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Five Finger King Luis's New Training CD

A comment sent from a reader on Boss Crespo's latest power grab.

"Well, the du-g cranium Crespo really did himself in this time. He decided to put himself on the Fire Commission by writing in his own name and getting 13 or so alimentary canal holes whom he controls to do the same. Well, he got the most votes and didn't win because he cannot hold both a council job and be on the fire commission. See that would be holding two elective offices which is against state law.

But by ignoring the law and waging this write-in campaign, he deprived the voters of the election of a fireman who got the next highest vote.

The law governing fire commissions say that if the winner of an election cannot or will no serve, the remaining members of the commission appoint a replacement until next year.

Now since the head of the fire commission is also the Democratic Party head in Beverly and since Luis must be doing some obscure favors for her, guess the people's choice will be denied again thanks to corrupt politics.

Luis is not the only du-g cranium on council. Most of his cronies qualify including Five Finger Louie's choice of City Attorney Skippy."

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Additional comment from The Edgewater Park Reporter

A response to "farmer jim"," jb", "car 54","ybf" , "ybff", "R(R)B".

I know this is a hard concept for you to try and understand, but Don Arter and Robert Dovey are no longer public officials and so any personal issues that you try and bring up with your comments about them (not published), has no baring on the fact that Luis Crespo, who is your good buddy, along with his wife (School Board Member) are current elected public officials thus making their personal records relevant.

The fact that you see nothing wrong with an elected official who votes on City issues effecting someone who employees them as a contractor, or who owes back taxes on City property, or who conducts a write-in campaign for City Fire Commissioner knowing that he could not serve both elected positions by state law and who campaigned to get his wife elected to the City School Board, shows that you along with your good buddy, have some serious ethics problems and are a detriment to your qualifications for the position of City Police Chief.

When you are an elected official, your life is an open book for the public to examine so that the public can determine if you are someone they want to represent them in spite of your record. In many cases the public will elect you even with a tainted record, as in the case of Marion Barry in Washington DC.

After emailing both Don and Bob to see if they were intending to run for any public office and receiving the answer of no from both, the Edgewater Park Reporter has determined that their personal history has no baring on our publishing of LC's record, because he is an elected public official.

We also want to point out that there is never any excuse for public corruption, the personal use of government property or influence peddling. We will expose anyone who is an elected public official and carrying out these practices while in office.

If you really want to be Police Chief, I would be careful as to whom I am associating with and remember, when you try and damage someones reputation who you see as competition, well many times it comes back to bite you in the ass.

The Edgewater Park Reporter