| Subject: Election Results (Unoffial Result) |
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Shawn
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Date Posted: 19:40:02 05/03/04 Mon
Just the totals here:
Moderator:
Dave Martin: 3299
Selectman:
Bill Morin: 1187
Jack DiTillio: 2090
Jim O'Loughlin: 2142
School Committee:
Joe Campbell: 1708
May Paquette: 2060
Charlie Maraganis: 1654
Blanks: 1031
Library Trustee:
Ellen Stokinger: 1061
Clee Ace: 1803
Water District Question:
Yes: 1411
No: 1376
Blanks: 453
My take on it:
Selectman Race
Bill Morin wasn't really trying... I think his numbers represent the number of people who will always vote for the outsider/non-incumbent... which seems to be about 1000-1200 on a rainy year when there is really no major issues in the campaigns. (thats probably a good number to remember).
The Selectman incumbents also had the help of getting the 40B plan through last week... I know I voted for them because of it.
Trustee
The library trustee issue repeats nearly the same numbers as the Mr Morin's did with regard to outsiders.. Not to take away from Ellen, but she didn't really try real hard either, and Clee had a good history with the town and position, so I think Ellen got the "vote for the non-incumbent" crowd here too. I hope she finds a way to join in and help anyways... there's lots of things needing to be done at the library still.
Question on the water merger.
I would have sworn that this would go the other way. I figured that there would be a BIG "it's not broke, don't fix it" feeling here.
I think the weekend surprise with them withdrawing from the Kenwood contract set off a lot of people.
I know that I have always wanted the district gone. Water, in my mind, should just be another department in the town. (I go further than Warren and Dennis in that I don't even want to keep the current structure. Its just a water dept.)
School Committee
Wow, let me repeat that, Wow
After all the disgusting behavior out on the street corners, the personal insults being thrown at the children and family of his competition, I still thought that Charlie was going to win.
When I was told how close things were around 6:00, I called in everyone I knew, but I didn't think it would make much of a difference.
At the town hall, as the votes were being tallied, Charlie indicated that he thought that he had won it..
We all knew that May Paquette would come in first... the race was for second.
Joe got it by 54 votes. I know that at least 10 of those were people I called in at the last minute. (I was knocking on neighbors doors and pushing them out to their cars by 7:00)
Overall
Politics has never been so personal to me.
I got to prove to myself, and to my kids, that one person can make a difference. Those calls I made helped Joe over the line, and the online effort I think brought in more support for Joe, or at least showed the kind of behavior Charlie's people would use when they became desperate.
I got to meet a lot of people who are really interested in keeping the town going in a positive direction, and I found some ways that I can personally help make it so.
Now, how do we get some more people involved in the town..
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