Wondering who will be running in this year’s election? Two members of the Board of Selectmen Stephen Goldy and Richard Schubert already announced that they will not run for re-election. The only other incumbent up for re-election who did not pull papers was Gina Snyder from the RMLD Board of Commissioners.
The following residents have returned papers and will appear on the ballot for the April 2 election:
| Office | Incumbent |
| BOARD OF SELECTMEN | |
| Marsie K. West | No |
| Mark W. Jackson | No |
| Daniel A. Ensminger | No |
| BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES | |
| Richard Curtis | Yes |
| Cherrie Dubois | Yes |
| Elizabeth Shurland | No |
|
MODERATOR |
|
| Alan Foulds | Yes |
|
RMLD BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS |
|
| Phillip Pacino | Yes |
| John Stempeck Jr. | Yes |
| David Mancuso | No |
| David A. Talbot | No |
|
SCHOOL COMMITTEE |
|
| Harold Croft | Yes |
| Charles Robinson | Yes |
The last day to register to vote in Reading is March 13. Who will you vote for? Tell us in the comments section.
peter lucci
9:40 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Aw shucks Karl Weld's not running again. Oh well at least we've got his buddies running, Marsie and David M. They'll turn this town back to the right...good luck
Fred Van Magness Sr.
8:45 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Peter, as usual for your comments, they are not worthy of a response.
peter lucci
5:12 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
So please don't respond in the future Fred, thank you.
Brandon Chapman
6:08 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Back to the right? It's worth noting that among candidates in contested races who have won Reading since 2010 are Charlie Baker, Richard Tisei, Scott Brown (twice), Craig Spadafora, Karyn Polito & Mary Z. Connaughton....all Republicans if you're keeping score at home. Democrat wins in that same period? President Obama (2012) and John Tierney (2010).
peter lucci
7:44 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Sorry Brandon, I was sticking to this particular story re: local candidates only. For those keeping score, we are all well aware of Reading's reputation of having a majority of liberals sitting on their two most powerful boards (BOS and School Comm) not to mention the makeup of the Town Meeting membership. The Selectmen majority is about to shift to the right but as long as TM has a solid majority of non-right wingers, the Town will be just fine.
Brandon Chapman
10:00 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
I think you're overestimating the impact of political affiliaition as it relates to town government, but I get your point. I just wanted to point out that "back to the right" seemed strange to me when we've voted for the more fiscally conservative candidate in more than 70% of races the last couple years.