Springfield Massachusetts New Mayor

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<$BlogItemTitle$> Quiet Springfield Massachusetts Swears In New Mayor Quietly <$BlogItemTitle$> Some time this month, January, Charles V Ryan took office as Springfield, Massachusetts' new Mayor, succeeding Michael Albano. Ryan, a Springfield Lawyer and once Mayor of Springfield 35 or more years ago, is 72. Outgoing Mayor Albano, friend to President Clinton, and newly notorious for promoting Canadian drug imports through a city information process, chose not to seek another term. Ryan, a good progressive, in initial moves, appointed his son, another Springfield lawyer to the Police Commission [local news sources]. As to nepotism, his son is qualified, and accents the Mayor's concern for a Commission recently scandalized by a charge of obstruction of justice and witness intimidation by a former Commission member. This is Springfield news. This blogger lives in West Springfield, across the river .. which can be as distant as Kentucky suburbs from Cincinnati. Our edition of the Springfield Republican - the West Side edition; may have had a news item of the Ryan Mayoral inauguration ..but that edition must have buried it & we missed it. By contrast, when WIlliam Bulger became President of the University of Massachusetts system, the same paper featured a front page color photo under a banner headline - "Bulger Sworn In as President" with Bulger shown taking an oath. Mayor Ryan is wished well. His talent is legend, locally, and his personnel selections like his administration will likely be meritorious His start deserved much more notice. City of Springfield