Pittsfield City Clerk Announcing Run for Mayor
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — City Clerk Linda Tyer plans to announce her candidacy for mayor on Tuesday. The event will take place at 5:30 p.m. on the steps of City Hall.
Tyer was elected to represent Ward 3 on the City Council in 2003, one of three successful candidates that year endorsed by the Women Helping Empower Neighborhoods (WHEN) political action committee. She was elected two more times and stepped down at the end of 2008, when she was appointed as city clerk by then Mayor James M. Ruberto.
She holds a degree from Bay Path College in Longmeadow and had worked in the Lenox Public Schools for 17 years, including as administrative assistant to the superintendent of schools, until being named city clerk.
Tyer is the first to announce for mayor. Current Mayor Daniel Bianchi was re-elected to a second term with no opposition in 2013 but the two prior elections saw up to 10 candidates vie for the post.
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