District 5 City Councillor Rob Consalvo’s chief of staff is mounting a run for a vacant Governor’s Council seat. A holdover from the Bay State’s colonial era, the eight-member council signs off on judicial nominations, pardons and commutations and state treasury payments.
Brian Clinton, who turns 40 later this year, has served in Consalvo’s office for nearly a decade. Before that, he was also Mayor Thomas Menino’s neighborhood services coordinator for Hyde Park and Roslindale. Born and raised in Hyde Park, Clinton also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hyde Park Gazette after college.
The District 2 Governor’s Council seat, which comes with a $26,000 salary, has been vacant since Kelly Timilty suddenly passed away in January. A relative of hers, Bart Timilty, is also a candidate for the seat, the Boston Phoenix’s David Bernstein reported earlier this week.
Clinton said he would bring an “independent voice” to the council, which he called a “critical check on the executive branch of government.”
