Commentary by Frank Schroth

First, MyTownMatters does not endorse candidates (what do think we are? nuts?). But we take this time of year seriously and believe it matters . . .a lot. This is a gentle reminder to take a few moments to inform yourself on who is running and what they stand for. The town is fortunate to have candidates willing to spend their time, money, and energy for an opportunity to serve the town. You have a responsibility here, too.

Coming out of the Milton Speaks Candidates forum there were three key differences that quickly came to light between the candidates for Board of Selectmen: their height, weight and age. They agreed that the selectmen should not have granted the developer of a 40B on Randolph Ave access through the DPW yard, and they also agreed that the Selectmen acting as Trustees of the town farm should have awarded the project to the Copeland Foundation rather than Pulte. Neither explained how accepting a bid that was millions less than the highest bid would have honored the condition of benefiting the poor, the legal obligation of the Trustees. We understand – those Indian Cliffs people vote! And it’s campaign season. And it is easy for me to be a bit glib. It is much harder to get out and campaign. In the time since that first forum, the two candidates have more clearly etched their positions. You can learn more about them here and can also find the candidate forums on MATV’s Youtube channel.

School Committee, Parks Commissioner, and Library Trustee all have contested races and (in our opinion) strong candidate slates.

If you have a question for them, contact them! Or send it to frank@mytownmatters.com and we will be happy to publish it.

Whatever you do, please take some time to learn who these folks are. They will be controlling a $100 million dollar budget (about half of that is schools). So you may want to think about who you are putting in charge and base that decision on more than where they were born, where they came from, or whom they have their arm around.