A Boston City Council resolution that called for the body to take a stance on disgraced Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s continued employment in the wake of her guilty plea on federal corruption charges was blocked,

"You have to accept the journey even when it hurts," Tania Fernandes Anderson said after pleading guilty in federal court. " I am looking forward to some healing from this and personal growth.”

A Boston city councilor has plead guilty to federal corruption charges, after prosecutors accused her of taking most of an inflated bonus that she paid to a relative who worked for her.