Boston City Council considers plans for Tania Fernandes Anderson's resignation

Boston City Council considers plans for Tania Fernandes Anderson's resignation

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has said she intends to resign her seat representing District 7, which could trigger a special election

Councilor Flynn Calls for an Oversight Committee for Boston City Council - Caught In Southie

BOSTON - Following the announcement of a guilty plea from a City Council colleague last week, Councilor Flynn filed a hearing order to discuss the creation of an Oversight Committee on compliance and accountability for the Boston City Council. While Boston City Councilors and staff are currently required to complete mandatory Conflict of Interest training [...] The post Councilor Flynn Calls for an Oversight Committee for Boston City Council app…

Councillors push to avoid special election in District 7

Reporter StaffSeveral city councillors— backed by other state elected officials — want to skip a special election that would be triggered by the expected resignation of city councillor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who said last week that she will leave her seat as part of a guilty plea to federal corruption charges. Fernandes Anderson has not yet tendered her resignation, but if she does, the city charter calls for a special election to fill the va…

Fernandes Anderson scheduled to formally plead guilty May 5; council to consider asking state to forego special election for her seat

The City Council tomorrow will consider a proposal by Councilors Ruthzee Louijeune (at large) and Liz Breadon (Allston/Brighton) to ask the state legislature to let it forego a special election to replace on-her-way-out Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson (Roxbury) given that the regular elections to fill her seat are this fall, anyway. That there might be a need to replace Fernandes Anderson, of course, is because she agreed last week to plead g…