Communications Director for Mayor Believed to be Driver
In Mt. Vernon an abuse of taxpayer dollars comes in the allegations against communications director Daniel Terry.
According to a report by Mt. Vernon Newscenter, “Mount Vernon NewsCenter received pictures showing Mount Vernon City Hall Communications Director #DanielTerrys take home vehicle driving thru city streets at a high rate of speed. This is a developing story. Sources are saying that Terry was roaming thru city streets at 2:30 in the morning and appeared to be #intoxicated. We received dozens of pictures and and a statement from the tipster. Terry was allegedly seen inside the city-owned take home vehicle with liquor bottles exposed and friends.
“We spoke to one resident in the area who saw the vehicle and said “ this is how our TAX DOLLARS are being spent at 2:30 in the am.” The vehicle is a take-home vehicle and an eyewitnesses on the scene say there were people hanging and sitting on the bumper of the city vehicle. Terry was seen allegedly driving up the block, drunk , laying wheels with lights and sirens on. It’s unclear if Terry was drinking while behind the wheel, but eyewitnesses say he appeared to be a intoxicated.
“This is just another example of how this administration, under the leadership of Shawyn Patterson Howard has failed our community. Terry serves at the pleasure of the mayor, leaving police officers helpless because, if they pulled him over and caught him with those liquor bottles – it will make the mayor look bad. The mayor ignores all communication from MVNC. Will have more on the story later.” End of report, which can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MVNewsCenter/posts/334003661562835.
We spoke to the Editor of Mt. Vernon NewsCenter, Atif Coleman, who is trying to see if there are other photos that have a clearer view of the license plate of the car. But sources who took the pictures claim that they saw Terry, “hanging out” at 230 AM on more than one occassion.
No comment from Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, and more important, no denial from anyone at City Hall that Terry was not the driver of the City owned car in question.
We hope that Mr. Terry acknowledges, or explains the photos showing his City car out and about at 230 AM. And we thank whoever it was that took the photos at 230 AM.
The taxpayers of Mt. Vernon should not have to pay for a City owned vehicle to be driving around the city at 230 AM, unless it is Mt. Vernon Police or Fire.
