The unofficial names for the officers on the ballot have been announced. Pending a review of their signatures, here are the candidates for 2018:
MODERATOR – 1 yr. (elect 1)
Lawrin Crispe
LISTER – 3 yrs. (elect 1)
Katherine Dowd
SELECTBOARD – 3 yrs. (elect 1) – starts 3/26
Brandie Starr
SELECTBOARD – 1 yr. (elect 2) – starts 3/26
Tim Wessel
Shanta Lee Gander
William Forchion
FIRST CONSTABLE – 1 yr. (elect 1)
Dick Cooke
SECOND CONSTABLE – 1 yr. (elect 1)
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC FUNDS – 3 yrs. (elect 1)
Deborah Zak
SCHOOL DIRECTOR – 3 yrs. (elect 1) – starts 3/26
Kimberly Price
SCHOOL DIRECTORS – 1 yr. (elect 2) – starts 3/26
Robin Morgan
Spoon Agave
BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR – 3 yrs. (elect 2) – starts 3/7 (not involved in RTM)
Richard Davidson
Katey Everest
Christopher Lievense
For Town Meeting Members, the following seats are still open and will be appointed by caucus:
District 1: 13 seats
District 2: 4 seats
District 3: 9 seats
And, fyi
John Allen, after many many years on the board, is stepping down. One of the longest serving in recent history, too.
David Schoales and Kate O’Connor continue, as they are in multi-year positions.
2018 Interviews coming
We have sent questions to all the candidates for select board, and will get their answers up as we get responses.
Info for BUHS Director race
I found this letter to the editor about Chris Lievense:
http://www.reformer.com/stories/letter-seeking-your-vote-for-school-board,533570
Google found some information about Katey Everest and, of course, lots about Ricky Davidson.