These appointees are not really bringing anything to the town attorney's office.

But the town attorney advised selectmen that they were on shaky legal ground.

From 1954 to 1962, he was the town attorney in New Market, Virginia.

The mayor has sent a draft to the town attorney for approval.

At the time, all of the town attorneys were white men or women.

The mayor and other town officials questioned why they had not at least been told about the project by the town attorney.

The town attorney, John Leo, said he and other officials could not comment on the cases.

But the first response of the town attorney was to ask that about 1,000 of the backlogged cases be dismissed.

Joel Sachs, the town attorney, said the temple clearly met the definition of a structure.

A vacancy in the town attorney's office would be filled by a special prosecutor for quality-of-life issues.