The final moments of the April 22 meeting of the City Council were marked by the departure of City Councilor Laura-Jean Sampson, who announced her immediate resignation from the council after serving for three years. 

“I’m sad,” she said in an interview following the meeting, interrupted by several councilors who followed behind her, offering their condolences, with some pleading for her to run again. “I love Fall River. I love the people,” she said. 

Her decision to resign after three years of service comes hours after a news article forwarded the opinion of a reporter who called for Sampson to “recuse” herself from voting on matters involving the appointment of the city’s next chief of police that came before the council.

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