by On Springfield | Mar 5, 2014 | On Springfield
Tonight, city councilors will debate whether to formally ask Mayor Domenic Sarno to hold off on appointing a new police commissioner until the Council has the chance to vote on a proposal to restore a city Police Commission. But would that formal request even matter?...
by On Springfield | Mar 7, 2014 | On Springfield
“Would Sarno Slow SPD Hire?” I asked in this space a couple of days ago. The answer: nope. On Monday, the City Council approved a non-binding resolution asking Mayor Domenic Sarno to hold off on selecting a replacement for Police Commissioner William...
by On Springfield | Mar 13, 2014 | On Springfield
As the battle over the Police Commission proposal and the hiring of a new SPD head rages on (in a nutshell: a group of city councilors is proposing a revived five-member commission and calling on Mayor Domenic Sarno to hold off on hiring a successor to Commissioner...
by On Springfield | Mar 17, 2014 | On Springfield
State Rep. Cheryl Coakley-Rivera had barely finished confirming that she is, indeed, leaving office for another job before she named the person she’d like to see succeed her. Coakley-Rivera, who’s held the 10th Hampden seat since the 1998 election,...
by On Springfield | Mar 19, 2014 | On Springfield
When will Mayor Domenic Sarno announce his pick to replace soon-to-retire Police Commissioner William Fitchet? The mayor’s not saying. But a decision seems to be soon on its way; as Pete Goonan reports on MassLive, Sarno has now finished interviewing the three...
