The letter in question from Gilmore is dated September 21, but Yannone says it was not in the file in the building department's office on Shore Road. Gilmore's assistant, Arlene Roberts, told the Local by phone in January that she had not promptly filed the letter, but that she typed it on the date shown.

The mayor asked village attorney Howard Protter, who'd recused himself from working with the ZBA and Planning Board on this issue (because his firm has represented Missere), to take a look at the zoning code and to spell out what he thinks it says in regard to zone lines and the CBS district.