Who's Right?

Mayor Dan Mylott and City Council President Jody Joseph denounced Councilor Ted DeSalvatore's tactics yesterday, with DeSalvatore typically fighting back (in the Sentinel, DeSalvatore said he might run for mayor if the community wills it. Whatever that means. We take to mean he's so in).

Obviously, we've been over this situtation a thousand times. But the Telegram story -- intentionally or otherwise -- stakes out the difference in opinion between the mayor and DeSalvatore.

Mylott points to joint efforts to improve the crime situation, and says, "(The Shannon Anti-Gang Grant Initiative) is a positive resource to help fight crime and drugs through training and seminars under the leadership of Chief Cronin. This is not a vigilante group. We are going to work together with a common goal."

DeSalvatore responds thusly: "Neighborhoods that are nasty little havens of obscenities are being tolerated and given permission because officers are told to ignore it."

So, who's right? Mylott or DeSalvatore?