Mayor Sarno states, “I am looking forward to joining with Representative Bud Williams, Springfield NAACP President Bishop Talbert Swan, and other officials and religious leaders as our community celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with our annual celebration and flag raising ceremony. It is important that Dr. King’s legacy lives on. Special thanks to my Mayoral Aide Shenell Ford for her efforts in helping to coordinate this annual event here at City Hall.”
State Senator Adam Gomez, City Councilors Jose Delgado and Victor Davila, Fire Commissioner BJ Calvi, Superintendent Daniel Warwick, Fire District Chief Tyrone Denson, Chief of Staff Tom Ashe, Communications Director Bill Baker, Police Commissioner Robert ‘Cee’ Jackson, Spirit of Springfield President Judy Matt and representatives from State Senator Jacob Olivera and State Representative Orlando Ramos’s Office and many members of the clergy were also in attendance.