Question about contested 2022 Lincoln races Hi, I saw a few posts in response to this - and maybe didn't catch all so hope this isn't repeating.
In general, I think anyone should run in a race if they feel they can do a good job for the town. Sometimes incumbents win races without opposition, that's okay, but if several years later when it's time for reelection, someone else feels they have something to offer, they should. There are always new people, new issues, new skills people learn and gain. For Planning Board, I support Ephraim Flint. He has so much to offer. So much experience. I am glad he is running. Best to all, Barbara > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michelle Barnes <la_v...@yahoo.com> > To: "lincoln@lincolntalk.org" <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:31:18 -0400 > Subject: [LincolnTalk] Question about contested 2022 Lincoln races > Dear LincolnTalk, > > I’m wondering whether the candidates challenging incumbents in the two > 2022 town elections, or anyone else for that matter, might be able to shed > any light on why they’ve entered the race? From the candidate forum I did > not get a strong sense of that. (Rightly so, in order to keep the > discussion civil, the parameters around the evening would’ve made that > conversation difficult. The moderators, Carol Casper and Rob Stringer, did > a truly superb job of pulling that evening together and moderating it, and > I’m so very grateful to all the candidates for putting their hat into the > vital ring of public service. We are so lucky to have so many super > talented, capable, caring and committed people in our community, wow!) > > Our daughter will be entering the eighth grade this fall, so I am > particularly interested in (and mystified by) the LSRH school committee > race. From the candidates forum, on the face of it at least, stated > objectives and values were reasonably similar across the incumbents and > those challenging the incumbents although styles were clearly very > different (for both contested races). This leaves me wondering what I am > missing? If you’d like to, or are at least willing to, discuss this with me > privately, please email me back and I’ll give you my personal contact > information so that we can discuss it by phone or meet for coffee at the > Twisted Tree or whatever is most comfortable and convenient for you. It > might be good for all of us to learn the answer to this question directly > from the candidates challenging incumbents though. > > Thank you very much, > Michelle Barnes > S. Great Rd. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Andrew Payne <a...@payne.org> > To: "<lincoln@lincolntalk.org>" <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:38:23 -0400 > Subject: [LincolnTalk] ENDORSEMENT: Jim Hutchinson for Select Board (vote > March 28) > Fellow residents, > > I’m writing to endorse Jim Hutchinson for Select Board, and I urge you to > vote for him in the town election on March 28th (the Monday after town > meeting). > > This is an easy endorsement to write: I’ve worked with Jim closely for a > number of years on Lincoln’s Finance Committee and other town projects, and > I’m constantly impressed with his expertise and understanding of financial > and management issues in our town. Residents may not fully understand how > much he’s led and contributed, from a revised OPEB “level-budgeting” policy > at fincom, to playing a key role reviewing & negotiating our complex solar > power purchase agreements for our new school building, to learning the > municipal water business (probably more than he bargained for!) and getting > operations there back on track. > > When Jim was talking to me about joining fincom, he said (paraphrasing) “*if > you want to understand how a town really works, follow the finances*”. > While there’s much more to the Select Board than just business and finance > stuff, I have a hard time imagining someone with a better perspective & > instinct on Lincoln’s opportunities, challenges, issues, and constraints > than Jim. He’s been a model for volunteering, analytical thinking, active > listening, problem-solving, dry humor, and “giving back”. We’re all lucky > to have him. > > After I wrote this, a few other residents that feel the same way about Jim > asked to add their names below. We all urge you to vote for Jim in the > March 28 Select Board election. > > Andrew Payne > Eric Harris > Sanj Kharbanda > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pastor Allen <pastorall...@gmail.com> > To: Michelle Barnes <la_v...