Fact: Real estate donors just 5 percent of the YES campaign
As the 2017 campaign season draws to a close, I like many of you have been canvassing and leafleting. To my amazement many found a flyer, see attached, paid for by the Newton Citizens for Local Representation campaign with the headline !!!!BREAKING NEWS!!! “YES”...
Ward 4 residents: Here’s how to write in Allison Sharma for city council
One of the most interesting down-ticket contests in Tuesday’s municipal election is Allison Sharma’s write in campaign for the ward 4 city council seat. Sharma launched her campaign following a rapid series of still not fully explained events when veteran...
Which city council & school committee candidates have earned your vote?*
As we head into the final days before Tuesday’s election, I’d like to try something else we’ve never done here before.
Tell us which city council and school committee candidates you are excited about voting for on Nov. 7 and why. But don’t tell us about their opponents. We just want to hear about the folks you will be enthusiastically voting for. And please limit your comments here to just your preferred city council and school committee candidates, not the mayor’s race, not the charter.
*Comments about opponents, the mayoral race and the charter will be deleted no matter how brilliant or insightful. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all. There are many other threads where you can express your angst or anything else.
Good luck and be kind.
VIDEO: The final Lennon/Fuller debate
The Newton Republican City Committee and the Sons of the American Legion hosted the final mayoral debate between Ruthanne Fuller and Scott Lennon at the Post 440 on November 2, 2017.
Marro: expected to make a ‘swift recovery’
From today’s Globe...Martin Marro, the Newton man who was injured in a terrorist attack in New York City Tuesday that killed five of his friends, is expected to make a “swift recovery,” his family said in a statement Friday.
Candidates only: Why should we vote for you?
I’d like to try something we’ve never tried before…
This thread is open to candidates for mayor, city council and school committee only. Candidates, go to the comments section and make your pitch. Tell us why we should vote for you on Nov. 7. And please limit your comments to you, no mentions of your opponent or other contests.
Note: Only candidates can post on this thread. Any other comments, no matter how brilliant, will be removed. But, of course, everyone is welcome to be brilliant elsewhere.
You got mail!
If your household is like mine, your mailbox this week has been chock full of mailers from candidates and the charter committees. The photo here shows the nine mailings we received just today. For candidates, especially first timers in council and school committee...Globe views mayor race through class divide
Newton man seriously injured in New York terror incident
A Newton man was severely wounded in Tuesday’s terrorist attack near the World Trade Center in New York City, Andy Levin reports on Wicked Local Newton
Now online: The latest campaign finance reports
Interested in knowing which school committee candidate in a contested race raised only $350 while a different school committee candidate shelled out $3,200 on a campaign manager?! Today is the day when all local candidates must file their final campaign finance...VIDEO: Christopher Markiewicz and Allison Sharma for Ward 4 City Council
Here’s the video from the NewTV and the Newton League of Women Voters debate featuring the two candidates for city council from Ward 4: Christopher Markiewicz and Allison Sharma.
Only Markiewicz appears on the ballot. Sharma is running as a write in and only voters in Ward 4 can vote in this contest on Nov. 7.
