Salem Town Meeting 2013 Voter's Guide
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The Warrants
The Candidates
SAU 57
School Board (2 open seats) – 3 year terms
- Patricia Corbett (incumbent)
- John J. Manning
- Peter Morgan (incumbent)
School District Moderator (1 open seat) - 3 year term
- Kelly Bryant (incumbent)
School District Clerk (1 open seat) – 3 year term
- Linda Cornwell (incumbent)
School District Treasurer (1 open seat) – 3 year term
- Mark Pearson (incumbent)
Town of Salem
Selectmen (1 open seat) – 3 year term
- Pat Hargreaves (incumbent)
- Stephen Kelly (has announced that he is no longer seeking the seat)
Budget Committee (2 open seats) – 3 year terms
- Josef E. Brown
- Paul Welch
- Eugene M. Morgan
- Stephan Coufos
- Martha Spaulding
Budget Committee (1 open seat) – 1 year term
- Russell Frydryck (incumbent)
- Steven Plante
Planning Board (2 open seats) – 3 year terms
- Edward DeClercq (incumbent)
- Linda Harvey (incumbent)
Zoning Board of Adjustment (1 open seat) – 3 year term
- John J. Manning
- Arthur Nobrega
- Jeff Hatch (write-in candidate)
Trustee of the Library (1 open seat) – 3 year term
- Martha Breen (incumbent)
- Genevieve Lord
Trustee of the Trust Fund (1 open seat) – 1 year term
- Harley Featherston (incumbent)
- Thomas Linehan
The Stories
- Salem Set to Appoint Casino Advisory Committee Members
- Building and Trades Council Calls Casino Report 'Flawed'
- BudCom Letter Lashes Out at Selectmen, Lack Of Casino Involvement
- Morse: Casino Host Community Will Get About $13.5 Million
- Study Says Costs of Casino Will Cancel Out Benefits
- Anti-Casino Group Tells Residents to Ask Hassan the 'Tough Questions'
- Passage of School Improvements Will Mean $750K in State Aid
- Hassan Stands Behind Casino Pledge at Governors Meeting
- BudCom Candidates Back Casino, School Renovations
- Hickey, Other Locals Testify at Senate Hearing on Gaming
- Hassan: NH 'Can No Longer Pretend' Gambling Isn't Coming
- Selectman Candidate has Second Thoughts
- Millennium Gaming, Anti-Gambling Group Each Speak Out on Hassan Budget
- Selectmen Excited About Governor's Backing of Gaming
- Hassan's Gaming Stance Slammed by Former Gubernatorial Candidates
- Survey Shows Gaming in N.H. Gaining Support
- Morse on Gaming: 'Things Have Changed in Concord'
- Millennium Gaming CEO: Rockingham Park is Best Site in New England
- Town Begins Casino Committee Outreach
- Morse: Expanded Gaming Bill Would Award One License
- Reduction of Over $600K for Bridge, Road Warrants Proposed
- Non-Elected Citizens to Make Up Majority of Casino Committee
- Residents Back School Renovations, Improvements
- Residents Band Together to Get Local Road Fixed
- Selectmen Won't Back Any Non-Profit Petitions
- Bridge Reconstruction Warrant to Total Over $1.6 Million
- Selectmen Slammed by BudCom for Road Program Warrant
- BudCom Approves School Improvements Warrant
- Selectmen Weigh Lease Vs. Purchase of New Fire Engine
- Selectmen Recommend Casino Referendum
- BudCom Trims $82K From School Budget
- Selectmen, Moderator to Seek Election Solutions
- Selectmen Change Course on '13 Default Budget
All prior stories can be found in the Salem, N.H. Patch archives
The Deliberative Sessions
Town of Salem Deliberative Session took place on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 9 a.m. at Salem High School auditorium. Social Agencies Story, Keewaydin Drive Story.
The Salem School District Deliberative Session will take place on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Salem High School auditorium. Read the story here.
The Opinions
- Vote 'Yes' for Expanded Gaming
- Voting is a Privilege? or a Hassle? Or is only Important if I get Something out of it?
- Let's Complete the Job by Approving Phase 2 on March 12
- Two Phase 2 Questions and Answers
- Answer to Phase 2 Questions and Answers
- Everyday Math has not Panned out in Salem
- Rules and Exceptions; Facilities and Penicillin
- Response to Peter Morgan's Blog Post 'Rules and Exceptions; Facilities and Penicillin
- For Hassan and Expanded Gaming, the Time is Now!
