Cosentino: Mayor takes one for the team

Auburn Mayor Michael Quill took a public relations bullet for city staff last week when he said “blame me” for the failure of the city to give proper notice for a proposed retreat last Saturday at Stella Maris in Skaneateles. While the mayor acted nobly, it wasn't his responsibility to give public notice - that was the city's paid staff's job, though he was right to make sure that the city did not break the state's Open Meeting's laws.