The Town Common newspaper facilitated a debate among the Sturbridge Board of Selectment candidates. It was broadcast live over the cable public access channel tonight, March 12, at 7:00PM.
I want to record for our own reference in the this blog the conclusion that we will use in the election Monday, April 13.
We think the two best candidates are James Ehrhard and Thomas Creamer. Our third choice would be Priscilla Gimas. We would not choose Edward P. Goodwin.
We think our top choices are more likely to get our town unstalled from its current malaise. It is tough to choose based on one debate. We treat the debate as our first chance to actually hear the candidates speak to us. This is now a good jumping off point for our further research into the positions, qualifications, and past history of these candidates.
The Town Common promises to have excerpts of the debate on their blog site tomorrow.
Thomas Creamer was the top vote getter in the contest. James Earhard came in third, about 14 votes behind second place finisher Ted Goodwin.
There were only two open slots. That means that Goodwin won re-election.