[Rich, 01:21]
Thanks for your (insufficient :-) support!

I'd like to thank the 61 people who weren't me who voted for me. I appreciate your support! Maybe in another couple of years.

[Rich, 01:20]
Session 2 notes.

• Called to order at 20:00.
• Mr. Hurd plugged the Fox Library fundraiser on 5 May from 18:30 to 20:30.
• Mr. Coletta announced his Town Meeting e-mail list.
• Mr. Judd plugged the Arlington Lions Eyemobile which will be in front of Town Hall on 29 April from 08:00 to 14:00.
• Voted that when we adjourn we adjourn to Monday, 2 May, at 20:00.
• Moderator declared the ATM in recess and opened the 27 April STM.
• STM - Article 1: Reports
  • BoS report to STM received.
  • Article tabled.
• STM - Article 2: Zoning Bylaw Amendment/MU
  • Mr. Tsoi moved to recess STM to 9 May, as ARB only had the hearing yesterday. Moderator asked why not deal with Articles 3-6? Mr. Tsoi said the Planning Department had been telling proponents of other articles that the STM would be recessed until then.
  • Mr. Fischer asked if it should be 9 May or 11 May. Mr. Tsoi while 11 May was originally considered, 9 May was chosen.
  • Mr. Abbott asked if the BoS would be changing its vote. Mr. Hurd said it would not but felt it was better to handle everthing at once.
  • Ms. Harrington said she and others were lead to believe the STM would be recessed to 9 May.
  • Mr. Quinn moved the previous question. Debate terminated.
  • Motion to recess STM to 9 May approved.
• Back to Annual Meeting.
• Article 2 removed from table.
• Article 2 - Reports
  • Received FinComm, BoS Supplemental, and Noise Abatement Study Committee (NASC) reports.
  • Mr. Ciano said NASC has been using its noise meter on Grey Street and Article 19 grew out of that. He said Mr. Fitzmaurice should be thanked for getting Article 19 together and that NASC will be giving a sound level demonstration to Town Meeting.
  • Mr. Tosti corrected a bunch of typos in the FinComm report. He said FinComm began work in October, that the Town is under high financial stress, and that the MMA is lobbying for more local aid. He reviewed the "5-year plan" noting that the BoS, FinComm, and SchoolComm all approved it. Mr. Tosti pointed out the "with override" and "without override" numbers are physically next to each other in the report for easy comparison and that while it will be very tough if the override does not pass, it will still be tough even if it does. He noted that bond rating agencies have noticed our use of reserves. He closed by introducing the FinComm members and noting vacancies for precincts 17 and 20.
  • Article tabled.
• Article 12 - Zoning Bylaw Amendment/Affordable Housing
  • ARB recommended a vote of no action.
  • Mr. Faulkner said the ARB already gives the maximum preferences allowed by state law and that what the proponents want will end up combining subsidies and not producing as many affordable units.
  • Mr. Abbott proposed a substitute motion mostly identical with the wording of the wattant article. He said he did not understand why the ARB was against exchanging a 1BR unit for a 2BR unit and that the AHA should not have been forced to use eminent domain to take the unit from the ARB. He believes there should be an official policy and application document explaining how affordable units under the ARB's control are distributed.
  • Ms. Worden said the Affordable Housing Task Force wants the ARB to make units available for purchase to non-profits to rent out.
  • Mr. Faulkner said 15% of the units in new developments are set aside for people making up to 80% of median income and that the by-law was not intended to solve all problems. He feels that when the AHA pulls a unit out of the affordable units the ARB controls it reduces the effectiveness of the by-law.
  • Mr. Reedy asked if the substitute motion was in order. Moderator said it was.
  • Ms. Harrington asked it to be re-read. Moderator did so.
  • Ms. LaCourt speaking as a TMM asked how a choice of preferences between local employees and government agencies would be made. Mr. Abbott replied that it is a hard decision but the current by-law does not allow agencies to even be considered. He said the ARB should decide how to make the choice and put it in its plan.