@yahoo.com> > Cc: Lincoln@lincolntalk.org > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:38:50 -0600 > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Question about contested 2022 Lincoln races > As a former (and unsuccessful) candidate in a contested race for an open > seat here in town, my opinion is that any challenger has to make a strong > case as to why they should replace the incumbent. If that case is not > made, then there really is no reason to displace the incumbent. And > (frankly) it also strongly implies they should not be replaced. > > - Allen Vander Meulen > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 18, 2022, at 08:31, Michelle Barnes via Lincoln < > lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote: > > > > Dear LincolnTalk, > > > > I’m wondering whether the candidates challenging incumbents in the two > 2022 town elections, or anyone else for that matter, might be able to shed > any light on why they’ve entered the race? From the candidate forum I did > not get a strong sense of that. (Rightly so, in order to keep the > discussion civil, the parameters around the evening would’ve made that > conversation difficult. The moderators, Carol Casper and Rob Stringer, did > a truly superb job of pulling that evening together and moderating it, and > I’m so very grateful to all the candidates for putting their hat into the > vital ring of public service. We are so lucky to have so many super > talented, capable, caring and committed people in our community, wow!) > > > > Our daughter will be entering the eighth grade this fall, so I am > particularly interested in (and mystified by) the LSRH school committee > race. From the candidates forum, on the face of it at least, stated > objectives and values were reasonably similar across the incumbents and > those challenging the incumbents although styles were clearly very > different (for both contested races). This leaves me wondering what I am > missing? If you’d like to, or are at least willing to, discuss this with me > privately, please email me back and I’ll give you my personal contact > information so that we can discuss it by phone or meet for coffee at the > Twisted Tree or whatever is most comfortable and convenient for you. It > might be good for all of us to learn the answer to this question directly > from the candidates challenging incumbents though. > > > > Thank you very much, > > Michelle Barnes > > S. Great Rd. > > > > -- > > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > > Browse the archives at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michelle Barnes <la_v...@yahoo.com> > To: Andrew Payne <a...@payne.org> > Cc: lincoln@lincolntalk.org > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:48:35 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] ENDORSEMENT: Jim Hutchinson for Select Board > (vote March 28) > Dear LincolnTalk, > > I couldn’t agree more with Andy Payne’s below endorsement of Jim > Hutchinson for Select Board based on my personal experience of working with > him on the water commission since 2019. As he said at the candidate forum, > he really is here to listen and best serve our community, not to follow his > own agenda, and he does that with the respectful active listening skills, > analytic abilities, and town’s will, values (and purse) top of mind. > > Thank you, > Michelle Barnes > South Great Road > > On Mar 18, 2022, at 10:39 AM, Andrew Payne <a...@payne.org> wrote: > > > Fellow residents, > > I’m writing to endorse Jim Hutchinson for Select Board, and I urge you to > vote for him in the town election on March 28th (the Monday after town > meeting). > > This is an easy endorsement to write: I’ve worked with Jim closely for a > number of years on Lincoln’s Finance Committee and other town projects, and > I’m constantly impressed with his expertise and understanding of financial > and management issues in our town. Residents may not fully understand how > much he’s led and contributed, from a revised OPEB “level-budgeting” policy > at fincom, to playing a key role reviewing & negotiating our complex solar > power purchase agreements for our new school building, to learning the > municipal water business (probably more than he bargained for!) and getting > operations there back on track. > > When Jim was talking to me about joining fincom, he said (paraphrasing) “*if > you want to understand how a town really works, follow the finances*”. > While there’s much more to the Select Board than just business and finance > stuff, I have a hard time imagining someone with a better perspective & > instinct on Lincoln’s opportunities, challenges, issues, and constraints > than Jim. He’s been a model for volunteering, analytical thinking, active > listening, problem-solving, dry humor, and “giving back”. We’re all lucky > to have him. > > After I wrote this, a few other residents that feel the same way about Jim > asked to add their names below. We all urge you to vote for Jim in the > March 28 Select Board election. > > Andrew Payne > Eric Harris > Sanj Kharbanda > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Debbie Leopold <dleop...@minlib.net> > To: lincoln@lincolntalk.