Aberdeen family says mayor is forcing them to remove slain son’s memorial
ABERDEEN — After a bitter fight where it seemed the sides had reached a truce, a family says they are now being forced by the town mayor to dismantle a memorial honoring their slain son. Aberdeen Mayor Fred Tagliarini originally agreed to allow the memorial to William Karecki, 22, who was shot dead in 2015, to…
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So suddenly Tagliarini and his cronies have discovered the beachfront. Wow. Every election year they announce some new project there (an opportunity for a ribbon cutting with the necessary dog n pony show), only to neglect it after completion. Year after year.
Otherwise it’s just a neglected and eroded “no man’s land” of dumping, bonfires, drinking and impromptu fireworks displays. And it will continue to be.
This memorial interferes with Tagliarini’s photo op. It also interferes with the administration’s line that “nothing bad happens in Aberdeen”. Well, something bad did happen in Aberdeen, and the politicians have made it worse with their pettiness.