To the editor:

In their press conference on the steps of the County Courthouse, four of my colleague legislators called for my resignation as chair. They claimed I don't communicate with them. The exact opposite is true, and I can prove it.

Through our clerk Annmarie Martin, I sent them notice of a proposed change in April 22's meeting to April 23. That email went to them on Tuesday, April 20, three days before the meeting! They had at least 48 hours to email me or her back.

Not one of them did, even though emails, instead of texts, are the way they have told me they want to communicate. If the topics of that meeting were so controversial that Legislator Rajsz had to invoke Rule 36 to table them, why didn't any of them say something before the meeting?

I wonder if some of them even read their emails. For example, at the last minute, they wanted to wait on approving the Code of Conduct, which has been under development for two years, because they thought it had some sort of secret political trap. But they had had a draft in their emails since February 24, and in all those weeks, I heard nothing.

For the record, I had zero to do with Nadia or Luis having trouble logging on to participate in the April 23 meeting. And I didn't move it to make it harder for them to attend. I work hard to make sure I have at least 5 votes for every resolution, but as past big votes prove, it's great to have a bigger majority or even a unanimous vote.

Maybe legislators Rajsz, Perrello, Alvarez and Steingart need to explain to their constituents why they don't communicate with me. Voters put them in office to work for their interests, not fight for personal or political agendas.

I am available to meet with any legislator to discuss any issue that they are prepared to discuss at any time.