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.
Breaking news – Newton candidates don’t like Trump
The Boston Globe today had a great “dog bites man” headline. The story about last night’s final mayoral debate was titled “After testy week, Newton mayoral candidates agree they
Globe views mayor race through class divide
Ruthanne Fuller endorsed by Newton TAB
The Newton TAB has endorsed Ruthanne Fuller for Newton’s next mayor. Read the story here.
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: Candidates for mayor, school committee and charter debate
Globe columnist weighs in on the Lennon/Fuller ‘gender war’ UPDATED
Shirley Leung’s latest Boston Globe column begins….
As mayoral races go, this one was really boring. Until one candidate tried to stir up a little class antipathy, and instead started a gender war.
RELATED:
- Read Lennon’s TAB ad is here.
- Fuller’s email statement that was sent to Village 14 is published verbatim here.
- Read the statement Lennon sent to Village 14 here.
UPDATE: NBC Boston covered this story on Friday
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Gender comes to the foreground in Newton’s mayor race
The only fair reading of Scott Lennon’s statement that “[s]ome of that ad … has been taken out of context” is that he meant to say that critics have misunderstood his intent. “[T]hat ad,” of course, is an ad Scott placed in the TAB,... Fuller: My opponent is attacking me for choosing to work and to raise kids
Candidate Ruthanne Fuller has just released this statement in response to an ad in today’s Newton TAB.
My opponent’s recent ad questioning my capacity to be both a mother and a leader shows a regrettable lack of understanding for those of us who work every day to balance family, career, and service to the community and for women who work – whether in paid or unpaid positions – and raise kids.
Last year, I declared my candidacy for Mayor of Newton because I am passionate about Newton’s future. I have a clear vision, a plan to make us an even better community, and the experience to deliver. My campaign has been and will continue to be
Lennon: I am the only candidate who has consistently held a full-time job
In a full page ad in today’s Newton TAB, candidate for mayor Scott Lennon takes a not-so-subtle jab at opponent Ruthanne Fuller’s less traditional history, saying:
I am the only candidate who has consistently held a full-time job for the last twenty years.
Campaign finance reports: Fuller out-raises Lennon
The TAB has published a report — complete with several charts and graphs — showing how much mayoral candidates Ruthanne Fuller and Scott Lennon have raised. It’s worth going to Wicked Local to see the charts be here’s two excerpts: Ruthanne...