SPRINGFIELD — Tracye Whitfield, City Council vice president, announced she has secured enough votes to take over as the top leader of the board, one day after election upsets changed the face of the council.
But 16-year Councilor Melvin Edwards, who served as vice president from 2022 through 2024, said he has also been talking to his colleagues and believes he has secured enough promised votes to be the next leader when the council votes on it in January.
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