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Malden council refers mayoral pick for vocational school committee to personnel amid recusal and open-meeting concerns
Summary
Council referred Mayor Gary Christianson’s appointment of Jeffrey Donahue to the Northeast Metro Tech School Committee to the Personnel and Appointments Committee after prolonged debate, including allegations of possible open‑meeting-law violations and calls for recusal. The referral passed 6–5.
Councilors referred the mayor’s appointment of Jeffrey Allen Donahue to the Personnel and Appointments Committee after members raised procedural and conflict-of-interest concerns.
Mayor Gary Christianson formally recommended Donahue, a lifelong Malden resident and former Ward 4 councilor who works in the trades, in a written letter read into the record that described the appointment as temporary and urged an expedited process. Several residents and supporters spoke…
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