By ANDY GARDNER

PARISHVILLE -- The deputy town clerk is making accusations that the former town supervisor, now running for St. Lawrence County legislator, did not properly do his job.

But Republican Jerry Moore, the former supervisor now running against Democrat Rick Perkins in the District 7 legislator race, will not respond to the allegations by Sherry Remington.

Although NorthCountryNow.com was not able to independently verify the claims, Remington claims that Moore took additional money each year to perform jobs that he then delegated to others.

She further alleges that he was responsible for the town losing a piece of taxable property because he wouldn't return phone calls to county officials, and that last summer he pushed another town official to create a job for his son, Scott Moore.

She claims the former supervisor's motive was to make his son look good in front of the court in Massena while he had a pending driving-while-intoxicated charge.

"Moore asked the park director to create a job for his son, he had to go to court for a DWI charge and Moore thought it would look better if his son had a job," Remington wrote. "So his son drove to Parishville Park from Massena with no driver license for a week."

"He accepted extra money every year for being budget officer, he assigned that duty to the Bookkeeper," Remington alleges in her letter. "He accepted extra money every year for managing the Transfer Station, he assigned that duty to a Town Board member."

"I realize she has said bad things about me and I don't know why … I'm not going to respond," Moore said in a Tuesday phone interview when asked about the letter.

After several minutes of questioning by a reporter, he said "I'm not going to speak about it any longer and I'm going to hang up the phone if you don't change the subject."

Moore also said he never read Remington’s letter. A reporter offered to send him a copy, which he turned down.

Moore and Perkins are seeking to replace Republican Scott Sutherland, who is not seeking a new term for the District 7 county legislature seat.

After first saying he didn't know about the letter, Moore said he recalled being confronted by Remington, where she aired grievances that he wouldn't specify. Remington verified the encounter and said she iterated some of the points in her letter.

"She said things to me before, but I don't really care," Moore said. "I'm not going to lower myself to her level."

In addition to serving as deputy town clerk, Remington also works as secretary to the planning, variance and assessment review boards, as well as the code officer. She says she was voted into the secretarial positions by the town board, but Moore claimed in the phone interview that he was solely responsible for her appointment to the position.

"I promoted her and gave her jobs with the planning board and variance board and code office," Moore said.

"No … it was the town board," Remington said. "He only appoints one employee and that was the bookkeeper. The town board appoints all others."

In a Wednesday phone interview, Remington made further allegations against Moore that she didn't include in her letter.

"He did nothing (as town supervisor)," Remington said.

She claims that he made an effort to publicly take credit for getting the Department of Environmental Conservation to stock fish in waters within the town, but it was something the state does on a yearly basis, with or without town input.

"He called the paper and said he had it done," Remington said.

She also claimed that he routinely didn't show up for town board meetings.

"There was one time where he didn't show up or call for 28 days," she said.

Remington's letter in its entirety reads:

To The Editor,

My name is Sherry Remington. I was hired in 5/2006 to work part time for the Town Of Parishville. I would like to tell the voters in District 7 what it was like to work with Jerry Moore.

Moore is very self-serving.

He accepted extra money every year for being budget officer, he assigned that duty to the Bookkeeper.

He accepted extra money every year for managing the Transfer Station, he assigned that duty to a Town Board member.

He mailed his check for his Land Tax to the County. They had to mail it to us at the Town Clerks office, his office is next ours. Moore has printed on his personal checks Parishville Town Supervisor LOL.

He filed paper work with NYS retirement stating he worked 20 hours a week as Supervisor, we had to order a signature stamp he would not show up to sign dated material.

We had to open all of his mail and copy it before putting it on his desk.

Moore is responsible for losing a piece of property that the Town could have used because he would not return phone calls from the County.

Moore asked the Park Director to create a job for his son, he had to go to court for a DWI charge and Moore thought it would look better if his son a job. So his son drove to Parishville Park from Massena with no driver license for a week.

We came to work on February 24, 2014 and he (the former supervisor) had left his keys and note stating he quit.

I had a conversation with Scott Sutherland this summer, he told me Moore was not his first choice he was the only one that responded when offered the position. He also stated that in Legislation everything is in place you really don’t have to do that much. Shame on you Mr. Sutherland for using a Town Board meeting to campaign for Moore.

Sherry Remington, Parishville