Freeport trustees sue mayor over phone call
Photo credit: Chris Ware | Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick listens during a meeting in Freeport. (July 10, 2012)
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Freeport's board of trustees has sued Mayor Andrew Hardwick, alleging the mayor used the village's automated phone service to make a campaign call.
Hardwick used the phone service -- a system sometimes called a "robocall" -- on Tuesday to criticize trustee Robert Kennedy for using "fear tactics" to generate opposition to the mayor's tentative 2013-14 budget. Kennedy is running against Hardwick...