Elected Officials
Prior to his expulsion in 2010 from the Boston City Council after being convicted of bribery, the most prominent public office-holder registered in the Green-Rainbow party was Boston city councilor Chuck Turner, who represented district 7. On November 3, 2009, Mr. Turner was re-elected with 59.83% of the vote. As of May 2, 2010, there were fifteen elected Green-Rainbow Party members across the commonwealth serving in a variety of local government positions. They are as follows:
- Barnstable County
- George Bryant, County Assembly (Provincetown)
- Bristol County
- Alan Cohen, Town Meeting Seat (North Attleborough)
- Bryce Lipscomb, Town Meeting Seat ( North Attleborough, Massachusetts)
- Essex County
- Judy Gates, Library Trustee (Marblehead)
- Franklin County
- Nat Fortune, School Committee (Whately Elementary)
- Joyce Palmer-Fortune, Selectboard (Whately)
- Hampshire County
- Robert Crowner, Town Meeting Member (Amherst Precinct 9)
- Miriam Dayton, Town Meeting Member (Amherst Precinct 6, 3 yr)
- Tom Flittie, Town Meeting Member (Amherst Precinct 3, 3yr)
- Frank Gatti, Town Meeting Member (Amherst Precinct 8)
- Vincent O'Connor, Town Meeting Member (Amherst Precinct 1)
- Middlesex County
- Adam Sacks, Town Meeting Member (Lexington Precinct 2)
- Jill Stein, Town Meeting Member (Lexington Precinct 2)
- Worcester County
- Rudy Heller, Selectman (Brookfield)
- David Spanagel, Town Moderator (Lancaster)
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