The Honorable Mayor Giunta Resigns

January 15, 2021 

Dear Citizens of Franklin, City Manager Milner, My Franklin Employee Family, and City Councilors, 

I write this letter with a broken heart.  A year ago, the Corona virus was something affecting a province of China called Wuhan and was just another flu-nothing to worry about, something others would deal with and life would go on.  Then with every passing month the news got worse and the virus crept ever closer.  During this time, degrees of separation from knowing someone who had contracted the disease went from distant to personal. 

This week I buried my mother.  For 95½ years she fought off everything life could throw at her-but ultimately it only took a week for this deadly virus to take her. 

My family and I are going through a significant life experience-one where the death of a loved one teaches you to never take family and friends for granted. To maximize my time with those I always assumed would be there beside me forever and now harshly realize that is not the case, I have decided to resign as Mayor of this great City of Franklin effective today January 15th, 2021. 

In the past three years we’ve achieved incredible success.  The Whitewater Park, Mill City Park, Stevens Mill, Peabody Home, Cumberland Farms, Central Street expansion, a booming real estate market, and the list goes on.  Franklin is poised to regain its prestigious status that it occupied not so many years ago.  We’ve all played a significant part in this success and we should be proud of our achievements together. 

Finally, to the citizens of Franklin, it has been an honor and a privilege to represent you as Mayor.  A heartfelt thank you for allowing me to serve our great City!  May God bless you and may God bless the great City of Franklin. 

Tony Giunta, Mayor