Berkley Crime Report

Transparent Bob Longton was exposed to the public at his first Board of Selectmen meeting on Friday. Without his campaign team sitting behind the desk to hold his hand, Longton refused to answer a resident’s question about the details of his write in petition. Instead he deflected and redirected her to file a public records request to obtain the information. When questioned again, he claimed that he couldn’t recite the specifics.

Resident: “What prompted you to think that a recount was necessary?”

Transparent Bob: “Did you read the recount petition?”

Resident: “Can I ask you what it is though”

Transparent Bob: “I don’t have it in front of me.”

Are you for real, Bob? A resident asks a direct question. Longton deflects. The resident reframes it again and Transparent Bob says that he doesn’t have it in front of him.

Does Bob have a memory issue that prevents him from recalling anything about a petition he supposedly wrote himself just a few weeks ago?

Did he write the petition himself or did someone else write it for him and have him sign his name?

That is the opposite of transparency. Longton was hidden from view during the entirety of his election campaign and didn’t interact directly with the public to answer their questions.

Who actually is controlling Bob Longton’s Board of Selectman seat if he is unable to respond to softball questions with direct answers?

He’s only been in office for 4 days but we have to pose the question: It looks like 962 Berkley voters were tricked into voting for someone’s mascot instead of a Selectman, but who is pulling Mr. Longton’s puppet strings??