding of the Town's finances during his term needs to be replaced. His non-published telephone number speaks volumes about his concern.

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TalkMansfield and Middleboro's Connection

During the process of the Middleboro Search Committee evaluating potential candidates for a new Middleboro Town Manager, a few computer savvy folks did an internet search and raised issues about the current Mansfield Town Manager, Mr. D'Agostino who was among the final 3 contestants submitted to the Middleboro Board of Selectmen.

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At that time, I raised issues of the Search Committee failing to do appropriate due diligence, as well as the cheer leading done by a Middleboro business owner, Bob Saquet who is Town Moderator of Mansfield.

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It should be noted that the two Middleboro Selectmen who would have voted for Mr. D'Agostino, Messrs. Rogers and Spataro are computer savvy and certainly capable of doing their own basic internet searches were it not for laziness. Had they done so, they might have re-considered their votes.

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Although this might seem to be ancient history, viewing the weekly Middleboro Board of Selectmen's meetings clearly indicates that the failure to investigate facts, failure to review issues and the failure to govern the Town of Middleboro in an informed and professional manner remains mostly unchanged.

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The link to TalkMansfield is posted at the right for periodic review. Contained within the discussion forum is a document library that's worth a review. A poster named JohnnyDog02048 has posted many of the court documents on the Town Hall portion of the forum and there's a thread regarding Mr. Saquet's letters to the editor. The caliber of discussion of some pretty heated topics is well disciplined and respectful. Middleboro might take a few lessons from Mansfield.

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Ancient History Always Returns to Haunt

During the process of attempting to hire a replacement for the retiring Middleboro Town Manager, Jack Healey, there were numerous criticisms I launched about the process and the candidates.

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During the last round, the candidates presented included the current Town of Mansfield Town Manager.

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Last week, I encountered several people who are active, involved and paying attention who believed that they might have selected Mr. D'Agostino and were unaware of the surrounding information. The following has been posted on the Mansfield discussion forum that appears to provide respectful comments and a broad range of viewpoints.

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Although the information is too broad to quickly review, for those who would like additional information regarding what a poor choice of candidate Mr. D'Agostino appears to be based solely on publicly available information, a review of TalkMansfield might be helpful.

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Mr. D'Agostino presented a credible, convincing facade and had the support of a Middleboro business owner, Robert Saquet who is Town Moderator of Mansfield, but the selection committee and the Board of Selectmen went no further. This is not to suggest that Middleboro need be mired in the issues surrounding any other town regarding their town manager in the search process, but merely to suggest that you don't arrange a long term marriage without meeting the family.

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As a footnote: there was much respectful discussion surrounding the most recent selection on a local discussion forum, nemasket. (Participation requires registration.) It appears that only one Middleboro Selectmen can be bothered to read what is being posted.

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Because of my limited free time, comments have backlogged my mailbox and most have been deleted in an effort to catch up. Apologies if yours was included. If you believe it was important and want to see it posted, please re-post.

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