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:33:11 -0400 > Subject: [LincolnTalk] Still space for parents and caregivers at our > upcoming workshop - The ABCs of Racism > *The Lincoln Public Library Children's Room presents The ABCs of Racism: > Fostering Antiracist Conversation and Action with Kids* > > Parent and Caregivers are invited to join us for this *Zoom Workshop on > Wed, March 23 at 6:30pm * > > > From cradle to grave, by every metric of well-being we can measure -- > education, employment, health, housing -- research tells us that deep > racial disparities persist in our society. Research also tells us that > children begin to notice and assign meaning to skin color by the age of 2. > This makes racial literacy a critical part of preparing our children to > lead lives as engaged, equity-minded problem-solvers in the world. > > Geared for White or multiracial parents and caregivers, this workshop is > led by Wee the People, a Boston-based social justice group, and explores > fundamental concepts of systemic racism, the barriers that block us from > engaging with kids around race and racism, the social science of race > awareness in children, and strategies to start and sustain antiracist and > action in school and at home*. Email > <dleop...@minlib.net>dleop...@minlib.net <dleop...@minlib.net> for Zoom > link. * > > Many thanks to the Friends of the Lincoln Library for funding this program. > -- > Debbie Leopold > Children's Librarian > Lincoln Public Library > Lincoln, MA > 781-259-8465 x4 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: K Mierz <mie...@yahoo.com> > To: "." <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:41:01 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: [LincolnTalk] TAKEN: ALL MY MINERALS > katherine mierzwa > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Allison Easton <easton.ander...@comcast.net> > To: "'Lincoln Talk'" <Lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:57:45 -0400 > Subject: [LincolnTalk] FS - CB2 Filing Cabinets w/ Casters > > 2 - $50 each > > 15.5”W X 27”H X 19.5”D > > Pick up in Concord Thoreau district > > > > Gary A. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Louis Zipes <louiszi...@gmail.com> > To: Michelle Barnes <la_v...@yahoo.com>, Lincoln Talk < > lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:24:33 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Question about contested 2022 Lincoln races > Michelle, > Personally for me the biggest thing, for the LSSC (LSRH) races, is how > each candidate looks upon the Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School > Agreement. As I understand there might be a clamoring from Sudbury > residents that Lincoln is not 'paying its fair share' and they want to > re-open the agreement. Apologies if I'm mischaracterizing this but > apparently there was a committee that was formed to look at this question > so we should have some wariness about this and seek to clarify their > positions on this. > > Keep in mind that at certain points in our time in this long compact we > may have thought we were getting the short end of the stick so I would > defer to people with longer institutional knowledge to give some historical > context here. > > I second that the evening was a great way to meet and hear from candidates > from some of the boards that get less visibility. Hurrah for all of the > people putting themselves out there to help our community. > > - Louis > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 10:31 AM Michelle Barnes via Lincoln < > lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote: > >> Dear LincolnTalk, >> >> I’m wondering whether the candidates challenging incumbents in the two >> 2022 town elections, or anyone else for that matter, might be able to shed >> any light on why they’ve entered the race? From the candidate forum I did >> not get a strong sense of that. (Rightly so, in order to keep the >> discussion civil, the parameters around the evening would’ve made that >> conversation difficult. The moderators, Carol Casper and Rob Stringer, did >> a truly superb job of pulling that evening together and moderating it, and >> I’m so very grateful to all the candidates for putting their hat into the >> vital ring of public service. We are so lucky to have so many super >> talented, capable, caring and committed people in our community, wow!) >> >> Our daughter will be entering the eighth grade this fall, so I am >> particularly interested in (and mystified by) the LSRH school committee >> race. From the candidates forum, on the face of it at least, stated >> objectives and values were reasonably similar across the incumbents and >> those challenging the incumbents although styles were clearly very >> different (for both contested races). This leaves me wondering what I am >> missing? If you’d like to, or are at least willing to, discuss this with me >> privately, please email me back and I’ll give you my personal contact >> information so that we can discuss it by phone or meet for coffee at the >> Twisted Tree or whatever is most comfortable and convenient for you. It >> might be good for all of us to learn the answer to this question directly >> from the candidates challenging incumbents though. >> >> Thank you very much, >> Michelle Barnes >> S. Great Rd. >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> > > >
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