At 7 PM on March 11th at the fire station, the Paris Selectboard will have their first meeting with the 2 new sworn in members, bringing the board back to the full member status of 5.
Today's election saw Ted Kurtz elected by a count of 416 votes to fill the term that runs through June 30th, 2010. The term of the contested seat, sought by Jean Smart and Ken West, runs through June 30, 2012. Jean Smart was declared the winner with 323 votes.
Once again, the town of Paris extends its appreciaition to the staff in our town office for their extra efforts and their professionalism; we thank, one more time, the ballot clerks who have come and sat all day to monitor still another election, the 3rd in 5 weeks! And we thank the crew at the fire station who have helped with setting up, not only for the elections, but for the selectboard meetings as well.
12.5% of the registered voters in this town took time to come out and vote in a time of year that this town doesn't usually vote; 123 voted by absentee ballot. Citizens campaigned, wrote letters, called people, distributed flyers, and voted. When it comes right down to it, it is the people that make a town go. A town is about its people...all of them.
Come Thursday night. Be ready to ask questions about what this new team is going to do to get this town moving again. We have things to do, responsibilities to be met, plans that need to be put in order. [editor's note: refer to postings Unresolved Issues and What's on the list?]