  • Mr. Fischer asked if the preference was legal. Mr. Maher said that while he originally had concerns, he now believes it is legal. Mr. Fischer asked what the substitute motion did. Mr. Abbott said it would require the process to be more visible, provide preferences for town employees and allow government agencies to purchase units. Mr. Fischer asked if the developer owns the units. Mr. Abbott said the developer almost always is not the ultimate owner and that it was not true that government agency purchases lower the number of available units.
  • Mr. Jamieson asked if the agencies' purchase price would be the same as eligible individuals and asked if agency purchase would extend affordability restrictions. Mr. Abbott replied "yes" to both.
  • Mr. Lavalle complained that the substitute was not handed out and moved to postpone to 2 May.
  • Motion to postpone approved on voice vote but doubted.
  • Motion to postpone approved 127-50.
• Article 4 - Election of Asst Moderator: Leone wins, 121-62.
• Article 13 - Zoning Bylaw Amendment/New Zoning Districts - REL
  • ARB recommended a vote of no action.
  • Mr. Faulkner said the proponenents idea was to reduce the amount of developable land to make it easier to reach a 40B target. He said taking out those few acres of land will not accomplish much and that the proposed language is constitutionally flawed.
  • Mr. Abbott attempted to offer a substitute motion mostly following the words of the article. Moderator shot Mr. Abbott down saying that in his view it was not proper for a zoning article. Mr. Abbott changed it to a resolution that the ARB propose a REL district next year.
  • Mr. Bernardin asked what other municipalities have done. Mr. O'Brien said he did not know since single-use zones are illegal. Mr. Abbott said he knew of no judicial or legislative cite to that effect.
  • Mr. Faulkner said the SJC has held that at least one use must be offered by right in every zoning district, that at least one economically viable use must be allowed, and that a REL district would be an unconstitutional promotion of religion and that such a district would fail all three test.
  • Mr. Ruderman moved the previous question. Debate terminated.
  • Abbott resolution defeated.
  • No action approved.
• Article 14 - Zoning Bylaw Amendment/New Zoning Districts - MUN
  • ARB recommended no action.
  • Mr. Faulkner said the proposal had the same flaws as the previous once, except for the religion aspect.
  • No action approved.
• Article 15 - Zoning Bylaw Amendment/New Zoning Districts - CEM
  • ARB recommended no action.
  • Mr. Faulkner said the proposal had the same flaws as the previous once, except for the religion aspect.
  • Mr. Belskis and the Moderator had a confusing back-and-forth about making a motion or not making a motion or making a resolution or not making a resolution that ended up with nothing happening.
  • No action approved.
• Article 16 - Zoning Bylaw Amendment/Zoning Districts - Reversion
  • ARB recommended no action.
  • Mr. Faulkner said it was related to articles 13-15 and that the proponents wanted a REL/MUN/CEM property to revert to its prior zoning if the REL/MUN/CEM use ceased. He said this conflicts with state law saying only Town Meeting can change zoning district boundaries.
  • No action approved.
• Article 17 - Bylaw Amendment/Outdoor Lighting
  • BoS recommended no action.
  • Mr. Gilligan moved to postpone to 4 May as the proponent was not present.
  • Postponed.
• Article 18 - Bylaw Amendment/Noise Abatement: BoS recommended no action, which was approved because this was a duplicate of Article 19.
• Article 19 - Bylaw Amendment/Noise Abagtement
  • BoS recommended a vote as set forth in its report.
  • Mr. Fitzmaurice said the current by-law only deals with hours, not sound levels. He said that since it hard to understand what a given sound level is, the NASC will provide a demonstration for Town Meeting and then moved to postpone the article to 2 May to allow for that demonstration.
  • Postponed.
• Article 20 - Bylaw Amendment/Demolition Notification
  • BoS recommended a vote as set forth in its report.
  • Mr. Hurd said BoS agrees with the requirement abutters be notified of demolitions.
  • Mr. Abbott asked why the fine is only $200 instead of being linked to added value. Mr. Hurd said that is a typical fine and the Moderator said $200 is the maximum fine the Town can impose, plus when getting the permit one has to affirm under threat of perjury that notification was made.
  • Ms. Meyer asked if this applied to demolition of Town-owned structures. Moderator said yes.
