Council Meeting wrapup for 10/04/2006 Part 2
Next the Counsel for Mr. Rosado was able to present.
He immediately shared that Mr. Rosado had submitted himself to an inquiry of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The ’so what’ moment that followed, evidenced by murmurs from the crowd was extremely telling. Residents are demanding full satisfaction for Mr. Rosado’s dealings. A single act in apparent good faith does not reach deep enough to quell the audience.
He spoke of his ‘unfortunate need to protect’ his client. He then tried for the first, of many times during the evening, to limit the depths of the investigation. I wrote a question to myself “Who draws that distinction?” when he began discussing the separation between Mr. Rosado’s personal business dealings, and his dealings as a council member. My impression is one that Mr. Rosado’s dealings, as an elected public officer, extend to his every dealing, regardless of whether he has drawn a personal line or not.
He then warned against the path of using “taxpayers dollars to duplicate investigation”. This led to a raucous outburst from the residents attending.
