UPDATED: State House Records Dumped — State Police Investigating
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
GoLocal has learned that a significant number of State House records were thrown in the dumpster next to the legislator's entrance on Monday
According to multiple State House sources some of those records related to the Joint Committee on Legislative Services (JCLS).
On Monday night, GoLocal captured two State Police vehicles on the State House grounds.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTLast week, the RI Convention Authority requested that the Rhode Island State Police investigate actions by Speaker Nick Mattiello against the Authority.
Late on Monday night Mattiello's spokesman Larry Berman issued the following statement, "An employee in the JCLS office discovered black mold under her desk last week, and she was moved into another office. A steam leak was determined to be the cause of the mold. The JCLS office was evacuated today, the carpet was ripped out, and furniture and partitions contaminated by the mold were thrown out. All the employees were relocated while the repair work is being undertaken. The Department of Administration, which is in charge of the building maintenance, is supervising the project and is coordinating the effort.”
Earlier today, the Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus on Monday condemned what it says is the "abuse and corruption" surrounding the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority controversy -- and the "misogyny and moral ambiguity" of current state democratic party leadership.
GoLocalProv.com exclusively secured a copy of a letter by Amanda Marzullo Wilmouth, the Assistant General Manager of the Rhode Island Convention Center that alleges years of verbal and mental abuse by fellow Convention Center executive James Demers, a close friend of Speaker House of Nicholas Mattiello.
Common Cause Rhode Island Executive Director John Marion said that the recent announcement by Auditor General Dennis Hoyle that the Joint Committee on Legislative Services (JCLS) authorized an audit of the Rhode Island Convention Center -- without meeting -- could be in violation of state law.
The Rhode Island State Police have launched a formal investigation into actions by Mattiello ordering the audit, relating to what has been described as retribution against Convention Center Authority.
This story is developing.
This story was first published 1/27/20 10:03 PM
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