Some said they knew him and it’s a small town or that they were not yet clear on the allegations. BARRIE—As word spread through Barrie on Thursday that Patrick Brown , a mainstay of the city’s political landscape for almost 20 years, had been accused of sexual misconduct involving teenage girls, some residents reacted with surprise and dismay. At Hooligans, the sports bar Brown has a stake in on Dunlop St. E. in Barrie, a bartender told the Star neither she nor the manager would comment. While Taylor said she didn’t know him personally, she said the allegations were “shocking.”“It’s a sad day for Barrie, a sad day for those girls,” she said. Brown, originally from Toronto, became a city councillor in Barrie, where his mother grew up, at age 22.

Source: thestar January 26, 2018 02:48 UTC