Election 2013 Update

Those who have pulled nomination papers so far:

• Dick Sullivan, Mayor
• Bruce Vogel, Councillor Ward 5
• Larry Giunta, Councillor Ward 5
• Tom O’Brien, Councillor Ward 6

Recent Survey: Local Historic District

Okay, here’s the context of the survey, pretty much exactly as I said in the previous post…

 

On January 29 of this year, I sent an email survey to 426 Newburyport citizens asking them for their feedback on a variety of topics: the Waterfront, Historic Preservation, Parking, the Mayor and the City Council.  

Today I'll share the results concerning an oldie but a goodie, formerly the hottest topic of the day: the Local Historic District.

Recent Survey: Waterfront

On January 29 of this year, I sent an email survey to 426 Newburyport citizens asking them for their feedback on a variety of topics: the Waterfront, Historic Preservation, Parking, the Mayor and the City Council.  In the email, I also shared some of my thoughts on the Waterfront.

Today I'll share the results concerning the hottest topic at the moment: the Waterfront.

I don't claim that these 426 are representative of Newburyport but  then again they might be;-)  A few of them I know well, but most of them I wouldn't know if I passed them on the street.  These are people I've gotten to know because they have emailed or phoned me about schools, taxes, snowplowing, sidewalks, historic preservation, Crow Lane, and all the other exciting issues we have here in Newburyport.  I wouldn't classify this group as 'friendly' to me; many of them really don't like some or most of the stands I've taken over the last few years.

109 (or 25%) of these folks responded to the survey.  Again I make no claim as to this being a statistically valid sample but it's probably as valid as reading the tea leaves of the Letters to the Editor of the Newburyport Daily News. 

Election 2013

Two candidates have pulled papers so far...

Richard Sullivan Jr. for Mayor

Bruce Vogel for Ward 5 City Councillor