NEW: Colleagues Call for Igliozzi to Remain Council Finance Chairman
Monday, June 18, 2012
Several Providence City Council members will introduce a resolution asking Councilman John Igliozzi not to resign from his post as Finance Committee chairman during Thursday’s Council meeting, GoLocalProv has learned.
Igliozzi announced his intention to resign during a meeting last week, but has not given a written notice to Council President Michael Solomon. First-term Council member David Salvatore is considered the favorite to replace Igliozzi.
“We’re all rookies,” Correia said. “We need a veteran in that position. We need a seasoned person in that spot.”
Igliozzi himself had a public falling-out with Council leadership last month when he and Council President Pro Tempore Terry Hassett called for changes to the city’s pension reform ordinance just days after voting in favor of the plan.
At the time, the Finance Committee called a meeting to elect a new chairman, which triggered an attempt by several Council members to remove Council Majority Leader Seth Yurdin from his leadership position. After a weekend of infighting, the sides reached an agreement to keep both Igliozzi and Yurdin in place, however Igliozzi’s recent announcement is believed to have been part of the original deal.
Editor's Note: The original version of this article incorrectly reported that Luis Aponte was cosponsoring the resolution.
Dan McGowan can be reached at dmcgowan@golocalprov.com.
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Donna Day
3:56pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
IGLOZZI
HE IS ON OUTS BECAUSE TAVERAS WANTS HIM OUT.
HE DID NOT AGREE WITH DEEP CUTS TO HONEST POLICE AND FIRE!
FIGHT ON TAVERAS IS STARTING TO SHOW HE JUST WANTS TO BE POPULAR AT ALL COSTS
anna queenan
4:10pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
This is ridiculous. I wish Principe, Sanchez and crew would focus more on improving the lives of city residents and less time on challenging the "imagined" power of the Council leadership. There's power when there are ideas. When are these guys going to get a club? I swear this club being contrarian for power's sake and not for the good of the city. Regardless of who's finance chairman, I would hope that everyone's working together to address the most pressing issues facing the city in real time: mounting crime, rising youth unemployment and the decreased hours of our recreational centers. have these guys looked outside? the kids are out on the street, bored and unengaged and their fighting over who may or may not be chairman? notably, sanchez and correia represent some of the most diverse and troubled areas in the city ... just some more poverty pimps if you ask me ...
Sal Reid
4:50pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
Anna, I can't speak for Principe or Sanchez, howver I know Councilman Correia has done more for his neighborhood than anyone on this council. I attend the meetings I see the docket you should look at sometime.Councilman Correia has more resolutions than anyone.He holds more neighborhood meetings and events than all of them together.I'm sure glad he's my Councilman.Keep up the good work Councilman Correia