And why not have the entire town judge it at a public hearing?

JC sent this story yesterday, and I thought, gosh, there’s nothing like the entire town knowing your business.

A deputy clerk broke an employee handbook policy forbidding co-habitation with another town employee - specifically, the director of public works - and stands to be promoted to the now-vacant position of town clerk, members of Vernon’s Board of Supervisors must decide whether to enforce the policy or condone breaking the policy by giving her the job.

You’d think the town would have better things to do. It does seem that there is some ethical shakiness here, though it’s not clear from the article if one of these folks supervises the other or will be promoted to a position of power or if simply a silly rule was broken.

In any case, I particularly like the part of the story where a town resident refers to the relationship as “a cancer” as a public hearing. Nice.