How do you unwrap an enigma
about a man and his town?
How do you separate wheat from
shaft
as you shake allegations,
searching for the facts?
There is a responsibility
weighing heavily here.
There is a need to paint,
with not too wide a swath,
the portrait of this man --
He is sinew and flesh.
He is a blend
of contradictions and certainties,
like any other man.
He fears.
He is under fire.
He is in our hands.
We must be gentle.
*Through 2008 to 2013, Bridgewater's long standing
first selectman was under fire in the press as lawsuits,
allegations and investigations haunted his last years
in office.
