Lisa Baldelli-Hunt — 22 Who Made a Difference in 2022

Thursday, December 22, 2022

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Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt

Reversal of fortune and reversed again. In the course of two months, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt was Mayor of Woonsocket, removed from office by the city council, and then she was re-elected mayor.

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In September, Woonsocket City Councilor filed a petition to remove Mayor Lisa Baldelli Hunt from office. 

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In a 14-page complaint filed with the city on September 6, Councilor Denise Sierra alleged that Baldelli-Hunt violated a number of provisions of the City Charter.

Sierra alleged — along with documentation — that Baldelli-Hunt submitted a Community Development Block Grant request to the federal government that was not approved by the City Council, in violation of city ordinance. 

In the complaint, Sierra also alleged that Baldelli-Hunt failed to provide monthly financial reports to the council on numerous occasions, violating the Home Rule Charter. 

Sierra also charges Baldelli-Hunt “directed compensation payments to a limited, select group of employees…above and beyond the compensation that was approved and authorized by the City Council via Ordinance or Resolution.”

In early October, the Woonsocket City Council voted to remove Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt. 

The action came after the petition was filed in September alleging Baldelli-Hunt was responsible for a pattern of misconduct.

Baldelli-Hunt had called the motion at the time “politically motivated and desperate.” 

At a special meeting that lasted more than 7 hours, the council, on a 3-2 count, voted to remove Baldelli-Hunt. 

Wait, there is more.

On Election Day, she was elected mayor, or was it "reelected?"

Now, the Baldelli-Hunt era returns.

If nothing else, she may be the most resilient politician in Rhode Island.

 

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