Letter: Councilman Responds to Rebuking of 6abc Interview
Councilman Rich DiGregorio was chastised Wednesday night by council members for talking to Action News about the possible smoking ban in Lansdale. DiGregorio responded with a letter to the editor on his stance
The following is a letter to the editor sent to Lansdale Patch by Lansdale Borough Councilman Rich DiGregorio in response to his public rebuke by his peers for an interview with Action News 6abc: To the editor: We can all agree that Lansdale Borough council’s proposed ban on smoking is controversial. We, as council members, must weigh potential health issues with the liberty of people to engage in certain behaviors. Regardless of which way you lean on this issue, last night arose an incident that gave me pause for concern and that was Councilman Dunigan’s statement that in the future I should check with the administration before speaking to the press. Councilman Dunigan chastised me for speaking to Walter Perez from Channel 6 Action News …
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Drew Stockmal
4:34 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Let me just say, I wish people on here would use their real names and then things might be more honest and interesting. Here's one man's take. If Boro Admin and other LBC'ers only wanted a simple common courtesy call from Rich and "all would have been OK" I'm wondering why he wasn't politely reminded about the orientation in closed quarters. If I had worked to put the process in place and Rich, … more ›