For a guy who so vehemently claims to be not racist, Tom Stevens sure does have a racist Facebook page. First, the story from Steve Annear in today's Boston Globe: A barber in Norton is being criticized by some people for posting the … [Read more...]
Claire Naughton: Retired Public School Teacher for State Rep
The 1st Bristol district (Foxboro/Mansfield/Norton) has been held by Republicans since it was drawn 15 years ago. Naughton was the only Democrat who stepped up to run for this district in the special election last winter, after the … [Read more...]
Should Voters Pick Candidates, or Candidates Pick Voters?
[...]Norton is divided up into three legislative districts. The largest is the 1st Bristol District, currently represented by outgoing Rep. Virginia Coppola. That district includes precincts 3,4 and 5 in Norton. Currently there are three … [Read more...]
1st Bristol results
The current 1st Bristol district was drawn in 2001. In 2002 and 2004, Michael Coppola ran unopposed, so yesterday's was the first contested election in this district. However, the 1st Bristol district drawn in the early 90s was fairly … [Read more...]
Election Day
A very quick stream of consciousness ramble from the Claire Naughton office:There's a rhythm to campaigns on election day. Monday night before election, after most of the volunteers are gone, the office is occupied by the small group … [Read more...]
Claire Naughton for State Rep
Getting out the Vote for Claire NaughtonGetting out the vote is a simple concept, it just takes a lot of work by a lot of people. This is a special election, and turnout will be very very low - there's not much buzz and not much media … [Read more...]
The House Plan and Small Business
Our computer & networking consulting company started with 3 people, and grew to 15 by the time we sold ownership of it a few years later. We stayed effectively independent for a while longer, up to almost 30 employees. One … [Read more...]
Globe, Kerry weigh in on 1st Bristol election
Until now, coverage of the 1st Bristol special election in the print press has been limited to one early piece in the Attleboro Sun-Chronicle (of which only a brief stub was posted online), and another article that appeared in both the … [Read more...]
Claire Naughton
You heard it here first: Claire Naughton, the Democrat running for state Representative in the 1st Bristol, has a campaign web site. And I'm joining her campaign: I'll probably do some volunteer work and some paid work. Starting … [Read more...]
A Teacher Runs in Foxborough
An important update in the 1st Bristol race from Cos. --DavidThere's a Democrat running in the 1st Bristol special election, but it's not Feeney. The Sun-Chronicle reported last week that "Claire Naughton, of 4 Everett Lane in … [Read more...]