THE WESTON BOARD OF SELECTMEN
2009-2011
Dan Gilbert, SELECTMAN,
Gayle Weinstein, FIRST SELECTMAN, David Muller,
SELECTMAN; Sec'y of the State Susan
Bysiewicz
Unofficial numbers - Total votes = 2981 ;
including 197 absentee ballots
First Selectman
Dan Gilbert (R) 1331, Gayle M.
Weinstein(D) 1395
Selectman
Britta Ann Lerner(R) 1258, David Glenn
Muller(D) 1512
Tax Collector
Charity B. Nichols (R, unopposed) 1795
Board of Education
Lyn Kimberly(R) 1258 , Sonya B.
Stack(R) 1351, Denise Harvey(D) 1445, Richard
A. Bochinski(D) 1294
Board of Assessment Appeals
Ryan Cornell(R) 1274, Marina Coprio (D) 1277
Planning and Zoning Commission
David E. Allen (R) 1494, Stephan B. Grozinger (R)
1623, Paul Heifetz (D) 1448,
Joseph Limone (D) 1484
Zoning Board of Appeals
Frederick C. Noyes, Jr. (R) 1734, W. Macleod
Snaith (D) 1636
Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate
Jeffrey K. Tallman (R) 1487, Marianne F. Murray
(R) 1519, Kenneth C. Edgar, Jr. (D)
1450, Debbie Rehr (D) 1436
Police Commission
Peter J. Ottomano (R) 1526, Richard G. Phillips (R)
1523, Steve Ezzes (D) 1419, Hal Shupack (D)
1689, Jeffrey Eglash (D) 1495, Peter J.
Faillace, Jr. (P) 629
LINK
TO
VOTERS GUIDE 2009 IN THE WESTON FORUM
Board
of
Selectmen candidates (l.) on first followed
by Board of Education candidates (r.)
LWV of Weston Double Debates:
First Selectman/Selectmen and Board of Education
" S T R E A M I N G " V I D E O
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VIEWING
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Voter turn-out affects your home value - more HERE
It is in "Leisure/Culture" that this factor weighs the
opportunities for "culture" via museums, theatres, festivals,
concert venues, historic sites, colleges and universities,
etc. and VOTER TURNOUT:
Weston
FORUM
photo
"Ballot Lottery"
conducted; what was the resulting ballot orders
in contested races?
HELP
MAKE
OUR REGISTRARS PROUD
ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE IN
WESTON? WANT TO VOTE THIS NOVEMBER 3rd?
As posted in the Town Clerk's Office:
The deadlines for registering to vote for
the November 3, 2009 election are:
- FOR MAIL-IN REGISTRATION, OCTOBER
20
- FOR IN-PERSON REGISTRATION,
OCTOBER 27
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CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Details
beginning to come out for Double-Header Debate
FACES IN THE CROWD... 4 Candidates
for the Police Commission we saw* and...at the right, new face for
Planning and Zoning **(no photo of Stephan Grozinger, Planning and
Zoning, he was there, too, but we didn't want to use flash once
debate started). Also Marina Coprio, Board of Assessment
Appeals, photo obscured, middle picture above).
*Police
Commission: Jeff Eglash, Hal Shupack and Steve Ezzes plus
Jay Faillace;
**new face for Planning and Zoning Joseph Limone at right.
Plus Stephan Grozinger.
Link to non-League
website for FORUM interviews with candidates for:
E L E C T I O N I N F
O R M A T I O N
League provides the following as a service to inquiring
minds: link to CT
Statutes. This section explains why Board of Education
candidates always seem to get fewer votes and thus appear to
be less popular that other candidates for seats on other
Boards and Commissions: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/pub/chap146.htm#Sec9-204.htm
W A R N I N G : The League was told that this was a
"rough, tentative schedule subject to change."
