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Resident alleges false court filing and requests public investigation; council takes no immediate action
Summary
During public comment, Susan Bassie, a local publisher, alleged Commissioner Jeffrey Blum filed a false court declaration concerning an organization’s nonprofit status and said she had filed a complaint with police; the council did not take action during the meeting.
At the start of the Nov. 4 meeting, resident and investigative journalist Susan Bassie used the verbal‑communications period to allege that Commissioner Jeffrey Blum filed a court declaration asserting that an organization called Democracy Tent was a nonprofit, but later told her it was not. Bassie said she had filed a complaint and asked that it be made part of the public record and investigated by police.
Bassie also criticized the town’s public‑records response, referenced past litigation over records and urged the council to make complaint records public even when they were received outside of the posted agenda. Her remarks were delivered during the public‑comment slot; no town official responded on the record during the meeting and the council did not convene a follow‑up discussion.
Because the statements are allegations made during public comment, they remain unproven in this meeting’s record. The council did not announce any investigative steps or responses during the Nov. 4 session.
What happens next: Bassie said she had filed a complaint and asked for it to be public; any formal investigation or records release would be outside the minutes of this meeting and subject to the town’s public‑records and law‑enforcement procedures.
