Residents criticize Becky Hadlock, praise Michael Stolkin in Weston County public comments

Two residents used the public-comment portion of a Weston County meeting to criticize former or current local official Becky Hadlock and to praise Michael Stolkin for his handling of a matter, saying a records request was incomplete and the state public records ombudsman agreed documents were missing.

An unnamed public commenter said, ‘‘Michael Stolkin did things right,’’ and criticized Nathan Todd for ‘‘dressing [someone] down’’ during a prior meeting. The commenter added, ‘‘he said not to pick sides. No. He did pick sides. And he picked Becky Hadlock's side.’’

A second unnamed commenter said the records request that had been sought from Hadlock was incomplete. ‘‘Once we finally got our records request, she was even more wrong because it was incomplete, and the state public records ombudsman admitted that and said that those documents should have been included,’’ the commenter said.

No county action or formal response from county officials was recorded in the transcript. The remarks occurred during the public-comment period and were presented as citizen statements; the transcript does not record verification by county staff of the commenters’ factual claims or any subsequent motion, vote, or official investigation.

The public comments named two county-associated individuals—Becky Hadlock and Nathan Todd—and praised ‘‘Michael Stolkin’’ (name as spoken in the transcript). The transcript does not record Hadlock’s or Stolkin’s responses, nor does it include any county statement about the records request or the ombudsman’s findings.

Because the transcript records only the commenters’ statements, reporting here describes those statements without independent verification.