By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER Emails involving two mayoral candidates in this November’s election and the work to transform the former Memorial Boulevard School are surfacing as the result of two dueling Freedom of Information requests. Several weeks ago, Mike Nicastro, a Democrat and former president of the Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce, submitted a FOI request to City Hall for information regarding the former Memorial Boulevard School, specifically citing information tied to mayoral candidates Ken Cockayne and Ellen Zoppo-Sassu, as well as city councilors Eric Carlson and Henri Martin, the chairperson of the Board of Finance, and heads of the city departments. Nicastro said he also submitted a FOI request involving inbound or outbound emails to the mayor from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Summit Development Corp. In 2013, Summit, a Rhode Island developer, proposed to turn the Memorial Boulevard School building into a housing facility— a project that Cockayne, a city councilor at the time, expressed his support for. After the proposed sale did not pass the City Council vote, the issue of what to do with the building was turned over to the city planner. Nicastro’s FOI requests were officially approved last Wednesday. “I was […]
By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER Emails involving two mayoral candidates in this November’s election and the work to transform the former Memorial Boulevard School are surfacing as the result of two dueling Freedom of Information requests. Several weeks ago, Mike Nicastro, a Democrat and former president of the Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce, submitted a FOI request to City Hall for information regarding the former Memorial Boulevard School, specifically citing information tied to mayoral candidates Ken Cockayne and Ellen Zoppo-Sassu, as well as city councilors Eric Carlson and Henri Martin, the chairperson of the Board of Finance, and heads of the city departments. Nicastro said he also submitted a FOI request involving inbound or outbound emails to the mayor from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Summit Development Corp. In 2013, Summit, a Rhode Island developer, proposed to turn the Memorial Boulevard School building into a housing facility— a project that Cockayne, a city councilor at the time, expressed his support for. After the proposed sale did not pass the City Council vote, the issue of what to do with the building was turned over to the city planner. Nicastro’s FOI requests were officially approved last Wednesday. “I was […]