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 Wellesley. "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 …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The question passed by over 2,200 votes.
Wellesley emphatically signed off on yesterday’s referendum question, which asked whether the town should allow restaurants with a minimum of 50 seats to apply for a liquor license. Votes were 2,749 in favor and 457 against.
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Thirty Town Meeting Members are elected in each precinct.
The Town Meeting Member results are in. Each of the eight precincts elect 30 Town Meeting Members. Top-third vote getters in each precinct serve a term of three years, middle third vote getters serve for two years and lower third vote getters serve for one year. In the event of a tie, according to Town Clerk Kathleen Nagle: "The bylaw calls for the Precinct TMMS meet in caucus to decide the tie, typically prior to the opening session of ATM. Sometimes the tie is decided informally among the people involved."
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Early results show Terri Tsagaris hung on to a seat on the board and Don McCauley will take a seat on the board as well, replacing Owen Dugan.
An incumbent hung on to her Board of Selectmen seat and a newcomer will take over for longtime selectmen Owen Dugan. Terri Tsagaris and Don McCaulley won seats on the board, earning 2,394 and 2,164 votes respectively, according to preliminary numbers by Town Clerk Kathleen Nagle. Royall Switzler, challenging for the seat, earned 1,640 votes in the race. Selectmen serve a three-year term. K.C. Kato, incumbent member of the School Committee, won her race decisively with 2,288 votes. The race for the second open seat was close between Tere Ramos and Jennifer E. Looper. Ramos eeked out the victory getting 1,591 votes to Looper’s 1,422. School Committee members serve a three-year term.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Town Clerk Kathy Nagle checked the polls this afternoon and she is surprised at the low numbers.
Despite several contested races, only about 25 percent of registered Wellesley voters have so far made it to the polls in today’s town-wide election. Town Clerk Kathy Nagle said, as of 4 p.m., the highest number of ballots cast at any of the eight polling places was 250. There are between 1,800 and 2,400 voters registered in each precinct, she said. Overall, 15,478 cast a vote. “I got at least 15 post cards [from candidates] at my home this weekend . There are signs all over town,” she said. “It’s troubling. It’s a real important election. I’m saddened the town hasn’t embraced it in a bigger way.” The Board of Selectmen and School Committee races are contested as well as many of the town meeting member races due to the addition of an …
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Columnist Deb Robi writes about your right to vote.
Last week, former Governor Mitt Romney received the most votes in Wellesley's Presidential Preference Primary. Who will "top the ticket" and garner a victory in this year's Wellesley elections? We won't know until everything is counted Tuesday night. This year, Wellesley voters go to the polls in a down economy, with an eye toward fiscal restraint. According to state law Wellesley had to get busy re-drawing its voting lines. Due to the new census, Wellesley added an eighth voting precinct last year, it's first new precinct in 50 years. It means voters in the newly formed Precinct H will come together today to choose their Town Meeting members for the first time. Town Clerk Kathy Nagle, says about 5,000 people in Wellesley saw their voting…
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Your daily roundup of news and events.
It’s election Tuesday and there are two contested races, a referendum question and several town meeting members to elect on the ballots. There are eight precincts for the first time in Wellesley’s voting history. Do you know where you’re supposed to go to vote? Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. The National Weather Service says we will have another day of near-record warmth, but it could rain before 2 p.m. We’ll have all the election results as they come in throughout the day.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Links, ballot and poling place information for Tuesday’s annual town-wide election.
It is election season in the United States. With the presidential primary election behind us, Wellesley’s annual town-wide election will take place Tuesday, March 13. Here are some facts and resources for all of your election day needs: The Board of Selectmen has three candidates vying for two seats. Incumbent Terri Tsagaris, Royall H. Switzler and Planning Board chair Donald S. McCaulley are on the ballot. Selectmen serve a term of three years. The School Committee has three candidates vying for two seats. Committee member K.C. Kato, Tere Ramos and Jennifer E. Looper are on the ballot. School Committee members serve a term of three years.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Only 8.5 percent of Wellesley’s population voted in the presidential primary.
Only 2,382 Wellesley residents cast their votes for a GOP candidate in yesterday’s presidential primary election, and 82 percent of the ballots went to Mitt Romney. Romney got 1,974 votes in yesterday’s election, according to numbers provided by Town Clerk Kathleen Nagle after polls closed Tuesday. Ron Paul finished second with 166 votes, and Rick Santorum came in third with 151. Romney’s numbers in Wellesley are reflective of how Massachusetts voted for the state’s former governor. He won decisively getting 72 percent of the vote in the state. Both Romney and Santorum won three states each by 11:30 p.m. Tuesday with Ohio still up for grabs.
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The town provides today’s workers with sandwiches.
As Wellesley hits the polls on this Super Tuesday, the town has a way of thanking the workers who man them from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The town bought sandwiches from The Linden Store to feed the workers at each of the eight polling places. Terry Connolly, deputy director of general government, delivered the sandwiches throughout the afternoon.
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