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Candidates debate mayor's role and municipal budget choices for schools
Summary
Candidates at the forum split over whether the mayor should chair the school committee and whether City Council should "opt in" to increase the mayor's proposed school budget; debate focused on concentrated power, trade-offs across city services, and local surpluses.
Candidates at a League of Women Voters forum disagreed over whether Northampton's mayor should continue serving as chair of the school committee and whether the City Council should "opt in" to increase the mayor's proposed school budget.
The issue centers on local budget authority and how the city allocates tax dollars. "I would love to see a shift in power," At-large candidate Tiffany Jewell said, arguing that the mayor’s workload concentrates power and that a more distributed governance model and clearer, transparent…
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