I requested Mayor Prue’s comments about Open Air complaints and former CAO Peter Simmons’ lawsuit, which he answered below.

• how many complaints about open air have you received?
  Prue: I have received less than 10 complaints including your own, since becoming Mayor.
  
• how many complaints about open air has the town received?
  Prue: I do not have that statistic. We have a seven member Council and many paid staff.
  
• what are your comments regarding peter simmons’ lawsuit against the town?
  Prue: I have no comment as this is a personnel matter.  This was clearly enunciated by the Town’s CAO to you, in the past few weeks.

Follow-up question:

Regarding answer 2: if you don’t have the statistics of complaints the town has received, do you feel you’d be making a well-informed decision about what is in the best interest of the town?

Regarding answer 3: I did not ask the CAO for a comment; I asked if she could confirm the claim against the town by former CAO Peter Simmons. I only asked you for comments about it since you’re the official spokesperson.