Remember when we Newton voters were too tired to vote before November on the ward 1 alderman vacancy? Apparently, the Aldermen are still worried about that.
On Monday, they will vote on whether to reexamine the proposal they voted down earlier: to hold off on filling that vacancy until the municipal election in November. The savings will amount to between $31-35,000, and perhaps that’s why it’s under discussion.
In other cost-savings news, the aldermen will vote on putting elections under the City Clerk’s supervision.
Wednesday features a full-blown hearing on a comprehensive parking plan for the area around Newton North. This marks the first time in recent memory that the city has attempted to deal with all the parking issues in a neighborhood in one fell swoop, rather than fixing one street, only to find the next street coming in for the resulting spillover parking.
Also Wednesday, Public Facilities takes a comprehensive look at water and wastewater.
And Thursday, Superintendent Fleischman presents the post-override school budget.
Look, just do what the charter calls for, and move on.
When is the cut off date for puling papers/ submitting papers?
Has the City checked with Secretary of State Bill Galvin to see if there’s any chance that an arcane state requirement calling for multiple poll checkers for the two elections can be set aside so we can schedule our municipal special election on the same date as the US Senate primaries with one set of poll workers??
I’m no organizational genius, but even I could keep an accurate
number for the three elections, i.e. a Democratic and Republican Senate primary and the Citywide Special Election in Ward 1. And there are seasoned poll checkers available in Newton who I’m certain could do this without any trouble at all.
Wouldn’t it be GREAT if no one pulled papers for this special election and any or all contestants waited until the fall municipal elections – with the specific intention to save the city the $31,000-35,000?
This from a person who said she ran for this seat two years ago just because she felt elections should be contested?