  • Mr. Judd asked what a building is. Mr. Maher said the Building Inspector had discretion in that area and that it is not feasible for legislation to specify every possibility. Mr. Judd asked if an above-ground pool was a building. Mr. Maher said he did not think that was a building.
  • BoS recommendation approved.
• Article 21 - Bylaw Amendment/Handicapped Parking
  • BoS recommended a vote as set forth in its report.
  • Mr. Jamieson noting the proposed fine is $25 asked what the equivalent fine on a public way was. Chief Ryan said $200. Mr. Jamieson asked why only $25 for this. Mr. Maher said state law allows a $200 fine on public ways but the lesser fine on private land.
  • Mr. Burke asked why this is bring brought up when the Town does not enforce existing rules.
  • Mr. Logan asked who does the towing. Chief Ryan said it is done with the permission of the property owner.
  • Mr. Ruderman questioned whether this was the best use of scarce Town resources and said he opposed the motion.
  • Mr. Hurd said the BoS believed this was a proper use of Town resources.
  • Mr. Chaput asked if officers would be asked to patrol lots. Chief Ryan said it would empower the police to act if someone called them.
  • Mr. Gilligan moved the previous question. Debate terminated.
  • BoS recommended approved unanimously.
• Article 22 - Bylaw Amendment/Newsracks
  • BoS recommended a vote as set forth in its report.
  • Mr. Hurd said Mr. Maher was prepared to speak but that a postponement would be OK.
  • Mr. Maher said this would set up a pilot program and allow the Newsrack Study Committee to have some credibility when trying to get newpapers to participate. Based on the pilot, a more permanent by-law and an appropriation would be proposed next year.
  • The Moderator said he had some problems with where in the by-laws the change should actually go.
  • Ms. Worden moved to postpone the article to 2 May.
  • Postponed.
• Article 23 - Expansion of Pleasant Street Historic District
  • BoS recommended a vote as set forth in its report.
  • Mr. Gilligan moved to postpone the article to 2 May because the HistComm chair was absent.
  • Postponed.
• Article 24 - Home Rule Petition/FinComm Membership
  • BoS recommended a vote as set forth in its report.
  • Mr. Tosti said he would like to have FinComm at full strength and this would accomplish that by giving the appointing authority some flexibility. He also said he supported the Carreiro amendment.
  • Mr. Carreiro proposed an amendment to require that substitute and at-large members' terms expire every 31 October and that the appointing authority would have to wait until 15 December to appoint a substitute or at-large member. He said this would codify what the appointing authority plans to do.
  • Mr. Foskett said he was against the original motion and the amendment as they would reduce the pressure and incentive for FinComm to fill vacancies with actual precinct residents. He said precint representation was important and that FinComm was big enough that a few vacancies would not hurt it.
  • Mr. Loreti asked about the interpretation of "three at-large members" and asked if there have ever been three vacancies. Mr. Tosti said there had not been in his memory. Mr. Loreti asked what the longest time a seat has been vacant. Mr. Tosti said four or five years. Mr. Loreti said he was against the amendment and for the original motion.
  • Mr. Berkowitz said it was sad things have come to this and that regardless of what passes or does not pass, Town Meeting Members should actively solicit FinComm applicants from vacant precints.
  • Ms. Harrington asked what FinComm qualifications are. Mr. Tosti said it is basically being a citizen and a resident of the precinct, and also that the person want to participate and not have an agenda. Ms. Harrington asked if anyone has ever been rejected. Mr. Tosti said that has not happened in at least 15 years. Ms. Harrington said she was inclined to leave things alone.
  • Mr. Chaput said he was worried about timing. Mr. Tosti said he does not aggressively begin searching until Labor Day and that he does not appoint people after December.
  • Mr. Judd moved to adjourn. Defeated. He said it would be good to have a full FinComm and this was worth a try.
  • Mr. Gilligan moved the previous question. Debate terminated.
  • Carreiro amendment approved.
  • BoS recommended vote as amended approved.
  • But since Legislature likes to see actual a numbers, a counted vote was done and again approved 96-31.
• Motion to adjourn made and approved at 23:05.
• Meeting adjourned to 2 May at 20:00.

