What the heck?
The Boston Herald is reporting that Mayor Michelle Wu skipped town for a family vacation this week without informing the city council president, leaving him clueless that he was the acting mayor for several days.
According to the article, the mayor’s spokesperson said the mayor was “squeezing in some family time this last week before school starts.”
The city charter dictates that the council president assumes the role of acting mayor during a mayor’s absence from the city. Evidently, City Council President Ed Flynn hadn’t been notified until Tuesday afternoon that the mayor was out of town. Basically, it left the city without an acting mayor for several days.
When the Herald asked Flynn if he was notified about the vacation, Flynn stated he was notified he was acting mayor but wouldn’t say when the notification was made.
You can read the full details of this story here.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term “Irish exit,” it means to leave a party or a bar without telling anyone. It’s also called an “Irish goodbye.”
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
OK. The benefit of the doubt period is over. You can’t blame rudeness on your woke staff. Obviously tit for tat for Councilor Flynn having the audacity to speak up about Mass and Cass. Hopefully the family vacation will be a quick visit to New York City. The Mayor can visit the Roosevelt and get a personal glimpse of the dystopian future which current policies will ensure.