board of aldermen
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Gino DiGiovanni Jr., a member of the local board of aldermen, beat Mayor Richard Dziekan in the Republican primary by just 10 votes — 202-192.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
The workhouse has been a fraught subject in St. Louis, and the city’s board of aldermen approved a plan last summer to close it by the end of 2020.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2021
“Talking about national health care is not exactly what you talk to the board of aldermen about.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2019
He endorsed a gay candidate for Chicago’s board of aldermen in 1951.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
Instead of accepting the terms of the lowest bidder, the board of aldermen let him these contracts.
From A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day by Helen M. (Helen Maria) Winslow
