Buck is absolutely correct: Tom Stanley has been an excellent advocate on Lincoln’s behalf. We can only hope that whoever replaces him is half as good and diligent as he has been for us.
Allen Vander Meulen Chair, Lincoln Housing Commission Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2021, at 07:59, Buckner Creel <bcr...@lincnet.org> wrote: > > > Actually, Rep Tom Stanley has been extraordinarily supportive of Lincoln > interests. > > Tom is a very accomplished politician who is respected by his fellow > legislators. His chief of staff has a well-developed relationship with our > Town leaders, His constituency support structure is very well developed and > responsive to individual concerns. He is very effective at shepherding our > annual citizen petitions and other actions through the legislative process. > He has personally responded to Lincoln concerns and requests for help with > various Commonwealth agencies, and has helped us work through a number of > issues affecting our area. He has successfully passed Lincoln-specific > legislation which has provided funding to help resolve some issues. > > Others in the Town government share these observations. I could go on and > on, but I submit that losing Tom Stanley as our representative is not a good > thing. It remains to be seen if Lincoln will receive the same level of > excellent support from the new district structure. > > regards, > > Buck > ================================================== > Buckner M. Creel > Lincoln School Project Manager > Lincoln Public Schools > ================================================== > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:07:22 -0400 > From: Bob Kupperstein <bobk...@gmail.com> > To: Sasha Golden <sashagol...@gmail.com> > Cc: Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com>, Lincoln Talk > <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] We are about to get redistricted? again? > maybe? probably > Message-ID: > <CAGHQ8mx1niGtkvRfLEAj9i9SC4qPXu=xKEf2eW7o=rqwm11...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Our current House Rep is Stanley, who represents Waltham and Lincoln. > While I don't have any particular issue with Rep. Stanley, if an issue came > up that split Lincoln with Waltham, I don't think there's any doubt whose > interests he would advocate for. > > I think our town interests have more in common with other rural-suburban > towns. I don't think our culture actually aligns very well with Weston and > Wellesley and I think we have less in common with the W's than they do > with each other, but I think the proposed district is better for us than > the current one at least. > > -Bob > -- > 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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