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May 2013 Calendar Tuesday LWVA Board Meeting at Kim Haase’S Home, 88 Park Avenue, Apt League of Women Voters Arlington, Massachusetts www.lwva.com May 2013 Calendar Tuesday LWVA Board Meeting at Kim Haase’s home, 88 Park Avenue, Apt. 401. All 5/7 7 p.m. members welcome. Directions on page 2. Friday/Saturday LWVMA Convention, Boston Peabody Marriott, Peabody, MA. See page 7 5/17-18 for details. Wednesday 6/5 8 p.m. Last day to register to vote in the U.S. Senate Special Election. Thursday LWVA Annual Meeting at Meredith Zona’s home, 1 Andrews Way. All 6/6 6 p.m. members welcome. See page 3 for more information. Tuesday Special U.S. Senate election. We’ll need drivers to give rides to the polls; see 6/25 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. last page for details. Carolyn Parsons and Angela Olszewski: Co-Presidents Kim Haase: Bulletin Editor [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Margaret Reiners: Bulletin Mailing [email protected] Ann FitzGerald: Membership [email protected] May 2013 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 2 Co-President’s Message Arlington is a very active community. Opportunities exist to support the Friends of Robbins Library, to become involved with the Arlington Land Trust, to participate in Arlington’s rep- resentative Town Meeting, just to name a few. The League has positions in support of our libraries, local land acquisition to augment our vital open space, and the Town Manager form of government. A number of League members are Town Meeting Members. Congratu- lations to Deborah Sirotkin Butler on being newly elected to Town Meeting. I urge you to become involved! The League board has made recommendations in support of or in opposition to a number of warrant articles. I thank Ann FitzGerald for compiling the list of warrant articles for the board to consider. One of these articles proposes that Town Meeting consider electronic voting to promote transparency and accountability. Each member’s recorded vote would be available to the public on the Town’s website for a minimum of three years. The League supports this article, and after the first session so does Town Meeting. A different type of electronic voting, where a ballot is not associated with a particular vot- er, is the subject of a talk to be given by Sheila Parks at our Annual Meeting. Would it be possible for the software to be tweaked so that every tenth vote would be counted a cer- tain way regardless of how the ballot was cast? If so, would anyone notice? Please come to Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 6, and enjoy the food and the conversation. Carolyn Parsons Directions to Kim Haase's home, 88 Park LWVA LEADERSHIP 2012–2013 Ave., Apt. 401: Carolyn Parsons, Co-President 781-646-9309 88 Park Ave. is the Locke School Condomini- Angela Olszewski, Co-President 781-648-8649 um building at the corner of Park Ave. and Meredith Zona, Organization VP 781-648-2753 Paul Revere Rd., one block up the hill from Patricia Muldoon, Action VP 781-648-1019 Patricia Lieberson, Local Action VP 781-646-1987 Mass. Ave. The building entrance is on Paul Kathleen Colwell, Treasurer 781-646-4522 Revere Road; push the button for Apt. 401 and Anne Linn, Secretary 781-643-0356 I will buzz you in. Elizabeth Thompson, Voter Service 781-646-5942 Ann FitzGerald, Membership Director 781-646-9711 Betsy Rulon, Publicity 781-648-0169 You should be able to park on the opposite Katharine Fennelly, Voters’ Guide 781-648-1794 side of Paul Revere, or on Park Ave. or Davis Kim Haase, Bulletin Editor 781-643-3429 Rd. The lot behind the building is for residents Margaret Reiners, Bulletin Mailing 781-646-9611 only. Janice Bakey, Email Coordinator 781-643-4345 Phyllis Maddox, Webmistress 781-646-4362 The BULLETIN is published monthly except during the summer and December by the League of Women Voters of Arlington, PO Box 461, Arlington, MA 02476. May 2013 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 3 IT’S TIME FOR LWV ARLINGTON’S ANNUAL MEETING! Thursday, June 6, at the home of Meredith Zona 1 Andrews Way Appetizers at 6:00 PM, Dinner at 6:30 PM Followed by a special program and a brief business meeting The guest speaker for our program is Dr. Sheila Parks, author of While We Still Have Time: The Perils of Electronic Voting Machines and Democracy's Solution: Publicly Observed, Secure Hand-Counted Paper Ballots (HCPB) Elections. Come to the League’s Annual Meeting to hear Dr. Parks discuss the timely and controversial topic of electronic voting. RSVP by June 2 to Meredith Zona at 781-648-2753 or [email protected]. Beverages will be provided. Please let Meredith know if you can bring a dish to share. If anyone needs a ride or would like to carpool, call Carolyn Parsons at 781-646-9309. Friends, Neighbors, Spouses, etc., are Welcome! Directions to Meredith’s House: From the west end of Arlington, turn onto Overlook Rd. at the Summer St. traffic light across from the skating rink. Keep to the left at the fork and travel about 1/2 mile to Ridge St. Turn right onto Ridge St., then first left onto Cherokee Rd., first right onto Old Colony Rd., and first right onto Andrews Way. Andrews Way is a short street that looks like a driveway. 