Boston mayor’s ‘electeds of color’ party did not violate law: Massachusetts attorney general
Misty Severi
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Massachusetts’s attorney general’s office said the “electeds of color” holiday party hosted by Boston’s Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu last month did not violate state law after the office received four complaints.
A spokesperson for state Attorney General Andrea Campbell told Fox News that the office would not be investigating the complaints, which cited the state’s Public Accommodation Law, because it did not violate the law since the holiday party was not a public event.
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The state law prohibits “making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in admission to or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, deafness, blindness, or any physical or mental disability, or ancestry.”
The complaints were filed by three people outside Massachusetts and one person who did not list a state of residence.
The news comes after a city employee accidentally sent an email to all city councilors in December inviting them to an “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” being held the next night. The invitation was supposed to be exclusively for the city’s six council members of color but was sent to the full 13-member panel.
The city employee, Wu’s aide Denise DosSantos, sent a follow-up email 15 minutes later apologizing for the mistake and any offense it caused.
“I wanted to apologize for my previous email regarding a Holiday Party for tomorrow,” DosSantos wrote in the follow-up, according to the Boston Herald. “I did send that to everyone by accident, and I apologize if my email may have offended or came across as so. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.”
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Wu, Boston’s first Asian American and woman mayor, has faced backlash over the party because it excluded white officials. However, she has defended the event, claiming the “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” has been a tradition for over a decade. She also claimed that there are multiple holiday parties each year that are still open to all elected officials.
“There are multiple ways that we celebrate with everyone. There are several holiday parties that the entire city council and all of our elected colleagues have been invited to,” Wu said.