An Important Election Season

The following nomination papers have been certified for the Town of Longmeadow Annual Town Election to be held on June 8, 2010.

Select Board – 2 three year seats:
Roy Johansen, 85 Western Drive
Mark Gold, 129 Avondale Road (Incumbent)
Michael Clark, 169 Cooley Drive
Christine Swanson, 96 Salem Road
David Gustafson, 173 Ardsley Road

School Committee – 2 three year seats:
Thomas Brunette, 187 Quinnehtuk Road (Incumbent)
Tracy DeMarco, 152 Meadow Road
Jennifer Jester, 129 Farmington Avenue

Planning Board – 1 five year seat
Kenneth Taylor, 149 Academy Drive (Incumbent)

****At this time the town will need to hold a preliminary election for the two Select Board seats to narrow the field of five candidates down to four on Tuesday, May 4 from 8 am – 8 pm, unless any candidate withdraws their name. The deadline to file objections or withdrawals is March 31 at 5 PM.

Annual Town elections will be held on Tuesday, June 8.

At this election will likely be a vote on a debt exclusion Proposition 2½ override of ~ $46 million for the new high school and the election of two Select Board members who will likely be very influencial regarding the future direction of our town.

It's now the time for town residents to wake up and become informed.

Analysis of election returns - 10 June 2008

Here is my brief and partial examination of the election returns for School Committee in the 10 June 2008 Longmeadow Election.

School Committee


Precinct A B C D E Total

Weigand 177 169 123 180 144 793 Second

Bruns 201 170 100 140 126 737 Third

Fitzgerald 202 171 129 161 138 801 First

Kiernan 97 65 55 142 70 429 Sixth

Sweeney 92 70 83 116 80 441 Fifth

Wray 133 153 121 160 94 661 Fourth

Blanks 164 204 137 199 157 861

Write-ins 2 2 1 5

Totals 1068 1002 750 1098 810 4728 Note: 3 ballots per voter. 3 x 1576 = 4728

Total number of voters was 1576. Turn out = 13.89% 11,349 voters were eligible.

Fitzgerald - First in A, B and C. Second in D and E. 50.8%
Weigand - First in D and E. Second in C. Third in A and B. 50.3%
Bruns - Second in A and B. Third in E. Fourth in C and Fifth in D. 46.8%
Wray - Third in C and D. Fourth in A and B and E. 41.9%


Voters A B C D E Total
356 334 250 366 270 1576

Fitzgerald
% by Pct. A56.7% B51.2% C51.6% D44.0% E51.1%

Thank you to all the voters who participated, and a thank you to all the candidates who competed.

Comments invited.

Regards,
John J. Fitzgerald