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DA: No charges against Bonnett The Press saw fit to threaten this site with copyright infringement. Note, however, nothing was illegal due to proper referencing of the source, author and date. I was assured of this by an attorney, but the Press is doing everything in its power to aid Perez in attacking me to have information removed from this site, so erring on the side of caution, henceforth only excerpts will be referenced. Thank you. The Issue: Perez forwarded a formal complaint against Bonnett on March 6, alleging that Mr. Bonnett may have violated state statutes by taking a $44,900-a-year job. Perez fired Bonnett on April 20, 2005, the day after Perez took office. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco released an opinion Wednesday saying Bonnett did not violate any state statutes, criminal or otherwise, when he accepted a city job prior to resigning his position on the Common Council. In a statement, Bonnett, who had declined comment on the matter before Wednesday, referred to the complaint as the mayor's "latest personal attack." "I am at a loss to understand why the mayor has a vendetta against me and why, after so much time has passed, he is insistent upon pursuing baseless claims at taxpayer expense," Bonnett's statement said. "It is time for the mayor and his loyalists to stop trying to run the city with tactics of fear and intimidation and to instead start acting like responsible public servants," Bonnett said. "My conclusion was that Mr. Bonnett did not violate any ethical or applicable criminal statutes either in approaching the mayor or obtaining a job," DeCecco said. Schramm told investigators that a number of aldermen had inquired about employment with the city, not just Bonnett, and Bonnett was hired because he was "the most qualified candidate for the position." Because Bonnett went through the civil service process to get the job, that further distanced him from any wrongdoing, DeCecco said. www.recallperez.com |