Blogs » Latest News

Darien board members plead not guilty

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact ) Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 6:45 p.m.

ELKHORN--The members of the Darien Village Board on Wednesday moved one step closer to a trial.

All seven board members Wednesday afternoon pleaded not guilty in Walworth County Court to charges that they violated the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law.

Board members will next appear in court at 4 p.m. Friday, April 3, for a pre-trial hearing.

For the full story, pick up a copy of Thursday's Janesville Gazette or visit www.GazetteXtra.com.

reader COMMENTS

Click here to view reader comments

(8)

klick
Mar 12, 2009 at 11:32 a.m.
Suggest removal

Reporter Ann Marie Ames i was just yanking SuperDave's chain i will leave the ole boy alone .

aames
Mar 12, 2009 at 9:43 a.m.
Suggest removal

klick-

Phil Putman told me that he asked if community service was an option. Assistant District Attorney Diane Donahoo told him it wasn't, he said.

Here is a link to the full story.

http://www.gazettextra.com/news/2009/mar...

Reporter Ann Marie Ames

klick
Mar 12, 2009 at 12:03 a.m.
Suggest removal

SuperDave when does your trail start ?

klick
Mar 12, 2009 at 12:01 a.m.
Suggest removal

sure(:) trail in the woods aw never mind....

SuperDave
Mar 11, 2009 at 11:38 p.m.
Suggest removal

klick: Do you have any idea what you're talking about? And it's "trial", not "trail". Geez...

klick
Mar 11, 2009 at 9:13 p.m.
Suggest removal

Ok lets have a trail, Guilty as charged ,500 hours community service . 1,000 fine and fire the whole lot and start over. case dismissed.
see how easy that was

prevention
Mar 11, 2009 at 7:26 p.m.
Suggest removal

The entire board is headed towards a trial? Interesting. Guess I'll have to keep abreast of this 'top story' of Darien!

Before you post a comment, consider this:

Note: GazetteXtra.com does not condone or review every comment. Read more in our User Policy Agreement

Keep it clean. Comments that are obscene, vulgar or sexually oriented will be removed. Creative spelling of such terms or implied use of such language is banned, also.
Don't threaten to hurt or kill anyone.
Be nice. No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person.
Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal attack by another user, do not respond in-kind. Hit the "Suggest Removal" button on offensive comments.
Share what you know. Give us your eyewitness accounts, background, observations and history.
Do not libel anyone. Libel is writing something false about someone that damages that person's reputation.
Ask questions. What more do you want to know about the story?
Stay focused. Keep on the story's topic.
Help us get it right. If you spot a factual error or misspelling, email newsroom@gazettextra.com or call 1-800-362-6712.
Remember, this is our site. We set the rules, and we reserve the right to remove any comments that we deem inappropriate.

Post Comment

Commenting requires registration.

News:

Opinion:

Blogs | Columns | Political Cartoons | Polls

Sports:

Multimedia:

Community:

Births | Couples | Obituaries | Death Notices

Blogs

Blog List | Latest Blog Entries

Services:

Reader Rewards | Retail Locations

Copyright ©2007 Bliss Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this material and this site are subject to the GazetteExtra Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Content may not be published, broadcast, re-distributed or re-written.