Derby tax board appoints elder Butler chairman after election snafu

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
DERBY — Resolving a November election snafu that had the wrong man’s name listed as a candidate for the Board of Apportionment and Taxation, the board has voted to seat Democrat James R. Butler as its chairman.
Butler ran for a second term on the tax board. However, the name of his son, James J. Butler, appeared on the ballot.

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