Thursday, May 3, 2012
It’s been an interesting week in the U.S. Senate Race between Democrat Elizabeth Warren and incumbent Republican Scott Brown.
First it was revealed that Harvard University once touted Warren’s marginal Native American heritage as proof of their faculty’s diversity. That story was followed up with another revealing one that Warren had listed herself as a minority professor between 1986 and 1995 in the Association of American Law Schools desk book, a major reference for legal professors. On Tuesday it was revealed that Brown, who ran for office vowing to kill President Obama’s health care law (and who has since voted three times to repeal it) took advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. Meanwhile, both candidates downplayed their wealth this week as they revealed …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Clinton, is Boston City Councilor Rob Consalvo's longtime chief of staff, and wants to replace the late Kelly Timilty.
Brian Clinton says that if elected as the Governor's Councilor for District 2 of Massachusetts, he will resign his position as the chief of staff for Boston City Councilor Rob Consalvo. The Governor's Council consists of eight districts and eight councilors, who make $26,025 a year. The Second Councillor District (double 'l' on the Commonwealth's website) represents 39 cities and towns throughout five counties, including Dedham. "Should I earn this, I would leave Councilor Consalvo’s office after the New Year. I know what the public thinks, and you never want a perception that you are double-dipping. I'd be honored to stay home and raise my two daughters," said Clinton, a lifelong Hyde Park resident. The election is to replace the late …
Friday, April 20, 2012
All 273 seats were open for Town Meeting.
Dedham Town Clerk released Thursday the Town Meeting members who won a seat in Saturday's election.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Dave Roberts lost Saturday's election by four votes.
The difference between winning a fifth term on the Dedham School Committee and bringing that career to an end was four votes. And now Dave Roberts, who came in fourth in Saturday's town election, will decide if he will petition Town Clerk Paul Munchbach for a recount of the 1,908 votes. "It's in my thought process right now, but I haven't made a final decision," Roberts said in a phone interview Sunday afternoon. "I need to talk to some close friends about that." Three incumbents - Kevin Coughlin, Joe Heisler and Dave Roberts - looked like shoe-ins for the three open seats for most the election season's seven weeks, but in the final week, a grassroots effort formed to elect Jennifer Barsamian as a write-in candidate. Barsamian finished …
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Jennifer Barsamian ran a successful write-in campaign to pick up one of the three open seats.
Despite just a five-day write-in campaign, Jennifer Barsamian earned a seat on the Dedham School Committee Saturday night. Barsamian received 784 votes, second most among the four major candidates receiving votes. "I was overwhelmed by the support - this was a community win. This was not about me," Barsamian said Saturday night. "This was about [784] people who came out to voice their desire for some change in the School Committee." Incumbent chairman Kevin Coughlin received 885, the most votes. Joe Heisler picked up 715 votes to take the third and final School Committee seat. Incumbent David Roberts finished four votes behind Heisler with 711. Roberts could challenge the results and petition for a recount within the next 10 days, and he…
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Live results as precincts report ballot counts to Town Hall.
Below are results of the 2012 town election for the three contested races - Board of Library Trustees, School Committee and Board of Assessors. Results will start streaming into Town Hall after polls close at 8 p.m. All results are unofficial at this point. School Committee (3 seats) Board of Library Trustees (1 seat) Board of Assessors (1 seat)
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Current chairman Jim MacDonald faces no competition for his seventh term on the board.
With no opposition on the ballot - and no publicized write-in campaign against him - current chairman Jim MacDonald is ready to win his seventh three-year term on the Board of Selectmen. "It's an honor to run unopposed. I think I do a good job. I'm responsive to people, I listen and I'm fair," MacDonald said. MacDonald, the state's first deputy treasurer, won his first selectmen's race in 1994, and is the senior member of the five-person board. Looking to his next three years, MacDonald said he wants to help develop a strategic budget plan that maps how the town will spend money and collect taxes. "There is more demand than ever to, where we can, be cognizant of the fact that people are still hurting [financially]. Any increase on taxes …
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Days before the April 14 election, parents are driving a grassroots campaign for one of their own.
Upset by what they call a lack of communication by the School Committee and department, a group of parents on Tuesday began a write-in campaign for Jennifer Barsamian days before voters go to the polls. The town election is Saturday, April 14. Barsamian and other parents were spurred into action following last month's release of elementary school redistricting and passage of a summer conduct policy. Several parents told committee members at two meetings that there wasn't enough notification of the changes or inclusion of parents in the discussion. "The public perception of the School Committee has really taken a beating," said Jessica Porter, who is leading the write-in campaign. "In large part that's because the leadership of the School…
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Mitt Romney took 76 percent of the vote in Dedham on Super Tuesday.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney received 1,420 of the 1,861 votes cast in the Republican Presidential Primary in Dedham on Super Tuesday. Town Clerk Paul Munchbach attributed Romney's success to name recognition amongst Republican and unenrolled voters who took out Republican ballots. A little more than 2,700 voters hit the polls on Super Tuesday in Dedham, for roughly an 18 percent voter turnout. "[It was a] smooth day and great communication between the Town Clerks office, the schools and the Police Department," Munchbach stated in an email Tuesday evening. Voters didn't have trouble finding new polling locations, Munchbach said, although a few voters who shifted precincts went to the wrong polling place initially. "I felt that …
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Monday, March 5, 2012
A look at the March 6 presidential primary ballot.
Dedham Republican and Democrat voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the presidential primary and state committee races. As part of Super Tuesday, 10 states will pick Republican and Democrat nominees for November's presidential election. Polls in Dedham open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is on the ballot up against challengers Rick Santorum, of Pennsylvania, Ron Paul, of Texas, Newt Gingrich, of Georgia. Although they've dropped out of the race, Michelle Bachman, of Minnesota, Jon Huntsman, of Utah, and Rick Perry, of Texas, will also appear on the Republican ballot. President Barack Obama is the lone candidate in the Democratic ballot. Voters also will vote on party state and town committee …
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Fred Civian
9:12 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012
Dan - I realize your perception is that the campaign was "prompted strictly by the redistricting issue." There have been a number of news articles recently that contain statements from various people involved in the campaign - Jen included - where a number of other reasons were given. Anyone reading those articles would quickly understand that the campaign was inspired - if that is the right word… more ›