SELECTMAN, PLANNING BOARD RACES FEATURED
Candidates in the contested races for Selectman and the Planning Board faced off when the League of Women Voters of Sudbury sponsored its 56th annual Candidates' Night Thursday, March 8.
The candidates in uncontested races for town offices and for the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee and Sudbury Public School Committee participated in a roundtable discussion after the presentations for the contested races.
The two candidates for the Board of Selectmen seat are Lawrence O'Brien and Daniel De Pompei. O'Brien is an incumbent.
In the Planning Board race, three candidates are running for two seats. They are Christopher Morely, Eric Poch and Patricia Brown. Morely and Poch are incumbents.
Running uncontested for town offices are Joshua Fox for Board of Assessors, Linda Marie Huet-Clayton for Board of Health, Jill Browne and Lily Gordon for the two seats on the Goodnow Library Board of Trustees, Myron Fox for town moderator, and Steven Swanger for Sudbury Housing Authority.
Also uncontested are the races for the two seats on each of the school committees. Candidates for the two Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School committee positions are Nancy Marshall of Lincoln and Gerald Quirk of Sudbury. Candidates for the two Sudbury Public School Committee seats are Lucie St. George and Robert Armour.
Audience members were able to submit questions that evening.
Candidates' Night is now available on the station's website, http://www.sudburytv.pegcentral.com, as a video-on-demand option by searching for "candidate."
The election is Monday, March 26, and polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Voter's Guide for the election is now posted on the "Voter Information" page.
The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization and does not support or oppose any political party or candidate. Information about the Sudbury League is available at http://www.sudburyleague.com.
Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable. Meets monthly with police, clergy, interested professionals and community members.
Watch for information on the annual Shower for Shelters in April.
If you are interested in the LWV DV Roundtable, call 978.779.2226, or 978.443.5752.
Bottle Bill Action Needed
The updated Bottle Bill(H1650/S1480) now has enough sponsors that it could pass the legislature and Gov. Patrick has promised to sign it, IF gets out of the Telecom,Utilities and Energy (TUE) committee.
Call your State Senator and State Representative and ask then to strongly urge Speaker DeLeo to release the bill from committee and schedule a vote.
Our next Health care meeting Thursday, January 23rd at 2:00 pm. You are welcome to come. Call Judy at 978.443.8609.
Planning will continue for our January 2013 health care forum, "The Federal Health Care Law Now: What coverage When.
The LWV MA testified before the Joint Committee on Health Care Finance in favor of the Improved Medicare for All as well as Public Options Bills. The testimony explained that Medicare for All is the LWV's first choice for financing health care since it would provide quality quality health care for all Massachusetts residents at a tremendous savings to the Commonwealth, people and most businesses(about $9 billion annually). Although the LWV considered the Public Option bill second best, it would give MA residents the opportunity to choose a publicly run plan. Also, 24 towns that included "Improved Medicare for All as a ballot question voted overwhelmingly in favor.
See the November 2011 Sudbury LWV Health Care Forum at
http://sudburytv.pegcentral.com/
Three advocates spoke for Massachusetts single-payer health care:
-Senator Jamie Eldridge on why he introduced the Improved Medicare for All bill into the Mass Legislature,
-U of Mass Amherst Profesor Gerald Friedman on how this bill's pasage will save more than $8 billion yearly, and
-Ben Day the executive director of MassCare on how we can work together to get the bill enacted.
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