CHANNEL 79 VIEWING SCHEDULE (First
debate is First Selectman/Selectmen, Second is the Board of
Education): 2 and one-half hours long, total)
- Beginning Wednesday, 10/28 at 8pm;
- Thursday 10/29 10am and 4pm;
- Friday 10/30 10am, 4pm and 8pm;
- Saturday 10/31 10am, 4pm and 8pm;
- Sunday 11/1 10am, 4pm and 8pm;
- Monday 11/2 10am, 4pm and 8pm.
Super timers from Weston High School
- thank you! Audience - thank you for coming! And
LWVCT Moderator Jean Rabinow, thanks for a great job!
S U N D A
Y A T N O R F I E L
D P A R I S H H A L L
A T 2 P M
Double-header
debates
and meet and greet all candidates at Norfield Parish Hall
began at 2PM - debates started before 2:30PM. There
were at least 125 people in the audience - every seat
taken and more chairs needed (they were at hand).
The Norwalk HOUR photographer showed up for the
Selectmen's debate, the FORUM was there with reporter and
photographer (thank you Tom)
THE DEBATES 2009 - For First
Selectman and Selectman: THE
QUESTIONS & 2 MINUTE ANSWERS...ONLINE
"STREAMING" VIDEO!!!
Opening and closing statements (toss of coin for the
order); 2 minutes per reponse for answers,
each candidate having a "wild card" of a single 30
second repost. FORUM
report
here, with precise questions.
The scene...
THE DEBATES 2009: THE QUESTIONS
& 2 MINUTE ANSWERS...ONLINE STREAMING VIDEO!!!
AND THEN CAME THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
CANDIDATES...
Opening
and
closing statements (toss of coin for the
order); 2 minutes per reponse for
answers. Questions asked and answered, but to
limited audience, as the crowd dwindled as the
Boards changed places...one question was what would
they do if there were no limits to the budget...FORUM
report
here, with the precise questions.
VIDEO ONLINE HERE:
WATCH NOW
(THESE ARE VERY LARGE
FILES, BEST VIEWED IN INTERNET
EXPLORER, WHICH WILL
AUTOMATICALLY OPEN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER AND START
PLAYBACK WHILE
THE DOWNLOAD IS PROGRESSING)
LWV of Weston
Double Debates: First Selectman/Selectman and Board of
Education
" S T R E A
M I N G " V I D E O
Cable modem
version:
Dial-up
modem version:
MODERATOR
FOR
DOUBLE-HEADER DEBATE FROM LWVCT...NOW OVER AND VERY
SUCCESSFUL (BIG TURNOUT, RAN OUT OF DONUT HOLES...)
Moderator at Norfield in 2007, Jean Rabinow, LWVCT, will
do this year's debates! DIFFERENCE: The method
used two years ago, "cummulative" time totals for each
candidate, is not
to be utilized this year. A more traditional format
in 2009, of question
response with specific time limit, is to be
employed instead. "It's in the cards" is an
expression about fate, but in this case it is where the
questions come - so
write
down your's
neatly...and
come to the Norfield Parish Hall Sunday, October 25,
2009 at 2pm AND BRING YOUR QUESTIONS
ON 3x5 cards (neatness counts)!!!
DEBATE #1
First Selectman
candidates, in the left of photos immediately below, begin with a
question just for them...then they are joined by Selectmen running
mates on stage.
Gayle Weinstein and
David Muller (Democrats); Dan Gilbert and Britta Lerner
(Republicans)
DEBATE #2
The second debate will be among
four candidates for three seats on the Board of
Education.
Dick Bochinski,
Denise Harvey (Democrats); Lyn Kimberly, Sonya Stack
(Republicans)
In the beginning...
PREPARING FOR THE LOTTERY
(l.); POSED PICTURE (r.), AFTER THE EVENT - DEBATES
OCTOBER 25 SUNDAY AT NORFIELD AT 2PM/ SELECTMEN,
EDUCATION)
Registrars
of
Voters (R. left, D. right) prepare for the lottery Wednesday,
September 16, 2009 at 9am. Tax Collector, Board of
Assessment Appeals and ZBA not contested.
ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE IN
WESTON? WANT TO VOTE NOVEMBER 3, 2009?
As posted in the Town
Clerk's Office:
The
deadlines for registering to vote for the November 3, 2009
election are:
- FOR MAIL-IN REGISTRATION,
OCTOBER 20
- FOR IN-PERSON
REGISTRATION, OCTOBER 27
S A M P L E
O L D B A L L O T
PARTY LABELS AND
PETITIONING ON THE LEFT, OFFICES ACROSS THE TOP (Instructions as
to how many voters are allowed to vote for, as well);
who gets to be "A" or the top line is governed by which Party
holds the Governorship.
(EXAMPLE FROM 2007 ABSENTEE
BALLOT)
CONTESTS 2009:
FOR FIRST SELECTMAN AND BOARD OF SELECTMEN
For First Selectman and Selectman voters must vote for one of two;
the highest vote-getters among the two Selectmen candidates and
the loser of the First Selectman race become the other two members
of the Board of Selectmen (i.e. best 2 of 3). First
Selectman winner is the candidate for First Selectman with the
highest vote total IN THAT RACE ("line #1")
Here is the ballot order chosen for the remaining CONTESTED races:
Board of Education: within the area on the ballot for
education candidates...Kimberly 1, Stack 2 (Line A); Denise
Harvey 1, Bochinski 2 (Line B)
Planning & Zoning: Allen 1, Grozinger 2 (Line A);
Heifetz 1, Limone 2 (Line B)
ZBA Alternates: Tallman 1, Murray 2 (Line A); Edgar,
Jr. 1, Rehr 2 (Line B)
Police Commission: Ottoman 1, Phillips 2 (Line A);
Ezzes 1, Shupack 2, Eglash 3 (Line B). Petitioning Candidate
for the Police Commission is Peter J. Faillace
Breaking News: Caucuses choose candidates
Weston FORUM
Written by Patricia Gay
Thursday, 23 July 2009 11:38
Democrats and Republicans in Weston participated in
well-attended caucuses this week to endorse a slate of
candidates for the municipal election in November.
The Democrats chose incumbent selectman Gayle Weinstein
to run for the first selectman’s slot, while the
Republicans chose Dan Gilbert, a member of the Planning
and Zoning Commission, for the top of the ticket.
The Republican caucus was held Tuesday, July 21, at the
Weston Intermediate School, and featured a head-on duel
between Don Gary and Dan Gilbert, petitioning
candidates, for the first selectman’s seat.
After a secret ballot vote was taken, Dr. Gilbert won by
a nearly 2 to 1 margin. He received 101 votes, while Mr.
Gary got 56.
The entire approved
Republican slate of candidates includes:
First Selectman:
Dan Gilbert
Selectman:
Britta Lerner
Board of Education:
Lyn Kimberly, Sonya Stack
Police Commission:
Rick Phillips, Peter Ottomano
Planning and Zoning
Commission: Stephan Grozinger, David Allen
Zoning Board of
Appeals: Frederick Noyes
Zoning Board of Appeals
Alternate: Marianne Murray, Jeffrey Tallman
Board of Assessment
Appeals: Ryan Cornell
Tax Collector: Charity
Nichols
The Democratic caucus was held Wednesday, July 22, at
the Meeting Room at town hall. Unlike the Republican
caucus, there was no opposition for any seat on the
ticket, and the vote for the entire slate was unanimous.
The approved Democratic
slate of candidates includes:
First Selectman: Gayle
Weinstein
Selectman: David
Muller
Board of Education:
Dick Bochinski, Denise Harvey
Police Commission:
Jeffrey Eglash, Steve Ezzes, Hal Shupack
Planning and Zoning
Commission: Paul Heifetz, Joseph Limone
Zoning Board of
Appeals: W. MacLeod Snaith
Zoning Board of Appeals
Alternate: Kenneth C. Edgar, Jr., Debbie Rehr
Board of Assessment
Appeals: Marina Coprio
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