[Rich, 01:28]
That was one hell of a typo!

Am I the only person who feels the ARB was playing a bit dirty when they waited until Article 11 came up to inform us that despite what was in the report we all received that the ARB was actually recommmending no action on Article 11? Especially since the "Corrected Version" was posted (with no obvious notice) to Town website no later than sometime this morning. There's no reason they couldn't have said that during the announcements portion of the meeting or when Tsoi presented the ARB report. Instead, he talked about the report having "typos" which would be corrected when we got to appropriate articles. Mistakenly saying you voted for something when you didn't is not a "typo". And then springing it on people like that. Boooooo!

[Rich, 01:24]
Session 1 notes

• Moderator called the meeting to order at 20:00.
• Menotomy Minute Men presented colors and played the National Anthem.
• Invocation from the pastor of Saint Camillus.
• Voted that when we adjourn we adjourn to Wednesday, 27 April, at 20:00.
• Article 2 - Reports: We received many, many, many reports.
• Article 3 - Measurer of Wood and Bark: BoS recommended John Fitzmaurice be appointed. Approved on a unanimous voice vote.
• Article 4 - Election of Assistant Moderator: Mr. Leone and Mr. Carreiro were nominated. Election will be by secret ballot on 27 April.
• Article 5 - Zoning Bylaw/Affordable Housing
  • ARB recommended a vote to look at contiguous lots developed within two years when applying the afforable housing by-law, and to have six or more single and two-family homes on contiguous lots require a special permit in order to prevent developers from escaping the by-law by subdividing lots.
  • Mr. Tsoi said that the hearing on the April 27 STM articles is at the Senior Center on 26 April at 20:00 and not at Town Hall as the Advocate said. He presented the ARB position and pointed out it would prevent something like the corner of Mill Street and Massachusetts Avenue from being built without any affordable units.
  • Ms. Worden introduced Mr. Mongold, a resident of the Town.
  • Mr. Mongold said the by-law has created 10 affordable units since being enacted. He asked Town Meeting approve the recommendation so the by-law cannot be avoided through subdivision.
  • Mr. Dohan, a member of the HCA board, said that he personally and the HCA supported the recommendation.
  • Mr. Ruderman said he was in favor and asked what is the manner of fixing the construction date. Mr. Tsoi said the clock would start from the granting of the special permit.
  • Ms. Harrington asked if Mill/Mass could have happened if the land was in common ownership. Mr. O'Brien said no, because there is a difference between a condo and a two-family and that the by-law does not apply to things that can be built by right. Ms. Harrington asked if the by-law would apply if an owner subdivided his land and sold it to separate people who used separate builders. Mr. O'Brien said yes but that it is hard to write language to cover all possible outcomes. He said that the buyer of the last lot would be forced to build affordable housing and that only someone meeting the affordable housing criteria could live there. Ms. Harrington said she would probably support it.
  • Mr. Bernardin moved the previous question, which failed.
  • Mr. Burke said he was in favor but that as the town has few large open lots, he saw a bigger threat from buying a bunch of houses, tearing them down, and then rebuilding. He said there should be a minimum area to subdivide and that we do not want to look like Chelsea. Mr. O'Brien pointed out that what is under discussion is only about what the afforable housing by-law would apply to and that last year Town Meeting fixed the loophole that allowed Mill/Mass to be built at all. The Moderator pointed out the Town does have a minimum lot size and setbacks in every zone.
  • Ms. Fiore asked if there are any small buildable lots. Mr. O'Brien said state law grandfathers certain lots with 50ft of frontage and 5,000ft², but that otherwise the minimum is 60ft and 6,000ft²
  .
  • Mr. Judd asked if assessments increase when a lot is subdivided and if affordable units are assessed lower than market rate. Mr. Greeley (the assessor) said yes to both.
  • Mr. Carreiro moved the previous question, which was approved unanimously (!)
  • ARB recommendation was approved unanimously.
  • Ms. Harrington gave notice of reconsideration.
• Article 6 - Zoning Bylaw/Parking - Single Room Occupancy
  • ARB recommended a vote to allow the ARM to reduce the parking spaces per dwelling unit ratio up to 50% for single room occupancy (SRO) developments.
  • Mr. Tsoi said that current SROs (Caritas and the Salvation Army ones) report only 25-50% of their residents have cars and that reducing the ratio would make SROs easier to develop. He said the ARB believes the overnight parking ban would discourage SRO residents from buying cars they would be unable to park. He disclosed that he has an association with the Salvation Army and was involved in the Salvation Army SRO development.
  • Mr. Fischer asked why the ARB was dealing with this now. Mr. O'Brien said that Mr. Abbott brought it up last year but that the specifics of that proposal were unacceptable; but a better proposal was brought up this year. Mr. Abbott said he had no particular project in mind but did not want to see SROs precluded which the current parking rules in effect do. Mr. Fischer said he was probably in favor but wanted to know the current parking state at the Salvation Army SRO. Mr. Tsoi said it has never had more people with cars than there are spaces.
