Stoughton's Procurement Officer Latest Department Head to Announce Resignation

Lindsay Pope will resign as Stoughton's Acting Chief Procurement Officer effective August 3. She is the third department head to leave since March.

Lindsay Pope, Stoughton's Acting Chief Procurement Officer, has submitted a letter of resignation, effective Aug. 3, 2012, she told Stoughton Patch. Pope has served as the centralized purchasing officer for the Town since being hired in October of 2011. "I don't have any comment; I'm just trying to leave quietly," she said.  Shortly after being hired Pope soon found herself as one of the central figures in the procurement dispute between the town and the school department.  Pope departs to become the procurement officer for another Boston-area community.  According to her bio, Pope "has worked for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Department of Revenue, UMASS Boston, and the Town of Stoughton all in procurement and contract …

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About Town with Mark Snyder

ABOUT TOWN: Dept. Heads Say Goodbye to Town Manager, While One Announces She is Leaving

Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.

As Town Manager Francis T. Crimmins, Jr. is set to step down on March 31, department heads joined their boss at a luncheon in his honor at LaStoria on Washington St., on the afternoon of March 29. The department heads in Town remain solidly behind Crimmins and have already voiced their concern about the future of Stoughton without him in the top seat. Their letter, dated February 17th and sent to Selectman Chairman John Stagnone and the Board of Selectmen, made a request to "bring about a reconsideration of the recent resignation of Town Manager, Frank Crimmins." The letter went about to say, "During the past two years, Frank has instituted many dramatic and profound changes within Town government. Although there has been periodic …

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