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Fairfield City Council names Rick Vaccaro mayor after Cat Moy abruptly quits

Faced with an empty mayor’s seat, Fairfield’s six City Council members reached into their previous ranks Tuesday to appoint a successor to Mayor Catherine “Cat” Moy, who abruptly resigned a week ago. The council voted 5-1 to name former council member Rick Vaccaro as mayor of Fairfield, finishing out Moy’s term until the Nov. 3 […] The post Fairfield City Council names Rick Vaccaro mayor after Cat Moy abruptly quits appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Fairfield City Council names Rick Vaccaro mayor after Cat Moy abruptly quits, Faced with an empty mayor’s seat, Fairfield’s six City Council members reached into their previous ranks Tuesday to appoint a successor to Mayor Catherine “Cat” Moy, who abruptly resigned a week ago. The council voted 5-1 to name former council member Rick Vaccaro as mayor of Fairfield, finishing out Moy’s term until the Nov. 3 […] The post Fairfield City Council names Rick Vaccaro mayor after Cat Moy abruptly quits appeared first on Local News Matters .

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