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As Budget Season Begins, Springfield City Council Will Survey Public For Ideas

City Councilors in Springfield, Ma voted 9-3 to override Mayor Domenic Sarno's veto of an ordinance creating a five-member board of police commissioners.
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Elected officials in Springfield, Massachusetts have announced a plan to survey public opinion to help guide their policy decisions.

The initiative is called “Council Connections” It is being led by City Councilor Kateri Walsh. She worked with Western New England University to come up with survey questions to pose to city residents.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Walsh about the initiative.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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