A Sheboygan resident submitted concerns regarding the investigation of Mayor Ryan Sorenson for ethics violations in 2023. Committee of the Whole Chairperson Grazia Perella responded by email.
Chairperson Perella states, “No new information on the subject has surfaced that would affect or invalidate the findings of the previous investigation, there is no basis for me to convene the ethics board on that same subject.”
There is considerable new information that calls into question the validity of the previous investigation.
The investigation was conducted by former Human Resources Director Adam Westbrook. Westbrook is currently awaiting sentencing in federal court for sex crimes committed against his own child.
Westbrook’s name surfaced in the investigation of Preston Kite, who was recently sentenced to 65 years in prison for sex crimes against children and animals.
A news article covering the investigation from the beginning reported that a law enforcement officer involved in the case stated that, despite years of experience, the videos discovered were among the most disturbing content they had ever seen.
There is concern that the male nun interviewed as part of Sorenson’s ethics investigation may have been Preston Kite. Local residents have submitted open records requests to Mayor Sorenson regarding any communications between him and Preston Kite.
Sorenson has NOT acknowledged the request for 261 days.
Why is Sorenson silent?
Do you believe that someone like Adam Westbrook had the ethical standards to conduct a valid investigation of Mayor Sorenson?
Westbrook is morally and ethically bankrupt. Perella does not seem to feel the same way. The new revelations about Westbrook’s crimes should call into question any work he completed while employed by the City of Sheboygan.
Do you believe there is NEW information that affects the credibility of the ethics investigation of Mayor Sorenson?
Email Alder Grazia Perella with your thoughts.
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