Letter: On the recent Little Compton court complaint

Posted 10/27/26

I am afraid that I cannot let this outrageous complaint brought by the Little Compton Town Clerk against the Town Council President go on without saying something.

I have known Patrick McHugh …

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Letter: On the recent Little Compton court complaint

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I am afraid that I cannot let this outrageous complaint brought by the Little Compton Town Clerk against the Town Council President go on without saying something.

I have known Patrick McHugh for 15 years and laughed out loud when I read the article in the Sakonnet Times. To say the actions taken by the Town Clerk are frivolous is a gross understatement. 

To leak it to the press two weeks before the elections? Really? If anyone thinks that this lawsuit is NOT politically motivated, you need to recognize your own naivete. 

I acquiesce to what Gary Mataronas said at the recent forum: “Why can’t we all just get along?”

Bonnie Phinney
Little Compton

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