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Select Board member John Van Scoyoc says abstention signaled need for a 'restrained' override option
Summary
On Brookline public-access program TV on TV, Select Board member John Van Scoyoc explained why he abstained from a 4-0-1 board vote to place a single-ballot operating override on the May 5 ballot and proposed offering an 85% "restrained" option to change contract-negotiation incentives.
John Van Scoyoc, a Select Board member and candidate for re-election, said he abstained from a 4-0-1 Select Board vote to place a single-ballot operating override on the May 5 ballot and urged offering voters a smaller, "restrained" alternative to the full request.
"I made the proposal to the Select Board that it be 85% of the full ask," Van Scoyoc said during a pre-recorded interview on TV on TV, a Brookline Interactive Group program hosted by state Rep. Tommy Vitolo.
Van Scoyoc described the…
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