Group Protests Part-Time Town Job for Ex-Councilman Besen
The Huntington Town Board appointed Besen, who lost his bid for re-election, as a part-time special attorney in the Town Attorney John Leo's office.
Former Town Councilman Stuart Besen is back on the Huntington payroll. When the Democrat lost his re-election bid in November, Besen also lost his more than $60,000 annual council salary. But the town board voted at its Jan. 12 meeting to bring him back as a part-time special town attorney with a $50,000 per year salary. Several attendees of the Feb. 9 Town Board meeting categorize this as "government waste" and were not timid about expressing their views. "It appears that the hiring of Stuart Besen has not been cleared by the town's own ethics office," said town resident Peter Nichols, who unsuccessfully opposed five-term incumbent Supervisor Frank Petrone in the same election that newest Councilman Mark Mayoka defeated Besen. Nichols …
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7:25 pm on Monday, February 21, 2011
Kelly good job and thanks glad you are giving some traction to Town Hall because it is going to get more flavorful for news reporters over then next 6 months... more ›