Seven veteran Newton City Councilors said good bye to their colleagues and constituents on Monday Dec. 19 in their final meeting before leaving the council. Several of these are extraordinary and recommended watching. Thanks to Jack Prior of Newton Watch for recording and sharing.Â
Jack has also posted photos here.
The Newton City Council will hold its final meeting of the 2015-17 term tonight which means it is also the final meeting for these seven councilors.
Each of the retiring members will be given five minutes to offer final remarks.
Newton City Councilor Jay Harney has said his surprising Aug. 4 announcement to not seek reelection this fall was made “over the last week” and “the day before I made my decision to withdraw,.” But TAB editor Andy Levin’s interview with candidate Chris Markiewicz (who filed his nomination papers on July 25) this week appears to suggest that Markiewicz, at minimum, knew Harney was
Last Friday, I announced that I would not be running for re-election for the Ward 4 Council seat. I want to thank the many people who have reached out to me over the last few days with kind words thanking me for my years of dedicated service to the City of Newton and to wish me well. After thinking about it for quite a while earlier this summer, I made the decision to run for one more term. However, over the last week, I had been struggling with some personal issues that made me
As a result, the Ward 4 Ward Councilor seat seems likely to go to Chris Markiewicz, whose name was included on the city’s candidate list as of the July 25th deadline to the surprise of many.
Who is Chris Markiewicz? I haven’t met him, so I did some googling to try to find out more. Suffice it to say I had a
