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Article: MAYOR COMMITTED TO DOUBLE DUTY BUT SOME IN NASHUA OBJECT TO STREETER'S STATE POSITION
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2000
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NASHUA - Some might call it ironic that Bernard Streeter started
his inaugural speech as Nashua's new mayor by invoking Abraham
Lincoln's "a house divided against itself cannot stand," and ended up
being hit with a lawsuit on his first day at City Hall. But Streeter
just calls it "sour grapes."
The suit claims that Streeter's refusal to step down as a member
of the Executive Council while serving as mayor is in violation of
the city charter.
This will mark the 30th year that Streeter, 64, has been a member
of the council, a part-time position that pays just under $11,000 a
year.
And while he has been active in community organizations and
charities, and is a proud and outspoken member of the ...