Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Several years ago, one of my town's department heads was arrested
for embezzlement of funds. When someone had reported to the first
selectman (effectively the mayor) that this was going on, the first
selectman went to the department head and asked him if the report
was true. The department head denied it. And the matter was dropped.
Did the first selectman have an obligation to the public not to
accept his department head's word, but instead dig deeper to find out the
truth, or...