Governor Says No Law Exists to Allow Interim State Rep Appointment
Mayor Ted Bettencourt had asked the governor to give him the authority to make a non-political interim appointment to Peabody's vacant seat in the Mass. House of Representatives.
That's a negative on the governor appointing or giving authority to appoint an interim state representative for Peabody to fill the seat left vacant with the death of Joyce Spiliotis. Gov. Deval Patrick's office says there is no constitutional provision in Massachusetts' law for Patrick to do so, reports the Salem News. A specific law does exist, however, to deal with U.S. Senate vacancies and Patrick acted under that provision last week to appoint William Cowan while a special election gets underway. Cowan will step down once a winner is elected. In this case, Mayor Ted Bettencourt had asked for a similar temporary appointment to the vacant seat for the 12th Essex District until that special election is decided on April 2. He said he was …
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Joseph Maio
11:52 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Hey He just wants to put one of his law partners in there! This guy is bad for Peabody. He is going to bring so much business in you think you have traffic now. He cant be to smart his life ambitions he said was to be the mayor of Peabody. Very low standards. I at least wanted to be president. I don't think there will be a second term when the truth comes out like how he sat on his hands when him… more ›