Upcoming Middleboro election
Picture of my dog Slaney - totally unrelated to this story.
For the two selectman seats the candidates are Allin Frawley, Ted Eayres, Al Rullo, and Steve Spataro.
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If any candidate for any seat wants to write a guest column on nemasket.net, I will publish it. Nothing drives traffic like video or audio – I also offer to do an audio or video podcast with any candidates for any office. If the recording doesn’t go well, the candidate will have the final say on whether or not it gets posted. While I have my own preferences for the selectman seats, I will not try to sabotage anybody.
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It’s a shame there are no candidates for FinCom. This is a great group that holds considerable influence over the town’s purse strings. I have found them to be very approachable and professional. When I first became involved in town politics during Casino Summer ’07, I went to a number of selectmen meetings – generally horrible experiences where I felt unwelcome and not allowed to speak. Just before the town meeting from hell, I went to a FinCom meeting to make my pitch on why the casino numbers were bad. It took place in the same room as the selectmen’s meetings but the atmosphere was so different it was like being on a different planet. FinCom was respectful and interested in what I had to say. I’ve been impressed with this group ever since. To be fair, the atmosphere in selectman meetings has generally improved.
Your descriptions of Middleboro FinCom meetings sound like the selectman’s meetings I attended in towns other than our own.
“the atmosphere was so different it was like being on a different planet.”
“was respectful and interested in what I had to say”