Word: councillor
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...judge granted Walsh a stay of his sentencing pending the councillor's appeal...
...Colorful Councillor...
...colorful councillor, who had repeatedly resisted demands for his resignation, fought to the bitter end. While the Massachusetts General Laws state that a public official must vacate office upon sentencing, the five-term councillor insisted that he was entitled to serve until his prison term started...
...Walsh's attorney, James L. Sultan, argued that since the councillor was not ordered to a specific prison, the law could not apply...
Walsh has 20 days to respond to the restraining order, after which Lynch may issue a permanent injunction barring the councillor from serving. Along with trying to persuade Lynch to reverse his decision, Walsh might seek to have his case heard before the full court rather than a single justice...