City council candidate columns: Maria Scibelli Greenberg
We have invited all candidates running for contested seats in the upcoming Newton election to submit a guest post to Village 14. The format and content of the post is entirely up to them. City Council candidate Maria Scibelli Greenberg who is running for the ward...VIDEO: Ward 1 City Council forum between Ciccone Sr. and Greenberg
Here’s the NewTV/Newton League of Women Voters debate between between incumbent Maria Scibelli Greenberg and challenger (and former Alderman) Allan L. Ciccone who are running for the Ward 1 City Council seat.
Greenberg: “…get together was …about the appropriateness of the way women were being treated’
Jenna Fisher at Newton Patch has just posted a story about the anonymous open meeting law complaint against 11 female Newton City Councilors, including this explanation from Councilor Maria Greenberg
“The purpose of the get together was just to speak about the appropriateness of the way women were being treated [in the Chamber],” said Councilor Maria Scibelli Greenberg. “We didn’t know what the protocol was there. We wanted to get together with the experienced councilors and ask them how we could handle it in the future.”
She described the event as social gathering to vent and commiserate. “I guess