posted Jan 15, 2014, 7:58 AM by Mark McDonough
This year I am making a direct appeal for each of you to
consider becoming a candidate for town meeting. As you may know, Town Meeting is
the oldest and most direct form of democratic government and decides on the
spending of the town each year. In 2013, Needham's operating budget was in
excess of $117 million. Each dollar allocated must be voted by Town Meeting
before it can be spent. This is a critical role and it requires only a limited
commitment of time and effort (3 to 5 evenings a year) This is certainly a price
worth paying to make sure that the tax dollars of this community are well
spent.
Nomination papers are available at the Needham Town Clerks Office
for this spring’s election of town meeting members. Anyone wishing to be on the
ballot for town meeting should follow these 4 steps:
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Go to the Town
Clerks Office and request nomination papers to be a candidates for town offices
and or town meeting for the April 8th
election
- Have your nomination paper signed by a minimum of 10 (we
recommend 15) registered voters in your precinct. (We are more than happy to
assist in getting you signatures to fulfill this
requirement)
- Return the nomination papers to the Town Clerk's Office
on or before February 18th
- We recommend preparing a postcard or flyer to let your
neighbors (50 to 100 should be sufficient). This will let people know that you
are running and will go a long way in getting you the votes you need to secure a
seat. We are happy to help with flyers, postcards, mailing lists and to offer
suggestions on how to increase the odds of your being
elected.
Anyone willing to
consider making a run for Town Meeting who would like assistance or has
questions, please feel free to contact Mark McDonough by responding to this
email or by calling (781)264-6582.
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posted Oct 25, 2013, 6:00 PM by Mark McDonough
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updated Oct 25, 2013, 6:04 PM
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Tuesday, Nov.
5th
Masonic Lodge
46 South Washington
St.
North Attleboro
6:30-8:30
pm
Do you know your rights as a United States
Citizen? Learn about Search and Seizure, the Bill of Rights and the protection
it offers all citizens against abuse of government authority.
Come and learn about our United
States Constitution. This program will be of interest to young and old.
State Committee Woman, Patricia
Saint Aubin, will give a brief overview of the key founding fathers that helped
to write the US Constitution and Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz will
present an overview of the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments from the Bill of Rights
after which attendees will have the opportunity to ask their own specific
questions.
Free booklets on the US Constitution will be given to the first 50
attendees.
Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased in
advance and at the door. Free admission for
all students. Refreshments and food will be
available.
If you have any questions please call Catherine at
617-697-9833 or Bonnie at 774-254-3583.
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posted Sep 20, 2013, 9:54 AM by Mark McDonough
Charlie Baker announces run for 2014 Govenors seat. Follow the attached link to hear Charlie announcement. |
posted Jun 11, 2013, 6:38 PM by Mark McDonough
Please join
The Needham Republican Town Committee on Tuesday June 18th at 7:00 to 9:00 PM at
Lake Pearl Luciano's to launch the re-election campaign for RICHARD
ROSS.
RSVP to Mary Tibma by email to MaryTibma@gmail.com or by calling
339-225-7896
Donations can be made online at www.fundraise.com/richardross |
posted Apr 23, 2013, 5:37 PM by Mark McDonough
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updated Sep 20, 2013, 10:04 AM
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As I am sure you all know, The
Legislature passed and the Governor signed a increase to the gas tax. This new
tax has the added feature of being tied to the rate of inflation, so as
inflation goes up, so will the tax. This will be automatic and will not require
additional votes in the legislature. This leaves no one accountable for future
increases in the gas tax. A group lead by Chris Pinto has organized to get a
citizens initiative on the ballot in 2014 to repeal this tax. The first step is
to get the 100,000 signatures needed. Please go to the sponsors website
and read up on how you can help.
The following is a request from the
initiative Sponsor
I need your help!
To get the google ranking of our
website to go up, we need back links to the site.
You can help out by sharing the website or
pages of interest from the website on face book or if you author a blog, on your
blog. The more places that you share the site, the higher our "page rank" will
go in google. If someone mentions us in a post on redmasgroup.com or bluemassgroup.com that helps
too. The more backlinks the better. Comments on newspapers websites that include
the url are another way to help.
Here are some urls to share http://scottbrown.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=677d0c73f39de6463caba7f15&id=ee5fb66e59&e=659f083b14
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posted Mar 2, 2011, 12:33 PM by Chris Selland
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updated Feb 23, 2014, 10:56 AM by Mark McDonough
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An
Afternoon with
HOWIE CARR
COME AND ENJOY ONE OF BOSTON’S BEST TALK SHOW HOSTS AND AUTHORS
Sunday March 23, 2014
2 – 5 pm
Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 2498
20 Junction Street, Needham, MA 02492
cash
bar & light refreshments
Howie
will be speaking, and answering all your questions about current events. His
latest books and magnets will be available for purchase, along with pictures
and autographs!
RSVP
at the fb event page, or email us at correspondingsec@needham.org Admission
$20 at the door
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