How to Use councilman in a Sentence

councilman

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  • That didn’t stop the three North Side councilmen from leaving the dais for the vote.
    — Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The District 10 councilman had just spent four hours in the North Side bar Nov. 6.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 16 May 2023
  • At least one city councilman believes that is the case.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But Reedy follows him and the councilman appears to push him back.
    — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
  • But experts say the councilman shouldn’t be counted out in the runoff.
    — J.d. Capelouto, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The councilman added that the proposal has the support of Huntsville police.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • One councilman balked at the idea of a new short-term violence plan.
    — Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2022
  • Barraza said the councilman’s staff no longer feels safe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The councilman voiced an opinion that the city citation list has gone up.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 15 May 2023
  • No one cares what’s in your heart or deep inside your bones, councilman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Just last week, a judge found a city councilman not guilty of assault for punching the mayor.
    — Joseph D. Bryant | Jbryant@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
  • But a county councilman questioned whether Khan was telling the truth.
    — Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • The current councilman was born four years after Webb stepped down in 1991.
    — Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The feds then sent him away for 21 months for stealing from the public from his earlier stint as a councilman.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
  • The pension limit was proposed in 2009 by Kevin Kamenetz, then a councilman.
    — Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Kevin Jenkins, the councilman who represents the area, would like to tell you a little about his district.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • One city councilman recalled to me a trip Don Jr. made to North Charleston around that time for a city council meeting.
    — Joe Rubin, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
  • One of them was for his 2018 assault of a city councilman, which was captured on video and went viral during the campaign.
    — Juan Forero, WSJ, 4 June 2022
  • Esparza said the councilman initially told him to hide the cash and later hounded him for the money.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • The City of Kyle’s leadership has shifted in recent weeks as the city manager was placed on leave and a councilman stepped down.
    — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Kerby, the former mayor who also served as a city councilman, agrees this is not just about books.
    — Nick Watt, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The councilman reached out to the Burbank mayor's office about the incident.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 June 2024
  • Daves, the councilman who represents the stretch of road, is stressing patience once the project commences during the spring 2023.
    — al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • New York’s Mayor-elect Eric Adams has served as a state senator and not as a city councilman.
    — WSJ, 8 Nov. 2021
  • If Carroll wins the election, he will be sworn in as the District 2 councilman on November 2.
    — al, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Justin Brannan, a Democrat who is the city councilman for the area, said the protest was smaller than last year’s but that officers had come from all over the city to police it.
    — Jay Root, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • So far, the councilman has not started a committee to raise money for his legal funds.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Jeffrey Bragman, a councilman from East Hampton, smoothed his tweed jacket and stood up to speak.
    — Parker Henry, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
  • For almost three decades, the Ontario city councilman has pursued a minor league baseball team for his city.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • That was via an ordinance co-sponsored by Mayor Stoney and city councilman and mayoral candidate Andreas Addison this summer.
    — Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024

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