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Ethics Complaint Against

Richfield Board Dismissed

With One Page Lacking, Oversight

Committee Concludes It Can't Act

Complainant Mike Reid, right, says Page 2 was missing from the complaint he filed Jan. 20 with the Town of Richfield Ethics Committee. At left is Kane Seamon, committee chairman.  Town Supervisor Nick Palevsky has his back to camera.  (Jim Kevln/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Citizen Randy Seamon observes, "There's nothing in these pages that tell me what the charges are."

RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The first complaint ever filed with the Town of Richfield Ethics Committee was dismissed this evening after the three members agreed there was insufficient content in the record for them to make a determination.

"Can I refile?" asked Mike Reid, the town Planning Board member who raised so-far-unspecified allegations against Town Supervisor Nick Palevsky and freshman Town Board member Ed Bello Jr.

Ethics Committee chairman Kane Seamon, who lost his seat on the town board last November, said Reid can.

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