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Residents urge Lewiston school committee to investigate Ward 5 representative's eligibility
Summary
Multiple residents told the Lewiston Public Schools committee they believe the Ward 5 seat was unlawfully filled and asked for an internal investigation; the chair read an attorney statement saying eligibility deliberations are normally held in executive session.
Multiple residents at the Nov. 17 Lewiston Public Schools School Committee meeting urged the committee to investigate whether the Ward 5 representative is legally eligible to hold the seat, alleging the representative does not live at the publicly listed address and that the mayor’s appointment was improper.
Lisa Jones, a Ward 2 resident who said she was speaking on behalf of Ward 5 residents, told the committee the seat was “lawfully vacated when the former member moved out of the ward” and said the current occupant was “apparently unlawfully filled by a mayoral appointment.” Jones said a city-clerk letter contradicted the chair’s public claim that the clerk had…
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