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The letter shown on page 11 was sent to the Mayor of Lawrence as a
result of the meeting held by the members of the Merrimack Valley
Workforce Investment Board. They content that the meeting was
illegal because it was not properly advertised like all public
meetings should be and their frustration led to this ending.
Herlihy, Koch and Quimby believe that the “MVWIB is now a
toothless old shell. A Regional Board that is a rubber stamp for
the Mayor of the city that just so happens to be the entity that
spends most of the Board’s money (now the City of Lawrence’s
money)” as a
result of the change they voted at that meeting. Mayor Sullivan
proposed an agreement and new bylaws giving him full control of
the funds.
As part of the lawsuit filed last week against the City of
Lawrence and Mayor Michael J. Sullivan by the Executive Director
of the Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board, Shaw Rosen,
under the protection of the “whistler-blower” federal law, she is
trying to recover her reputation and dignity.
Of the many accusations posed in her attorney’s letter, was that
“Mrs. Rosen’s job had been offered as a bribe to obtain support in
the last election.” The name most often mentioned as part of that
deal was that of Councilor Patrick Blanchette. Rumbo posed the
question to Mr. Blanchette and he denied having any knowledge of
such offer.
The Inspector General has now been asked to look into the
possibility of having broken the Open Meeting Laws with that
meeting of February 17.
This information is based exclusively on conversations with the
WIB staff members and the letter sent by Shaw Rosen’s attorney.
Several telephone calls placed to Mayor Michael J. Sullivan and
his Chief of Staff Myles Burke were ignored.
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