Township Council's Veterans Agree With Selection of Byrnes to Lead
Councilwomen Judy Noonan and Fran Siddons both voted to appoint James J. Byrnes
Only two of the seven Township Council members who were up on the dais all last year were still there at the New Year's Day organization meeting. Judy Noonan and Fran Siddons are now the senior members on the Township Council, which has had five new members sworn in since Jan. 1. So some residents at the Jan. 17 council meeting seemed surprised when just minutes after Berkeley Board of Education president James J. Byrnes was sworn into the Ward 1 seat, he was elected board president for 2012. But Noonan and Siddons, who are both serving their first terms, voted for Byrnes and say they have no problems with him serving as council president, even though he has never served on the council before. "No, not at all," Noonan said today "He has a …
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3:37 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
Oh and EBITA, for our friends on the council does NOT mean "Every beuracrat is taking allowances". more ›