The city solicitor said her interpretation has nothing to do with getting the mayor reelected.
HOLYOKE -- A legal opinion about a residency requirement that could disqualify some mayoral candidates and was scheduled to be released Tuesday won't be provided until next week, a city Law Department staffer said.
City Solicitor Heather G. Egan will be unable to provide the opinion until July 8 or 9, according to a staffer's voice mail message. Egan told the Board of Registrar of Voters on Monday she would issue the opinion Tuesday.
Egan's reading of a two-year residency rule in the city charter has stirred controversy as some officials contend that her interpretation is wrong and that she is trying to help the reelection effort of Mayor Alex B. Morse, which Egan said was untrue.