May 12, 2008

2 oddities at Council meeting

I'll rely on the press to report and follow-up on issues raised at tonight's City Council meeting, but I noticed two oddities:

  • Councilor Steve Hutcheson, who owns Off the Wall with his wife Vicki, abstained from voting (known locally as a voice vote of "present") when the Council was asked to approve a chocolate tour next weekend as their business will participate; but Councilor James Shanley did not specify any abstention when reading and approving a proclamation to celebrate Newburyport Preservation Week despite his wife, Karen Battles, being the "vice president of the Newburyport Preservation Trust" &mdash if this Newburyport Current story from March is to be believed.

  • What's with the entire School Committee attending this meeting when they weren't included in this week's schedule of public meetings?

2 comments:

Gillian Swart said...

Hey! That's my story! What's with the "if this story ... is to be believed?"

All I can say is, she was VP of the group at the time I wrote the story.

Geesh. :)

Anonymous said...

The Newburyport Preservation Trust is a non-profit organization run totally by volunteers.
Karen Battles