Please find attached and in the body of this email below the agenda for the upcoming School Committee meeting on Saturday, February 4. Please note that...
I predict that 85% of voters will continue to stay home as long as we hold our Town election in March, instead of in November -- when people are used to going...
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FennDH@...
Feb 3, 2012 5:51 pm
Interesting idea, Patrick. Some questions: Since we have voted, like most towns, in March for decades if not centuries (why? Because March was mud month,...
It pains me to see too few candidates for the number of Town Meeting seats in some precincts. I hope people can beat the bushes and get interested people to...
Having run for townwide office three times -- when I was (still?) young and naive... --, I have discovered what I now call the "85-10-5" rule for Lexington...
It cannot possibly be healthy for a democracy to have uncontested elections be the norm. That's what we have here, and people keep trying to rationalize...
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Vicki Blier
vb@...
Feb 4, 2012 12:23 am
*As a practical matter, November elections for town offices would make it very difficult for local campaigns. * * * *You see the same people helping out on...
Hi Every one:  Good arguments are presented by Dan Fenn, Tom Diaz, and Vicki Blier. Regarding people have to split their time for local and state/federal...
Hi all. To address a couple of Bijan's points: people spend considerable time and money on competitive town-wide races. I have not run in one since 2007, but...
Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 39, section 9A provides information about the timing of town annual elections. It may be helpful for this discussion to...
mma.org/resources-mainmenu-182/doc_download/288-2011-town-election-dates-chronological-listing Most Massachusetts cities and towns hold their election between...
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Linda & Norman Cohen
linorm@...
Feb 4, 2012 4:17 pm
All of the municipalities named in the last message on this subject have city forms of government. They are Towns in name only. Norm Cohen From:...
Norm: Incorrect. Saugus is a Town with a Board of five Selectmen (saugus-ma.gov/Pages/SaugusMA_Selectmen/index). Why is your comment relevant? This...
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ajfriedl@...
Feb 4, 2012 6:36 pm
Hi all: Since I'm helping Nancy with organizing the TMMA Warrant Information Report and with the Selectman having signed the Warrant this week, I wanted to ...
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ajfriedl@...
Feb 4, 2012 7:03 pm
Hi again all: Ruth Thomas just volunteered to do Article 27, any takers on the others? Andy...
Can anyone tell me updated information about the charging station(s) that would be funded by this grant? (Where they might be, what type, etc.?) Thanks, Tom...
The School Committee will vote the LPS FY13 Recommended Budget at its meeting on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 7:30 PM in the Town Office Building,...
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FennDH@...
Feb 4, 2012 7:17 pm
Vicki: Good point about the fact that roughly the same people work in politics, federal state and local. From experience, I can testify that running for major...
I was at a small gathering the other night and I mentioned town meeting and one woman there pretty much had no idea what town meeting was and asked if town...
Irene: Here's a "better" way to "let them stay home": since (most) town elections are uncontested, let's just cancel our elections altogether. We'll even save...
Patrick, That just doesn’t make sense. Although I enjoy having relatively nothing to do in January and February, I don’t advocate having uncontested...
All:  The warrant has been uploaded to the TMMA website: http://www.lexingtontmma.org/uploads/Main/2012ATMWarrant.pdf  I've also updated the "status bar"...
Andy, I think you meant h) Hastings School Natural Gas Conversion We don't want those feds running our schools with their unfunded mandates for national gas...
It is characteristic of totalitarian regimes that they always have, or claim to have, a turnout of 97% or greater. High turnout is not a good indication of...
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ncor1106@...
Feb 5, 2012 4:46 am
Folks: Â My thanks to Alan for posting the Annual Warrant to the website. Â We still need write-up volunteers (see below) so let us know if you can help....
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rthomas@...
Feb 5, 2012 6:00 pm
Dear Town Meeting Members-- Bonjour! This Sunday the Beer & Chicken Wings...Next Sunday the Wine & Cheese! Just in case you have not seen the posters around...
Ruth, Can you tell us the potential?, actual? ,proposed?, or under consideration? location(s?) of the ?Antony Park? in Lexington? (Not that I am questioning...
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rthomas@...
Feb 6, 2012 1:37 am
Hi David, The RGQ was published in the Minute-Man the week before last and can also be read at: ...
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rthomas@...
Feb 6, 2012 1:41 am
David, I believe it should read "RFQ." We hope to see you and many other town meeting members at the Faire! It is lots of fun and very festive! Ruth...
From: Glenn P. Parker, Chair, Appropriation Committee To: Donna Hooper, Town Clerk RE: Meeting of the Appropriation Committee Date: Monday, February 6, 2012 A...
