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IT WAS INEVITABLE Severino wants Franklin out, but he’s ready to fight By SHELLEY TERRY - Staff Writer - sterry@starbeacon.comStar Beacon Franklin further noted he believed some council members’ actions bordered on malice. If they continued on with the matter, he said he would fight it and he would recover his attorney fees from the four council people who are involved in “this malicious act.” He later said he meant Severino, Kist, Ward 1 Councilman Joseph Rose and Ward 2 Councilman Bernie Roskovics.
“This attempt to bring back my predecessor is not going to go unchallenged,” Franklin said. When Franklin said that, Severino, who has been romantically linked with Simon, grinned at Franklin. Kist said, “This is something for the courts.” Franklin said, “Good evening,” as he got up and walked out. Visibly upset, his wife, Betsy, who was in the audience, soon followed. Kist rescinded her second on the motion to ask Franklin to resign. Severino made a new motion: To ask Sartini to ask the Ohio attorney general for an opinion — “Is Michael Franklin legally the city solicitor?” Kist seconded it. Ward 4 Councilwoman Julie Lattimer said, “I hate to see this keep going on and on and on.” Severino defended her probing of Franklin’s position and other city departments. She said the housing department has had an inspector on paid administrative leave for nearly three months and it lost a housing grant; the police department is considerably over budget and the sanitation department is falling apart. “It’s costing taxpayers money to sit back and do nothing,” Severino said. President Rodger Altier interrupted Severino’s tirade and steered the meeting back to her motion to have Sartini ask the attorney general for an opinion on whether Franklin is legally the city solicitor, given he held a public office when elected. Kist called for a vote and it passed, 4-3, with Lattimer, Altier and Ward 5 Councilman Jim Trisket casting the ‘no’ votes. 
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