Trumbull Ethics Commission candidate at center of debate - again
Donald Eng
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TRUMBULL For the second time in two years, the appointment of a nominee everyone agreed was qualified sent the town council into a contentious debate and party-line vote.
This time, Ethics Commission nominee Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox secured the necessary two-thirds majority vote, but not before members complained of selective and arbitrary standards.
Gadkar-Wilcox is a professor of Constitutional and human rights law at Quinnipiac University and a two-time recipient of the Robert J. Myers Fellowship from the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. She was previously nominated for a seat on the Ethics Commission in 2019, and her appointment vote failed on an 11-10 vote, with all 10 Republicans voting against her nomination.
Council reaffirms Trumbull diversity task force, with a one-word change
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TRUMBULL Nearly three hours of public comment and often contentious council debate resulted in a one-word change to a resolution that reaffirmed Trumbull’s commitment to a diversity and inclusion task force.
In passing Resolution TC28-171, the council committed to reforming the depleted Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force with four new members to bring its roster back up to eight. The resolution originally said the council would appoint a “new” chairman and vice chairman but the members struck the word “new” from the document, allowing current chair Tara Figueroa a chance to continue to lead the group.