by Joseph Gresser
NEWPORT — Karen Geraghty was driving home Friday, the evening before she was scheduled to speak with the Chronicle, when a news bulletin came on saying Mayor Linda Joy Sulliven had decided not to run for reelection in March. Ms. Geraghty was Newport’s interim city manager for several months last year and called the Chronicle Wednesday offering to speak about her hiring and her eventual decision not to sign the contract offered her for the permanent position.
She said that she hasn’t spoken about what happened and thinks many people misunderstand the events that took place early in the tenure of Mayor Sullivan and believe she was fired as city manager….
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