Council Members Upset By Mayor's Facebook and Twitter Attack

Common Council members expressed dismay after reading a blistering attack Mayor Dan Drew leveled at a sub-committee charged with investigating the mayor for employment discrimination and gender bias.
"Why he would issue this halfway-delusional rant in a letter to the Common Council is a big question," Giuliano said. "And why he would put it in social media posts is beyond question. How unglued is he getting?

That investigative report will be delivered to the entire Common Council in executive session at the regular Common Council meeting on Monday. Information in the report has not been available to any Common Council members prior to the issuance of the report. After the Common Council acts on the investigative report, it will be made public.

In a lengthy tirade Thursday, Drew accused the sub-committee of conducting an illegal investigation, spending money on that investigation without appropriate authorization, probing into the personal lives of those being investigated and conducting the investigation as retribution for not participating in patronage hiring. In his post, Drew offered invoices from the investigating attorney as evidence, despite the fact that those invoices were clearly marked "Confidential."The sub-committee was made up of three Common Council members, Democratic majority leader Tom Serra, Democratic council member Mary Bartolotta and Republican majority leader Seb Giuliano. Serra, who led the sub-committee, has been unable to participate in the past two months as he deals with a serious illness."It almost sounds like he thinks we're saying 'The mayor is an S.O.B, let's impeach him," committee member and Council minority leader Seb Giuliano said. "That's not in the cards. It was not the purpose of the investigation. We don't have the power or authority to impeach the mayor, and I wouldn't want it."

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