In the latest edition of the North Country News, Vivien Johnson publishes a “Letter to the Editor” from former, momentary RLECWD General Manager Joseph Sherrill.
Among his usual uneducated rantings comes this gem;
In case you are not aware, Frank and Courtney are under investigation by several
oversight agencies. They have dodged the deposition requests in the SHERRILL Vs. RLECWD
in order to finalize the MOU agreement before the end of the year as the new
“Transparency and Ethics” laws take effect January 1, 2012.
Board member Courtney Caron has replied.
Dear Mr. Sherrill,
I received a telephone call today from a community member asking me about your statement made to the NCN January edition whereby you stated, “Frank and Courtney have dodged the deposition requests in the Sherrill vs. RLECWD in order to finalize the MOU agreement before the end of the year as the new “Transparency and Ethics” laws take effect January 1, 2012.”
The community members asked why I had dodged or missed my deposition. I was somewhat perplexed by this statement as to date I have not been served with any deposition notices to appear, nor has Frank as far as I am aware. I was however contacted by General Counsel Ravi Mehta on December 1, 2011 regarding meeting with the JPIA attorney for an interview. With your vast legal knowledge I am sure that you know the difference between an interview and a deposition, so I will not go into it here. If you feel that I have been noticed for a deposition, please direct me to where this notice can be found as it appears to be a made up lie and a defamatory/slanderous statement made by you and printed by Vivien Johnson.
You or director Johnson could also have easily found out by simply asking the question to General Counsel, or rather your own counsel, that I provided Ravi Mehta with dates per his request, to meet for the interview. Despite your false statement, ALL of the dates I provided him with were prior to the end of the year AND prior to the December meeting where the MOU was finalized. It was the JPIA attorney who asked for the interviews in the first place, who was unavailable due to a previously scheduled trial on his calendar. I was them provided the next available dates for which he was available and those dates fell after the holidays and the 1st of the year. This is once again an open faced lie perpetuated by you and printed by Vivien Johnson.
I have made note of your and director Johnson’s slanderous statement regarding this issue and will be addressing it with my own legal counsel.
Finding out the truth printing the truth and knowing the difference between an interview and deposition were key in this situation, and it is clear that both you and director Johnson chose to ignore all.
No need to reply.
Courtney Caron
A similar letter was sent to publisher Vivien Johnson.
It’s just more of the same from Johnson and her gang. Revisionist history, obscuring the truth, glossing over the details.
