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"Al DeCorte, director and building official for the city, was unaware of any complaints over signs."

Again this prooves my point as to the utter incompetence of the building inspector. How is this comment possible when I have made severalcomplaints, both in person and by phone, along with numerous other people, particularly pointing out the Vella Wilkinson violations of oversized signs and signs on city and state property. Just more smoking mirrors fromthe City workers protecting those that have allowed them to rob us blind. In fact, after the last conversation I wrote this lettert to the editor:

THE RULES DON’T APPLY

For in excess of 2 months, Councilwoman Camille Wilkinson has displayed campaign signs which are in direct violation of Warwick City Ordinance 803.5 which reads as follows:

Political signs, non-illuminated, incidental to a city, state, or federal election or referendum, or signs which are political in nature. Such signs shall be constructed of durable material, and shall be prohibited from trees, traffic signs or utility poles. Such signs shall be erected not more than 60 days prior to such election or referendum, or in any event, no premises shall have a sign erected for more than 120 days in any calendar year. Political signs relating to any election or referendum shall be removed within 14 days after said election or referendum. In all districts, such signs shall [are] not to exceed 16 square feet in area per side.

Not only did Wilkinson erect signs prior to 60 days before her primary, she has also erected signs on city and state property and more notably, the sign at her “campaign office” is twice the square footage which is allowed by ordinance. Numerous residents have made complaints to the building inspectors department for in excess of 2 months, however, to no avail and no enforcement.

Upon contacting the building department for the third time in 2 months I was told that the building inspector has not had time to go to the building to see the sign, nor have they been able to contact Wilkinson.

In other words, no one has been able to contact the elected official that frequents city hall on a regular basis? We are supposed to believe that?

Immediately after declaration day all candidates were given a packet containing the sign ordinance. Wilkinson, an elected official that has sat on the ordinance committee and voted on numerous ordinances, doesn’t understand a regulation of the city on a committee that she sits on? Was she unable to read the packet that was given to her after declaring candidacy? Or could it be as simple as she is ignoring the ordinance and giving the middle finger wave, yet again, to the rules and regulations that we are all supposed to abide by?

The problem is that this individual has an established pattern of behavior of not following rules. For example, due to her activities she has been cited twice by the attorney general and fined $2000 for open meetings violations. She circumvented the city charter and single handedly hired her friend Kathleen Avila as the city council auditor. (by the way, no record of her work product has ever been produced) She has gone out of her way to sequester the voices of people who wish to make public statements about city issues both at council meetings and at the charter review commission meetings. She openly ignored all of the recommendations of the healthcare consultant that would have saved money for the residents. She debated the clear simple English of Rule 20 so as to stop people from commenting on legislation that was on the council agenda. And interestingly enough, she sicked the building inspector on a store owner that was displaying a car tax revolt sign.

Now I am supposed to believe, as I was told, that the building inspector hasn’t had the time to go and look at the illegal sign. Well, maybe if the building inspector didn’t take 90 minute daily lunch breaks at Sam’s Inn, and maybe if he wasn’t photographed buying a surround sound system at Sears during the work day, he would have time. The point is very simple. To these people, the rules don’t apply.