From the Styx by Peggy Tibbetts

I’m still pretty busy with further investigations of Mayor Moore’s conduct in office. So this blog may be somewhat of a wash for my local readers. This is meant for those of you following the action from afar.

And since I’m the one who mentioned “investigations”, I need to take a moment to clear the air. The work I’m currently doing on this blog is the result of investigative reporting. If you don’t want to call me a journalist, then don’t. I don’t care. The information I’m posting here is fact, based on CORA requests and interviews with actual living breathing people. Most of the time the people we interview don’t want their names published. Just because I don’t publish their names does not mean the information is not truthful or uncorroborated. I always have more than one source for the information I publish.

We put a lot of time into each investigation, that’s why it takes awhile to come out with new information. I make certain that the information I’m posting is factual and substantiated. Our committee checks out every single piece of information that is given to us. If you reported something to us, we are investigating it. There are no lies or rumors here. Just facts.

You may at times find my style brazen, offensive, or even disrespectful. If you’re intimidated by the facts, then deal with it. But DO NOT call me – or the other committee members – liars. We don’t make this stuff up.

Now I resume my regularly scheduled blog …

Silt was all over the news last week. Here’s the recap –

Silt recall controversy now roils on Internet
By Mike McKibbin

SILT — The possible recall of Silt Mayor Dave Moore is being discussed in more than cafes and stores in the small town along Interstate 70.

An Internet blog, authored by the wife of Silt Mayor Pro-Tem Tod Tibbetts, the recall committee chairman, focuses on the claims and allegations of Moore’s actions that led to the effort to recall him …

This a great article because it’s about me and my blog. Yay! Even though Dave whines about my blog and insists for the umpteenth time that all these violations are “procedural mistakes”. This article got us a whole bunch more signatures. Thanks Dave!

And, in the I Can’t Possibly Make This Stuff Up Dept:

Silt trustee appears in court
Bobby Hays faces felony accusation of stalking
By Pete Fowler

The Silt Town Trustee accused of stalking a woman said the accusations against him are “bogus.”

“I think they’re bogus, but I don’t want to make any more comments,” said Bobby Hays following a hearing for formal filing of charges Wednesday.

The 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed a charge of stalking against Hays. It’s a class five felony that could carry a maximum of three years in prison and up to a $100,000 fine, according to Magistrate Lain Leoniak. She said if extreme circumstances are present, the maximum prison sentence could be extended to eight years.

Hays, 49, said in court that he would like to apply for a public defender …

Oh dear. According to the affidavit the woman said “that Hays had said God told him they were married”. Something tells me God is not speaking to Bobby Hays. But for now it’s just a rumor. I’m still waiting for God to get back to me on that. And I should probably get an angel or two to back him up.

Meet the Silt Trustees
Serving the Public — Silt

Spotlight on a Silt Trustee: Meredith Robinson
Serving the Public — Silt

I’ll refrain from commenting on either of the trustee articles, except to say it’s obvious The Paper’s campaign on behalf of Dave Moore is still going strong.

Town of Silt faces potential lawsuit from terminated worker
By Heidi Rice

SILT – A former town treasurer who was fired from the Town of Silt in late May has served the town with the first paperwork that could possibly lead to a lawsuit over what she claims was her wrongful termination.

Kyra Markiecki, who was employed with the town for seven years, was terminated by the town board at a meeting on May 29.

The allegations on which her firing was based include that she failed to obtain credentials required to perform her duties; did not follow directives and understand her job; chronic absenteeism; disruptive behavior in the work place; and violated the complaint procedures and due process, according to the minutes of the meeting.

The board met in executive session and voted 5-1, with Mayor Dave Moore dissenting, to terminate Markiecki’s employment …

Someone said to me in defense of Mayor Moore: “Well whatever he did, it must not be that bad, cuz the town hasn’t been sued.”

To which I say – YET!

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