Opposition Shoots Down Rumors of Stratford Mayor's Resignation

While rumors circulated around Stratford Town Hall earlier in the week that Republican Mayor John Harkins would be resigning soon, the chairman of the Democratic Town Committee has shot down those rumors, according to the Connecticut Post.

Len Petruccelli told the Post that Harkins “is not resigning” in response to a leaked internal Stratford Democratic Town Committee email that stated Petruccelli would seek the mayor’s seat in the event of a special election following a resignation.

Petruccelli felt he needed to send out the email to the SDTC because other Democrats have been talking about running for the mayor’s seat and soliciting support around town, according to The Stratford Star.

The rumors of an impending resignation began circulating soon after the mayor’s wife Jody L. Harkins filed for divorce on Sept. 29.

The mayor has declined to comment on the personal matter.

Harkins’ Chief of Staff Marc Dillon told The Stratford Star that the mayor’s primary objective has “has always been moving the town forward, and he reiterated that commitment” to Town Hall staff at a pre-planned meeting on Tuesday.

Read the full story at the Stratford Star here.

(Pictured: Stratford Mayor John Harkins, photo courtesy of Mayor John Harkins Facebook page)

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