Tag: Jasiel Correia II

Durfee Building Committee was politically motivated, two City Councilors submitted a request for emergency legislation that would require council approval before any such mayoral actions. Sponsored by City Council Vice President Pam Laliberte-Lebeau and Councilor Shawn Cadime, the resolution states that “political retaliation continues by the current Mayor at an alarming rate” and identified the most recent “revenge politics” against recall election candidate and School Committee member Paul Coogan, who ran against Correia, and School Committee Vice Chairman Mark Costa, who publicly supported Coogan - both of whom Correia removed less than 24 hours after he was recalled then re-elected as mayor. He’s also concerned with Correia’s latest claims that he’ll alleviate the storm water fee which helps fund the city’s ongoing CSO project. City Councilor Stephen Long, who voted against removing Correia in November, made no bones where he now stands. Councilor Steven Camara will not change his mind if a special meeting is called. Councilors Joseph Camara, who is out of town, and Derek Viveiros could not be immediately reached for comment. However, even if they did change their vote the measure would fail. Correia offered several versions to The Herald News on why Coogan and Costa were ousted from the volunteer board and contradicted an email he sent the superintendent Wednesday night when he initiated the action, saying that he was merely changing them from voting to non-voting members. On Thursday Correia claimed he removed the School Committee members in order to “diversify the committee.” On Friday in an in-person interview with a reporter, Correia complained that Coogan failed to contact him the night of the race to concede the election. A few hours later on Friday, Correia was a guest on Providence’s WPRO-AM with radio host Dan Yorke when the two-term mayor admitted dropping Coogan was politically motivated for having run against him and “tried to get my job.” “He’s not going to be using the school committee and the building committee to launch a campaign against me.