  • Mr. Belskis said he was worried that this would result in not enough spaces for facility employees to park in, noting parking problems with Germaine Lawrence employees. Mr. Tsoi said SRO development would involve a special permit and the ARB would take employee count into consideration.
  • Mr. Bayer asked if the ARB could reduce the ratio by 50% or not at all. Mr. Tsoi said that "as much as 50%" meant the ARB could reduce the ratio by less than 50%. Mr. Bayer noted the Zoning Bylaw Review Committee was against the recommendation and asked why. Mr. Loreti said the ZBRC was divided but came out against it because the ZBRC was worried the language would allow a SRO development that was barely over one-half affordable units would end up not having any required parking spaces for the affordable units and was also worried about enforceability.
  • Mr. Abbott said the ZBRC did not understand the reality of SROs and that virtually everyone in an SRO needs affordable housing. He felt the ARB's recommendation was a reasonable compromise.
  • The ARB recommendation was approved 135-21.
• Article 7 - Zoning Bylaw/Hospital Zone: The ARB recommended a vote to delete a few missed references to the now non-existent H zone, which was approved 148-4.
• Article 8 - Zoning Bylaw/Stormwater Management
  • ARB recommended a vote to adopt federal and state Best Management Practices for dealing with surface water drainage.
  • Mr. Tsoi presented the ARB's recommendation.
  • Mr. Belskis moved to amend the ARB recommendation to require that if a stormwater management system is required to reduce flooding, that the developer post a bond for perpetual care of the system in order to prevent the town from having to pay for maintenance.
  • Ms. Fiore said that Arlington has separated sewer and storm drain systems and that if one dumps something in the storm drains it could end up in Mill Brook or Spy Pond. She said she was in favor of the original vote, the amendment, and tabling discussion.
  • Mr. Maher said he gets agitated when people do not take advantage of his help and that while he understood what Mr. Belskis was trying to do, Mr. Belskis's language would not accomplish that.
  • Ms. Harrington moved to table the article.
  • Motion to table approved unanimously.
• Article 9 - Zoning Bylaw/71 Summer: The ARB recommended a vote of no action as the article was made moot by a ZBA decision in the proponent's favor. No action approved.
• Article 10 - Zoning Bylaw/53 Broadway
  • ARB recommended a vote of no action.
  • Mr. Faulkner said the parcel is currently zoned R1 but the owner wants to build a 3-family house. He said Gardner Street is R1 but Broadway allows three-deckers. He said at the ARB hearing people were concerned about increasing density. He pointed out there is no legal problem with the rezone requested by the owner and that the ARB recommended no action for policy reasons.
  • Mr. Ellis moved a substitute motion, containing the text of the article, for the owner. Mr. Ellis introduced the owner -- Alfonso Sira, a resident of the Town.
  • Mr. Sira said he believed the zoning change would benefit the neighborhood and that the current house is out-of-place between the denser zones surrounding it.
  • Mr. McGaffigan made a motion to table which failed.
  • Mr. Caccavaro said the people who signed the warrant article petition were "dumb" and that this is about money and should be voted down.
  • Mr. Robillard said that everything in Gardner is 1-family and that the multi-family houses the owner cited are across the street.
  • Mr. McGaffigan said the neighbors are concerned because the parcel has been zoned R1 for 50 years and that the property's driveway will be so close to the intersection with Broadway that it will be a safety problem.
  • Mr. Loreti said that while Mr. Sira's handout properly noted uses, it did not note that many of the houses in the 3-family zones were only 2-family houses. He said the proposed house would not fit in and was far bigger than the surrounding houses.
  • Ms. Harrington asked if the rezone would affect more than the one lot. Mr. Faulkner said it was just an extension of R3 across Gardner and would only affect that one lot. Ms. Harrington moved to postpone the article until 27 April.
  • Mr. Berkowitz moved the previous question on all matters under the article.
  • Motion on the previous question approved.
  • Motion to postpone failed.
  • Motion to substitute failed.
  • Recommendation of no action approved.
• Article 11 - Zoning Bylaw/Inclusionary Zoning
  • ARB recommended a vote of no action.
  • Mr. Faulkner said the ARB had voted for no action, but goofed printing its report and mistakenly said it had voted in favor of what the proponents wanted. He said it would violate the intent to have afforable units incorporated into developments and that clustered proposals would be all the ARB would see.
  • Mr. Abbott said the article gave the ARB the authority to allow clustering in certain cases, not mandating it in those cases.
  • Mr. Ellis, complaining of finding out about this flip-flop at the 11^th hour, asked to postpone the article to 2 May.
  • The Moderator suggested that given the ARB's gaffe, a postponement would be appropriate.
  • Motion to postpone approved.
• Motion to adjourn made and approved at 22:55.
• Meeting adjourned to 27 April at 20:00.

