Clerk called cops: doing her job.Byline: Craig S Craig , Edward Gordon 1872-1966. British theatrical producer, director, and designer whose innovative productions and simplified stage designs influenced modern theater. . Semon STURBRIDGE - The town clerk called the cops on a selectman se·lect·man n. One of a board of town officers chosen annually in New England communities to manage local affairs. Noun 1. selectman - an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns candidate a week before he won his seat. The next week, the clerk and the candidate were hugging each other. On April 6, selectmen SELECTMEN. The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers. candidate Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs R. Creamer was campaigning at Bentwood Drive, off Route 15, when Town Clerk Lorraine Murawski called police to say there was "someone campaigning door-to-door" at the gated community gat·ed community n. A subdivision or neighborhood, often surrounded by a barrier, to which entry is restricted to residents and their guests. . "It had nothing to do with me," she said. "I was doing my job as town clerk, trying to get an answer to a question from a resident." Ms. Murawski, a Bentwood resident, was working at the Town Hall when she got a call from concerned neighbor asking if campaigning on the grounds was allowed. "It's a gated community, and I said I was not aware of whether or not it was legal for somebody to park and walk but that I would check it out," she said. Ms. Murawski said she called police to find out if such solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual was legal. They put her through to an officer and she explained the situation. Even though a resident had invited him into Bentwood, Mr. Creamer said, he parked his car outside and walked onto the grounds. He said he looked to make sure there were no signs posted outside. "There is nothing that says, `No soliciting' and nothing that says, `You can't come on these grounds,'" he said. "I looked just to make sure. So I go in, going door-to-door." After police sent an officer to Bentwood, Ms. Murawski got a call back from police saying Mr. Creamer wasn't doing anything wrong. Shortly afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here , Mr. Creamer drove to Town Hall to file his campaign finance report. He told the town clerk he was very disappointed in her. "(I said to her) Lorraine, you called the police on me? I've known you for six years. I've been nothing but respectful re·spect·ful adj. Showing or marked by proper respect. re·spect  ful·ly adv. to you. You've been good friends to my wife. We've been
nothing but be nice to you," said Mr. Creamer, who has been a
prominent gadfly gadfly, name for various biting flies, especially those that attack livestock, e.g., the botfly and the horsefly. at selectmen's meetings. "You have my cell
phone. You could have called me."
Mr. Creamer said the town clerk told her it was a gated community and private property and no one has ever done what he did before. He said he replied, "Lorraine, no one ever went to 2,000 doors either." The two now see eye to eye and agree that everything is fine. After she read the election results Monday night, in which Mr. Creamer was the biggest vote-getter (with 953) in the selectmen race, Ms. Murawski gave him a big hug and said, "You deserved it." "It was evident to the both of us, the night that I got elected and Lorraine hugged me, that is was no longer an issue," Ms. Creamer said. Yesterday, after being sworn in as selectman, Mr. Creamer reached over Ms. Murawski's desk, returned the hug, and said, "Thank you very much." "It's water under the bridge. It's resolved. There's no problem. He (Mr. Creamer) understands what I was doing as town clerk," Ms. Murawski said. NAME: STURBRIDGE SELECTMEN |
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