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by Village 14 | Nov 3, 2015 | Newton | 26 comments
Voter 26 at 3/2 (Peirce School). Despite the low total, there was a steady stream of voters. Handful of sign holders outside, mostly favoring incumbents.
I was voter 40 at 1/3 (Bigelow), at a little before 8am. Lots of sign holders (at least a half dozen) but did not count them.
Voter 76 at 9:17.
Sorry, forgot to say that’s voter 76 m, 9:17 at 3/3, West Newton.
Number 74 at 5/2, 8:45 a.m.
Dan,
Signs for incumbents ? Surprise ?
#51 at the Emerson Community Center in Upper Falls at 9 PM.
Only 60 voters in Ward 2.2 at 9:30.. And no sign holders
Newtonville Sr. Center (Ward 2) – 139 at 10:45. Get out there and vote, folks (and, of course, vote Fidelman for Charter Commission!).
159 at 6/3.at 11:00 am. Sign holders have now dispersed for the morning.
153 at Senior Center at 11:15.
#84 at 9:30 AM – Ward 2, precinct 1
@blueprintbill — No real surprise, just something I noticed and figured might be of interest. I would think the incumbents would be better organized for sign holding on Election Day. Also, there were more signs than people, so volunteers holding multiple signs. That’s also something I think would be more likely among incumbents than challengers.
At 2.3 there was one sign holder for Julia Malakie.
Sorry to miss it, as I have a previous commitment to watch paint dry. Don’t we get enough Reibman commentary here?
#260 at 6/2, 3:30pm
Voter 193 at oak hill middle school 8/1 just a few minutes ago…
Voter 176 at W7P1 at Church of the Redeemer at 5:10 Pm
Good luck everyone !
I’m now up in my other orbit, Lowell, about to cover the Lowell High soccer team, and Lowell’s City Council and School Committee elections.
Win or lose, I’m happy to have given voters a choice. I’ve found a lot of dissatisfaction, and in just the last couple of days of campaigning, heard two stories of people (one in Oak Hill Park, one in Newtonville), who had their yards flood after developers doing teardowns next door changed the grade and built retaining walls. One had to dig up their yard, put in a water collection system at their own expense, and were allowed by the city to tie it into the stormwater drain. And that’s not the first example of that I know of. That’s not right.
Making phone calls this afternoon, I had one women tell me, “I’m voting against everyone the Tab endorsed” and she added, “do you know how many people have told me the same thing?” (I think I convinced her to make exceptions and vote for Jim Cote and Brian Yates.)
Whatever the outcome, I’m looking forward to 1) getting back to swimming at the Y 2) seeing a movie or two at some point, and tomorrow, taking a day off to bake ginger snaps for tomorrow night’s annual Newton Tree Conservancy lecture at the Newton Free Library. Dr. Bruce Fraedrich research director of the Bartlett Tree Labs, will be telling the inside story of the WTC 9/11 Memorial trees. (You’re all invited. 7pm, Wednesday 11/4, in Druker Auditorium at the Library.)
Also going to try to catch the leafblower vs rakes contest at City Hall tomorrow afternoon. 🙂
Terrific comment Julia. And thanks for putting yourself out there. If you win, I look forward to seeing how your journalism training interacts with joining the other side. If you don’t, we’re anxious to welcome you back to Village 14. We’ve missed your contributions here.
249 at 8/3 (Countryside) at 5:30 pm
#189 at 1/1 (Lincoln Eliot) at 5pm
#351 @6:25pm @5/2. About 8 sign holders outside some with multiple signs. Incumbents, challengers, and charter candidates. Also what appeared to be a small tv camera.
#215 at 4/4 (Burr) @ 6pm
One person holding a tall sign with ~6 names on it, one of which was Julia Malakie.
Thank-you, Julia, for giving voters an option. Please add me to the growing list of disgruntled voters. I can NO LONGER grow vegetables in my yard due to a lack of sunshine thanks to my neighbor’s gigantic new house blocking the sun. And don’t get me started on how much my electric usage has risen, again a direct result of the above.
Gotta love the pro-development crowd who chastise small time homeowners like me & make unfounded accusations about the real reasons behind NIMBYism.
Mr. Office:
I can’t think of one person here who chastised any homeowner next to a McMansion as a NIMBY. Many of us think that limited smart growth in our village centers is a good development. Dealing with McMansions is tricky, since for every story like yours there is bound to be a seller who was able to exit their home with additional equity due to maximizing the value of said home as a teardown. Personally I hate homes that are too big for their lot. I’m respectful (within limits) of the rights of property owners to have a degree of latitude regarding what occurs on their land. If your neighbor had planted large trees in their lot which eliminated your shade and caused your electrical bills to rise (not sure I understand that last point), should you also be granted the right to cut those trees down?
But I certainly sympathize and can relate, as many of the small ranches in my local neighborhood are being torn down, and I’m not a fan of what is built in place. But my neighbors do have certain rights in their property, even if I disagree with the end results…
I’m offline for a bit folks. I can’t begin to make a prediction, but judging from the level of emails for the challengers I’ve gotten today, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we have a number of new faces of the Board when I next check back in.
I’ll try and post something late tonight no matter what to congratulate folks either way. Cheers!