- Why Don't I 'Allow Comments' on by Blog Posts?
- Response to "Why Don't I 'Allow Comments" on my Blog Posts?"
- Why Should we Invest $17M in Soule, Fisk and Haigh Schools?
- Response to Peter Morgan on School Renovations; Add Your Responses Here
Election Day
Voting will take place on Tuesday, March 12 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at four polling places.
Marilyn
8:03 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
A "Yes" on the warrant to repair Pond St is vital, as anyone who travels this stretch of Salem knows very well, since there have been no significant repairs in over 20 years. It would be a shame if the warrant doesn't pass because voters haven't turned out. Voting is a privilege, one that many people around the world wish they had, yet few Salem voters turn out for non-presidential elections and deliberative sessions leaving the power in the hands of a few. We can and should do better.
Bob Gibbs
1:27 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
I think the most important issue in this election cycle is voter turnout. The town comes out for the trash, so let's see the interest in schools and a casino. If less than 50 percent of the eligible voters come out, this is a reflection of the number of under informed and the numbers that have given up on our system. We'll need to put trash on every ballot in the future.
Around Town
8:32 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Vote For Hargreaves for BOS. Plante for the Budcom(1YR) Vote for spauding and Welch for Budcom(3YR) Hatch for ZBA(Write in) Declerq for Planning Board Vote no on the town operating budget to Save 800K of our tax money, Vote No on School article 3(Haigh Enrolement number's are very low) and article 6(Soule School Gym) and send them a message no more spending we the tax payer's are tired of tax increase's!
Riley Reid
9:29 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
NOTHING IS FREE! we need to spend to start bringing this town forward!
Hargreaves has done nothing for Salem except run a lousy parade! Welch is a retired miserable firefighter who got shoved out the door because the guys he worked with hated him. DeClerq is Belanger's puppet and can't be trusted. All you cheap senior pricks need to go out into your backyards and dig up the coffee can's full of cash and start paying for the NOW generation. You got your's, your kids did and now it's my kids turn!
Reggie
9:44 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Rilley Reid has a foul mouth. Tell you what. If your kids turn out like you, I do not want to spend a dime on them. Why don't you just move out of Town.
Around Town
10:27 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
I hope all you senior's who are long time beloved salem resident's come out tomorrow and vote so that the riley reid's of the world won't win this argument!
Underwater Couple
10:44 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
The Casino better open in Salem or we have a problem.
Seniors pay enough to run this town. If all that money is not distributed equitably it is not their fault.
Riley Reid
11:10 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
It's the Salem Seniors who have be so selfish that they have run this town into the ground!. Most of them are in Florida right now, so hopefully they had a senior moment and forgot to cast their absentee ballots
Riley Reid
11:07 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
@Reggie: I will be at lancaster school all day holding a sign supporting our schools. Come on by and say that to my face you little wimp!
I'll move and it will be in 10 yrs on my terms!
Reggie
12:14 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Stop begging for more of everybody's money. We will not give it to you. You will just waste it on idiotic projcets.
Dennis Croteau
12:37 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sorry Riley, reality is that there is no coffee can in the back yard. Higher and higher taxes and no raises on the job for last 7 years have taken care of that. You must have a great job and good income but the truth is that's no the way it is any more with most folks. You really are and ass.
Riley Reid
12:12 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Higher and higher taxes,,,whine, whine, whine.. It's losers like you Dennis who are keeping Salem in the dark ages. Cut down on the Budweisers at the Elks and you'll be able to afford the few dollars your taxes will go up. And as far as your name calling goes, why don't you call your good buddy Steve and the two of you take a course in civility.
Reggie
12:20 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
All the Town Union people do is WHINE, WHINE, WHINE. Gimme more, gimme more. NO, NO, NO.
Jeff Hatch
7:18 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Please let's try to be civil today. What we all need to be concentrating on is getting out the vote so we have a clear picture of what the residents want. Whether or for against or for the school town warrants/budgets we should be respectful towards one another. So get out there and vote and don't forget I'm a write-in candidate for ZBA so please vote for me by writing Jeff Hatch On the write-in line and filling in the bubble in the ZBA section of the ballot.