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Local business owner accuses police chief of retaliation during council public comment
Summary
James Loftus, owner of the Gardner House Cafe and B&B, used his public-comment time to accuse Chief Johns of converting his emailed questions into an official complaint, described the action as retaliatory and defamatory, and asked risk management to meet with him to resolve the grievance.
During the council’s public-comment period, James Loftus, owner of the Gardner House Cafe and Bed and Breakfast, accused a member of the police department of retaliatory conduct and said a chief’s earlier statement to the council mischaracterized the incident.
Loftus said he requested a rebuttal at the last council meeting…
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