Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish.

I grew up in a small "township" right next to St Marys' & Notre Dame in South Bend called Roseland. For the past few years the town council has been run roughshod by some strange bullies, Dorothy & Dave Snyder.
Intimidation, bending and twisting of rules and downright silliness has been the hallmark of the 3 person council that the couple dominated.

It's finally over with Ms Snyder stepping down, but of course she had to get one last bizarro dig in...

Roseland ends year in squabble

Dorothy Snyder files police report against successor.


KEN BRADFORD
Tribune Staff Writer

The new year will bring new leadership to the Roseland Town Council.

Before the new board takes over, there's going to be one more squabble involving Dorothy Snyder.

Her term as board president expired at midnight Sunday.


But in one of her last acts, she has filed a police report against Ted Penn, who was elected in November to replace her on the three-person board.

She said Sunday that she filed the report with the Indiana State Police because she received a letter from Penn that she found "intimidating and hostile."

Penn said the whole episode is shameful and is an example of why outsiders make fun of the town.
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The latest trouble began when Penn asked two town police officers to deliver a letter to Dorothy Snyder on Friday night.

In the letter, Penn quoted state law saying Dorothy Snyder should deliver to him on Jan. 1 "all government items and all paperwork" in her possession.

Dorothy Snyder was bothered by the demanding tone.

By having two uniformed officers appear at her door after dark to deliver the letter, he was attempting to intimidate her, she said.

Penn asked the town police to deliver the letter because it is related to official town business and "because there's a potential for stress between David and I," he said.

According to Penn, Dorothy Snyder asked the town police officers to file charges against Penn because it was a threatening letter.

The officers reportedly read the letter, told her they saw no threatening language and told her they saw no need to file a report.

According to Penn, she then accused them of insubordination and asked Town Marshal Mike Howell to suspend them both.

Honestly, what would you really expect from a person who has a town resident ejected from a meeting because they said "Amen" at the end of the pledge of allegiance too loud?

Toodles Dot, don't let the....... (you know)