‘An honest mistake’: Former state senator Steve Buoniconti steps down as Hampden County retirement board lawyer after flap over audit
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
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Former state Sen. Stephen Buoniconti has left a longtime post as legal counsel for the Hampden County Regional Retirement Board amid a flap over a recent state audit portraying the board as a poorly managed trough for political insiders.
Buoniconti, of West Springfield, is a former prosecutor turned state representative, turned state senator who has been living quietly as a Beacon Hill lobbyist since losing a bid for Hampden District Attorney in 2010. The onetime legislator said Monday that he stepped down from his position with the retirement board Friday, after 15 years, days after the board said it planned to terminate its agreement for legal counsel.