[Rich, 16:30]
Documents galore!

BoS report to the Annual Town Meeting
BoS report to the 27 April Special Town Meeting
ARB report to the Annual Town Meeting
Warrant for the 23 May Special Town Meeting

[Rich, 12:30]
Special Town Meeting Warrant Available

The Warrant for the 27 April Special Town Meeting is available here.

[Rich, 20:52]
Town Meeting Primer

Here (PDF, 135KB) is the Town Meeting primer that David Coletta put together from suggestions of mine and others.

[Rich, 11:48]
Everett is one of a kind...

According to the Massachusetts Moderators' Association Everett is the only city in the United States with a bicameral legislative body.

[Rich, 11:22]
Want to buy Town Meeting Time?

The contact info is:

To order a copy, send a check for $25 (including postage), payable to the Massachusetts Moderators Association, to Stow Town Moderator Edward Newman, 27 Whitney Road, Stow, MA 01775. The book can also be found in many public libraries. For more information, call Newman at (978) 897-7076.

(from the MMA website)

[Rich, 15:56]
Taking advantage of voting technology

I think the Accuvote optical scan system that Arlington uses is an excellent compromise between speed of counting, ease of voting, and audit trail. I believe the ballots are easy to fill in and easy for the voter to double-check before handing it in. Since physical ballots are used, recounts are meaningful. And since a computer scans the stuff in, the results for a precinct are known as soon as the polls close.

Another advantage of these machines are that they can be told to reject any ballot that has an overvote anywhere on it. This feature was finally activated in this town election. Here's hoping they keep the feature turned on.

[Rich, 14:44]
Wish they'd also release these in Excel

Here's a 300K PDF of the official unofficial results. The various write-in winners in the TMM races haven't been released yet, though.

[Rich, 01:19]
Town Election Results - Contested TMM Races

Sorry. No spreadsheet for these.

PRECINCT 1 - 4 for 3 years (171 ballots cast)
Kneeland(*)      113    24.94%
E McGaffigan(*)   91    20.09
P McGaffigan(*)   88    19.43
Mills(*)          88    19.43
Barry-Smith       69    15.23
Write-ins          4     0.88

PRECINCT 4 - 4 for 3 years (199 ballots cast)
Costa(*)        118     24.48%
Laite(*)        113     23.44
Piandes(*)       91     18.88
Ferrara(*)       90     18.67
Marshall         70     14.52

PRECINCT 8 - 4 for 3 years (501 ballots cast)
Rowe(*)         356     25.57%
Berkowitz(*)    331     23.78
Leone(*)        305     21.91
Band(*)         277     19.90
Pearson         120      8.62
Write-ins         3      0.22

PRECINCT 10 - 1 for 2 years (486 ballots cast)
McHugh(*)       198     54.25%
Ledwig          164     44.93
Write-ins         3      0.82

PRECINCT 11 - 4 for 3 years (457 ballots cast)
Rodochia(*)     266     22.45%
Caccavaro(*)    255     21.52
K Greeley(*)    251     21.18
R Greeley(*)    212     17.89
Crowley         201     16.96

PRECINCT 14 - 4 for 3 years (308 ballots cast)
Mahon(*)        224     28.28%
Hooper(*)       150     18.94
Hillis(*)       147     18.56
DeMille(*)      144     18.18
Coletta         125     15.78
Write-ins         2      0.25

PRECINCT 15 - 1 for 1 year (432 ballots cast)
Mahoney(*)      196     61.44%
Lavalle         120     37.62
Write-ins         3      0.94

PRECINCT 16 - 4 for 3 years (441 ballots cast)
Oringer(*)      258     22.53%
Thornton(*)     251     21.92
Garrity(*)      232     20.26
Kenney(*)       208     18.17
Czapski         190     16.59
Write-ins         6      0.52

[Rich, 01:11]
Town Election Results - Contested Town-Wide Races

Here are the results for the contested town-wide races. I also have an Excel spreadsheet with the precinct-by-precinct numbers for those races.

    SELECTMEN, vote for two (7250 ballots cast)
 --------------------------------
Mahon(*)        4590    37.53%
LaCourt(*)      3109    25.42
Lyons           3079    25.17
Barrett          751     6.14
Tarkington       679     5.55
Write-ins         23     0.19

    SCHOOL COMMITTEE, vote for three (7250 ballots cast)
 ----------------------------------------
Lovelace(*)     3835    24.60%
Garballey(*)    3800    24.37
Thrope(*)       3411    21.88
Lobel           3314    21.26
Stetson         1198     7.68
Write-ins         33     0.21

    ARLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, vote for one (7250 ballots cast)
 ---------------------------------------------------
Walsh           3926    63.89%
Abbott          2195    35.72%
Write-ins         24     0.39%