Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Last week, precincts held meetings to appoint new Town Meeting members to fill vacancies; those appointed will serve until April 2013.
Nine were appointment to Town Meeting last Wednesday. Precincts held meetings to appoint new Town Meeting members to fill vacancies. Since these are only appointments and they were not elected to these seats, the seat will become vacant and appear on the ballot in April 2013, said Assistant Town Clerk Lisa Ferguson. There are still openings for Town Meeting members in precincts. Appointed were: Precinct 6 Angie E. Goldberg of 114 Spruce St. Rochelle Sivan of 7 Michaud Dr. Precinct 7 Cynthia D. Villanueva, of 42 Westgate Rd. Precinct 8 April R. Middleton of 2 Anzio Rd. Domenic DiRenzo of 154 Oaks Rd. Precinct 13 Austin J. Nagle, Sr. of 46 Mansfield St. Precinct 17 Bethsabe Delvalle, of 5 C Carlson Rd. Precinct 18 Momfred Bernadeau of 402 …
Friday, April 6, 2012
Attached in a PDF file, provided by the Framingham Town Cker's office, of the official election results precinct by precinct, including Town Meeting member races.
Due to redistricting, 9 precincts of the town's 18 precincts had all 12 Town Meeting member seats up for election. The top 4 vote getters earned a three-year term, the next four vote getters, received the two-year term and the next four received a 1-year term. Those precincts were 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 18. In precincts 7, 11 and 18 there were ties. So on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. the Town Clerk will call the precincts together to fill any vacancies and precincts 7, 11 and 18 members will determine, which Town Meeting members will serve which term. As reported on election night, in Precinct 4 all four incumbent Town Meeting members lost and 4 new Town Meeting members were elected. One of those new Town Meeting members Bob …
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In 13 out of the 18 precincts, at least one person won a Town Meeting seat
while receiving fewer than 25 votes.
Editor's Note: In Tuesday's town election 3,484 or about 10% of the town's registered voters participated. In Precinct 17, just 26 registered voters voted. In fact 5 precincts, had fewer than 100 voters between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. 1. The top vote getters among all precincts town-wide were: 2. Eleven candidates for Town Meeting received more than 200 votes. 3. In 13 out of the 18 precincts, at least one person won a Town Meeting seat while receiving fewer than 25 votes (25 is the amount of signatures a new Town Meeting member needs to appear on the ballot). Overall, one-quarter of the 145 Town Meeting member positions up for election this year will be won by people receiving fewer than 25 votes. 4. Only 2 of 18 precincts had contested …
Friday, February 17, 2012
In 9 precincts, all 12 Town Meeting member seats are up for election, due to redistricting.
There will be some new faces at Town Meeting this spring. Assistant Town Clerk Lisa Ferguson finalized the ballot for Town Meeting races for the April 3 election on Thursday. Valentine's Day at 5 p.m. was the deadline for newcomers to Town Meeting to submit nominations papers with 25 signatures. Incumbents were to have declared their intention to run for re-election on Tuesday, Feb. 7. In nine precincts - precincts 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 18 all 12 Town Meeting seats are on the ballot, due to redistricting. The top four candidates with the highest number of votes will receive the 3-year term seats, the next four candidates with the highest number of votes will receive the 2-year term seats and the next four candidates with the …
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Framingham Taxpayers Association urged citizens to take action against "runaway spending" and to hold Framingham leaders accountable for the huge tax increase and the questionable assessments, specifically commercial properties.
Framingham Taxpayers Association urged citizens to take action against "runaway spending" and to hold Framingham leaders accountable for the huge tax increase and the questionable assessments, specifically commercial properties. Close to 100 people filled a room at the main Framingham library Saturday afternoon in what the Framingham Taxpayers Association called an "emergency meeting." A majority of the audience was senior citizens. Also in the audience was Selectman Ginger Esty, Rep. Chris Walsh and state representative candidate Jon Fetherston of Ashland and more than a dozen Town Meeting members. Town Meeting member and 12 year resident Matt Calder, a professional statistician, explained how the residential assessments went up 3% and …
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Joe Rizoli
6:10 pm on Saturday, April 7, 2012
Good for him. Now he will see WHO is costing this town real financial problems. Joe Rizoli more ›