GOP Endorses Slate of Candidates

The Republican ticket for the November election was fleshed out Wednesday night at Santos' Restaurant downtown.

Interesting notes from the meeting include that Board of Education Chairman David Heller, who was not able to attend the meeting due to work responsibilities, won nomination by a fairly slim margin. Heller received 15 votes, while nine others voted against him - two people, school board candidates, abstained. Most said they were upset that Heller publicly supported not voting on the budget last week to keep the number of voters below 15 percent so that the results wouldn't count. 

Also, Deputy Mayor Tamath K. Rossi had the public support of everyone in the room Wednesday except one very well-known politician, State Rep. Rosa Rebimbas. Rebimbas was the only person who voted against Rossi's nomination. 

The following is the GOP's slate of candidates (the Democrats choose their ticket tonight). 

Mayor
James P. O'Sullivan

Burgess
Tamath K. Rossi
Robert A. Neth
Michael Bronko
Catherine M. Ernsky
Edward J. Fennell
Smokey Regan

Town Clerk
Michelle M. Dowling

Treasurer
Judy E. Anderson

Tax Collector
Ray S. Fayad

Board of Education
David M. Heller
Dorothy G. Neth-Kunin
Glenn P. Connan
Scott H. Slauson
Diana V. Malone

Planning Commission
Vacancy

Zoning Commission
April L. Slauson

Bailiffs
Joseph A. Rotella, Jr.
Seth Martin Bronko
Daniel Renzoni III
Vacancy