Friday, December 7, 2012
Residents were told to vote on again at Annual Town Election.
The Town of Sudbury's drive to increase its Board of Selectmen from three to five members hit a hurdle on Nov. 29 when state Legislature ruled the town's residents must go back and vote on the measure at Annual Town Election. The ruling came two days after the hearing on Bill H.4471, “An Act Amending Chapter 131 of the Acts of 1994 to Increase Board of Selectmen Membership in the Town of Sudbury,” when numerous residents addressed the Legislature, arguing for and against the town's vote at Special Town Meeting in September. One resident who voted against the town's vote, Stan Kaplan, told the Legislation a lack of facts prevented him from supporting the move. "In Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 43B the legislature describes in great …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Resident Bob Stein gives his interpretation of what Board of Selectmen Chairman Larry O'Brien, and others, said to State Legislation last week in regards to expanding the Board to 5 members.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Sudbury Patch has reached out to Both Larry O'Brien and State Rep. Tom Conroy for comment. Conroy has not responded. O'Brien said in an email he would be "glad to speak with you so that you can report accurately rather than using second hand information," but has yet to comment beyond that.) The people of Sudbury should know that Larry O'Brien, Chairman of our Board of Selectmen, testified on Beacon Hill and told the Massachusetts Congress that the votes of the people of Sudbury should be ignored. Larry testified that the Sudbury Town Meeting Vote should be ignored and Myron Fox, our Town Moderator, failed to allow proper debate. Larry O'Brien told the State Legislature to step out and allow Larry to appoint 9 of his …
Friday, November 30, 2012
State Rep. Tom Conroy announces committee’s revision to and approval of Sudbury’s petition to increase Board of Selectmen from 3 to 5 members.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was submitted by State Rep. Tom Conroy.) Yesterday, the Joint Committee on Election Laws amended and approved H.4471, “An Act Amending Chapter 131 of the Acts of 1994 to Increase Board of Selectmen Membership in the Town of Sudbury.” The Committee vote approving the revised bill occurred two days after the November 27 hearing on the bill, at which several Sudbury residents testified, many for and many against the bill. The revised bill requires a ballot vote in Sudbury on whether to increase the board of selectmen from three members to five at the next regular annual town election, which will occur in March 2013. According to the revised bill, if a majority of voters favor the increase, an election for two …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The Board of Selectmen approved the extend the Asian restaurant's liquor license to 2 a.m. because of 'tradition.'
Lavender ... it's been one of the most controversial topics in Sudbury this year. The Asian restaurant was in the spotlight back in May after it was issued a liquor license violation the night Annual Town Meeting ended, when Selectmen Larry O'Brien, John Drobinski, Town Manager Maureen Valente and other town officials gathered to celebrate. The restaurant, which had been given two courtesy warnings that night from the Sudbury Police Department, was cited for hosting patrons past the allowed hours. And there was the car accident involving Elizabeth Rust, the Sudbury Department of Planning and Community Development employee who crashed her car during the early morning hours of May 9 on Concord Road when she hit two signs and a granite post …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A compliance and election hearing was scheduled for Nov. 9.
Elizabeth Rust, the Sudbury Department of Planning and Development employee who was cited for her third OUI the morning of May 9, will next be in court on Dec. 21 for a compliance and election hearing after a judge agreed to continue the case on Nov. 9, according to documents obtained at Framingham District Court. On Dec. 21, the court will determine whether the Sudbury Police Department has complied with its discovery of the case. Attorneys will then discuss a possible trial date. Rust's lawyer, Seamus L. O'Kelly, could also plead out at that time. Until then, Rust's driving restrictions have been extended. Rust lost her right to drive at her arraignment on June 19, except for working purposes. She can drive Monday through Friday, between…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
State Sens. Susan Fargo, Jamie Eldridge, and State Rep. Tom Conroy are working quickly to have the bill get voted on this session.
There's a chance it won't get done this session, but if you ask State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, it will eventually get done. Eldridge, along with fellow State Sen. Susan Fargo and State Rep. Tom Conroy, have been hard at work pushing the bill to increase Sudbury's Board of Selectmen from three members to five with the hope of getting it passed this session. But because this is a "late filed bill," as Fargo's Chief of Staff Don Siriani said, there may not be an opportunity for the legislature to vote on it. "The steps involved are quite lengthy," he said. "Once it becomes a bill, it is then assigned to a relevant committee, then you have to book a hearing. Once you have that hearing, that piece of legislature is given a public hearing. Once the …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The state representative announced he and State Sen. Jamie Eldridge have introduced the bill, assigned H4471.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The following is a statement from State Rep. Tom Conroy on the "Lavendergate" Facebook page: Earlier today, State Senator Jamie Eldridge and I introduced as a bill in the Massachusetts legislature Sudbury's Special Act to increase the number of selectmen in town from 3 to 5. The bill has been assigned H4471. The House Clerk will likely assign the bill to the House Rules Committee for review and evaluation, and then to the House Steering and Policy Committee for assignment to a substantive committee, most likely the Joint Committee on Election Laws. I'll keep folks updated as the bill progresses. I'll also let you know when the House Clerk posts the status of the bill online and how to check it. Respectfully, Tom Conroy
Resident Dan De Pompei says a change in the town's number of selectmen does not change essence of Sudbury.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
What Sudbury residents have recently proposed in a petition to the State Legislature is a change to the composition of our Board of Selectmen from three members to five. This is a very simple change that provides an incremental increase in the range and depth of experience, capability and combined intelligence of the "Chief Executive Function" of our Town. The change does not create conflict with our 28-year-old Home Rule Charter. It does not change the structure of our government. It does not change the powers or the duties of the Town. It does not change the Legislative Branch or the "Chief Executive Function" (BOS). It does not change the manner in which any member of Town Government is elected or appointed and it does not change any …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Resident Michael Troiano says everybody working as one will make the change in the Board of Selectmen, and other facets of town government, succeed.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
There have been a few unkind accusations hurled at me in the last couple of weeks. I guess that’s part of our town’s political culture for now, and know it’s something folks on both sides of the political divide have had to deal with for a few years now. The one that really stung, though, was the accusation that the move from 3-5 Selectmen in Sudbury – which was petitioned, presented, debated, and adopted according to the rules of our town – reflects something other than the collective will of Sudbury’s citizens. It’s been painted in some corners as some kind of back-room deal… backed by a sinister fringe group, then pushed through a last-minute town meeting pre-packed with social media fanatics and “tea-party obstructionists,” as the good…
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Trial date or a plea could also be determined at that time.
Elizabeth Rust, the Sudbury Department of Planning and Development employee who was cited for her third OUI the morning of May 9, will next be in court on Nov. 9 for a compliance and election hearing, according to documents obtained at Framingham District Court. On Nov. 9, the court will determine whether the Sudbury Police Department has complied with its discovery of the case. Attorneys will then discuss a possible trial date. Rust's lawyer, Seamus L. O'Kelly, could also plead out at that time. Until then, Rust's driving restrictions have been extended. Rust lost her right to drive at her arraignment on June 19, except for working purposes. She can drive Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. She cannot drive during the …
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