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Incumbents
face little opposition in town election
By Jay Turner
Citizen Staff
It will be a
quiet election season for the town of Canton in 2010 as Friday’s
deadline to submit nomination papers came and went with little
fanfare, producing just a single contested race.
The lone
contest in the April 6 election will pit incumbent Housing
Authority member Ron Grinnell against challenger Jason Dupre,
while all other candidates, including incumbent Selectman John
Connolly, will run unopposed.
Connolly,
first elected in 1989 to a then three-member board, will seek
his eighth consecutive term, which would put him in a tie with
Selectman Avril Elkort for the longest current streak.
Also running
unopposed for reelection will be state Representative William C.
Galvin, who will seek a ninth consecutive term on the Board of
Assessors; former selectman and incumbent Planning Board member
George Jenkins, who will seek another five-year term; and
current School Committee Chairman Reuki Schutt, who will seek
her third consecutive three-year term.
The one
notable departure this year is on the School Committee, where
Dr. Robert Barker, an infectious diseases specialist and the
committee’s longest-tenured member, will step down after nine
years of service. Taking Barker’s place will be former colleague
John Bonnanzio, who will seek his second term following a
two-year hiatus from local politics. Bonnanzio, who served from
2005 to 2008, will now run unopposed after CAPE member Jill
Stevens decided not to submit her nomination papers.
The remaining
candidates, all incumbents, will also go unchallenged in the
annual spring election: Betty Chelmow, Kathy Fox Alfano and
Margaret Mead for three-year terms on the Library Board of
Trustees, and Robert Schneiders for a three-year term on the
Board of Health.
February 4, 2010
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