Thank you, everyone, for sharing opinions on this very important and sensitive topic. We faced a few obstacles with this story. First of all, we publish a small-town weekly newspaper with a dedicated news staff of one. Our ability to re-investigate a seven-year-old military case that happened hundreds of miles away from here is, as you can imagine, limited. So we chose not to.
Instead, we focused on what the Town of Bristol did, or did not do, to investigate the person it hired. You may agree or disagree with our handling of this story, and we accept all criticism. However, please know that as East Bay Newspapers General Manager, I spoke to Panayiota Bertzikis by phone this week and listened to her claims about Greg Marsili. We are very sympathetic to her. We had no intention of "re-victimizing" her. So we published a summary of her claims and focused on what Mr. Marsili's boss had to say here in the present. Thank you for reading, and thank you for a responsible discussion on this topic.
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