Newton Aldermen Say Women Underrepresented on Police Chief Search Committee
Home-rule legislation specifies that the city should make "every effort to include not less than four women" on the police chief search committee.
Six Newton aldermen voted Tuesday night against an item outlining the members selected for the Police Chief Search Committee, arguing that females were not properly represented in the group. Ward 2 Alderman-at-Large Marcia Johnson brought forward the issue, saying that she would have expected Mayor Setti Warren to consider more females for the 10-person committee. "I was quite disappointed to see the limited number of females on the search committee given the challenges of this department," Johnson said. The full board eventually passed the item 16-6, with Aldermen Deb Crossley, Vicki Danberg, Ted Hess-Mahan, Amy Mah Sangiolo and Greg Schwartz joining Johnson on the negative vote. Aldermen Carleton Merrill and Jay Ciccone were absent …
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12:55 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
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