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Veterans groups back VSO; council presses administration for update and approves salary amendment
Summary
Speakers from the Fall River War Veterans Council urged support for Veteran Service Officer Talos Ferris; councilors requested an update from the administration on an internal inquiry and passed an ordinance amending the veterans benefits agent salary schedule.
Members of veterans organizations told the Fall River City Council they support Veteran Service Officer Talos Ferris and urged councilors to back him. At the same council meeting the council sought an update from the administration about whether an internal investigation into claims involving the VSO had been opened, and later passed an ordinance amending the veterans benefits agent’s salary schedule.
Renee Brown, who identified herself as “the commander of the Fall River War Veterans Council,” told the council she came "in support of Talos Ferris, the VSO," and described her outreach to him after she was elected commander. Brown said the council had lost membership over years of “rumors and gossip” and that, "if it wasn't for Talos, the…
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