Boston leadership tangled in series of scandals
STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press
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1of8Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey makes remarks while visiting the Tobin Community Center, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Boston. The chair of the Boston School Committee, Alexandra Oliver-Dávila, resigned amid criticism of racially charged texts she shared with another member of the committee disparaging families of students, city officials announced Tuesday, June 8. Janey said in a written statement Tuesday that the texts were unfortunate and unfairly disparaged members of the Boston Public Schools community. Steven Senne/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey makes remarks while visiting the Tobin Community Center, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Boston. The chair of the Boston School Committee, Alexandra Oliver-Dávila, resigned amid criticism of racially charged texts she shared with another member of the committee disparaging families of students, city
Winnipeg Free Press By: Steve Leblanc, The Associated Press Posted:
BOSTON (AP) Boston’s leaders are scrambling to tamp down a series of political crises.
The acting mayor just fired the new police commissioner. Two school committee members abruptly quit after exchanging a series of racially charged text messages. The Boston Police Department is embroiled in an overtime fraud scandal. And on Beacon Hill, the governor is getting heat for hiring a veterans’ home administrator who had nearly 80 former military members die of COVID-19 under his watch.
All the drama is playing out against a potentially historic mayoral race that will likely see Boston elect its first person of color or woman to lead the city.
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