1 Andrews Way is the tan-colored house directly ahead on the left. You may want to park on Old Colony Rd. Come in through the garage if you prefer not to climb the stairs to the front door. From Arlington Center, travel on Mystic St. towards Winchester and take a slight left on Old Mystic St. (about 3/4 mile north of Summer St.), then 2nd left onto Hutchinson Rd., 2nd left onto Morningside Dr., 1st right onto Windmill Lane, first left onto Old Colony Rd., and 1st left onto Andrews Way; see directions in italics above. Note: The Annual Meeting Workbook will be sent to all members by email or regular mail by May 23. May 2013 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 4 FITNESS FIRST Arlington’s Neighborhood Health Club Since 1982 471 Mass. Ave. Arlington (781) 643-4300 Club Hours: M-F 5:30 am to 10 pm, S-S 8 am to 6 pm LEONE & LEONE ATTORNEYS AT LAW A GENERAL PRACTICE LAW FIRM EXPERIENCED IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AND PROBATE MATTERS ALSO CONCENTRATING IN: CONDO CONVERSION - WILLS AND TRUSTS ESTATE PLANNING - GUARDIANSHIPS PROBATE MATTERS - BUSINESS LAW DAVID A. LEONE JOHN D. LEONE SUZANNE M. LEONE 637 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 (Tel) 781-648-2345 - (Fax) 781-648-2544 www.LeoneLaw.com - [email protected] Initial Free Consultation for League Members May 2013 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 5 The League of Women Voters of Arlington Warrant Article Recommendations Carolyn Parsons and Angela Olszewski Co-Presidents, League of Women Voters of Arlington The League of Women Voters of Arlington supports the approval of the following warrant articles to be considered at the 2013 Annual Town Meeting: 7, 8, 12, 13, 23, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45. We oppose article 21. We support article 3 in the Special Town Meeting. The League supports articles 7 and 8, which enhance the town’s planning process and which, after the licensing from the Department of Public Health, will provide access to health care for Arlington citizens. The League supports article 12, electronic voting for Town Meeting, and article 42, which would appropriate funds for lease of equipment for electronic voting. The League, a strong pro- ponent of representative Town Meeting, believes electronic voting will provide accountability and transparency. The public will be able to access the individual votes of each Town Meeting Member for a minimum of three years. The League supports article 13, which will amend the bylaws on animal control regulations based on an updated and comprehensive state law enacted in 2012. The League supports article 23, which will create a Public Art Fund to commission, purchase, and maintain works of art in Arlington. The League supports article 40, which will provide an appropriation to the Water Bodies Fund for maintenance, treatment, and oversight. The League supports article 43, which will provide a stipend of $750 for ten seniors who are able to work in Town departments. The League supports articles 44, 45 and article 3 of the Special Town Meeting, which promote our valuable historic resources. The League opposes article 21, as this is an individual petition to waive the civil service age requirement for employment as an Arlington Police officer. Granting such petitions defeats the purpose of the civil service program and is inherently unfair to other applicants for these posi- tions. (Continued on next page) May 2013 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 6 Warrant Article Recommendations (Continued) When board members of the League of Women Voters of Arlington decide which articles of the warrant we support or oppose, we utilize principles that the League at the United States, Massa- chusetts or town level have already endorsed after careful study. These principles are Repre- sentative Government, Natural Resources and Social Policy. At the local level the League has positions on conservation and recreation, education, human resources, the library system, town government, town planning, and cable television and related media. We gather information to establish the intent and probable outcome of an article and determine whether it promotes better governance and public policy as expressed in existing League princi- ples. Most articles fall outside the scope of our existing principles, so we do not comment on them.
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