Diversity of Opinion Regarding Power over Springfield Workforce…
Members of the Springfield City Council have identified their next target in the battle for control of—and relevance to—city government. For much of the city’s time under Plan A and particularly over...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: Welcoming Strangers with this Plight…
SPRINGFIELD—On Monday night, the City Council delivered a blow to Mayor Domenic Sarno’s efforts to bully a church out of shelting an undocumented woman. The body unanimously passed an order to halt...
View ArticleBriefings: Denise Jordan Departs, Shaking up 36 Court Street…
An enduring presence in Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno’s retinue is leaving. Denise Jordan, Sarno’s chief of staff, has accepted a position as executive director of the Springfield Housing Authority...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: Construction Bonfire of the Vanities…
UPDATED 6/9/18 10:07PM: To reflect a correction on the incineration ban. Springfield will levy fines of $1-5k for first offenses. Repeat offenses yield fines up to $10k. SPRINGFIELD—The City Council...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: Eight Is the Loneliest Number since the Number 9…
UPDATED 9:39PM: To add statements from Councilor Williams. The Springfield City Council, during a special meeting Wednesday night, failed to override Mayor Domenic Sarno’s veto of the chief diversity...
View ArticleBriefings: With Ashe Tapped to Be Chief of Staff, a Council Change Cometh…
Following state approval of Denise Jordan’s selection to lead the Springfield Housing Authority, Mayor Domenic Sarno has announced her replacement as his chief of staff. Thomas Ashe, an at-large city...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: Tarry Ye in the City of Springfield until Endued...
SPRINGFIELD—Returning from its summer lull, the City Council faced an agenda that stretched their Monday meeting into midnight. Although the body notched some wins, the laborious agenda and procedural...
View ArticleIn Springfield, a Whitfield of Dreams Comes True Mid-term…
Tracye Whitfield did not think she would be on the Springfield City Council in 2018. She had run last year, hoping to catch the wave of elected women. Yet she placed sixth in the race for the city’s...
View ArticleThe Year in Springfield 2018…
In Springfield 2018 may go down as a key year for the city. The Council, Springfield’s congressman, and even activism itself had a good year. But even if there was some small-d and large-D democratic...
View ArticleAnalysis: In Springfield, a New Spin on an Old Favorite, Candidate Re-Runs…
SPRINGFIELD—There are several truisms in city elections that have lived on and endured for years. One of them is that persistence can pay off. As the field of Council candidates solidifies, it has...
View ArticleSullivan, Longtime Czar for Springfield’s Public Spaces, to Park It in...
SPRINGFIELD—A long awaited departure in a key city department came to pass Tuesday when Patrick Sullivan, the executive director of Parks, Buildings & Recreation Management (PBRM) announced his...
View ArticleBriefings: Despite Intrigue, Sarno Promotes from Within to Fill His Office’s...
A day after announcing his chief of staff would take over the Park, Buildings & Recreation Management Department, Mayor Domenic Sarno has named his communications director William Baker as his new...
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