May Business Meeting Updates

Winett Elected FDC Member

At the May 21, 2023 business meeting of the Framingham Democratic Committee Joel Winett was elected to fill a vacancy in the FDC membership.  Winett was also assigned to serve on the by-laws subcommittee.

Another membership vacancy was announced and two associate members, Isabella Petroni and Leslie White Harvey. were nominated.  The nomination for this seat remains open and will be closed at the next business meeting.

A brief business meeting will be held following the caucus on June 11th to close nominations for the vacant seat and also to organize for the summer voter registration/information table that FDC operates at the Friday night concerts.

Khan Receives Appointment From Biden

FDC member will serve on Advisory Committee on the Arts

Shahid Khan, member of the Framingham Democratic Committee, has been appointed by President Biden to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Shahid has been active in Democratic politics for nearly 3 decades and was instrumental in mobilizing and involving the South Asian-American community in the Biden for President campaign.

See:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/12/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-26/

Caucus 2023

2023 Democratic City Caucus – UPDATED

The 2023 Framingham Democratic caucus will be held on Sunday June 11th at the Framingham Public Library, Costin Room.  The library is located at 49 Lexington Street close to City Hall.

The purpose of this caucus is to elect Framingham’s delegation to the 2023 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention.

Registration desk will open at 1:30pm, the caucus call-to-order will be at 2pm.  Registration closes at 2:15pm.

Update Information follows:

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Resignation of FDC Chair

Hugo Resigns After Talk With Senate President

Framingham Democratic Committee Chair Mike Hugo resigned on March 2, 2023 after many calls for his resignation.  At the February 26 FDC business meeting a motion to consider removal of Hugo following inflammatory remarks he made at the February 7th City Council meeting was voted down 11 to 16 with 1 abstention.  Following discussion with Senate President Karen Spilka, Hugo has made the decision to resign.

In his press release he states:

“Recognizing my unfortunate misstatement at a recent City Council meeting, and upon discussing the issue with my wife, family, Senate President Karen Spilka, and various members of the Framingham Democratic Committee, I have decided that my resignation is necessary to eliminate any distraction from the important work of the local Democratic Committee, as well as the State Party. I thank the Committee members for their recent show of support in defeating a motion to even discuss my removal, thus this is of my own volition. However, I feel it is what is best for the Committee, my loved ones, my emotional and physical health, and our cause and those I serve in my work. While I am stepping down as Chair after over a decade of service as an officer, I plan to continue to do the work of the party. Even though I issued separate apologies to the City Council, The Framingham Democratic Committee, and the entire city within hours of the statement, I wish to reiterate that I am sorry for distracting from a major victory for freedom of choice, and for harm to the other-abled community at large.”