Election day - Nov 6 - past election vote totals

Per the Town Clerk's office, the registered voter totals as of Oct 17, 2018 (last day to be eligible for Nov 6)

as of 10/17/18
Precinct Number	Active	Inactive	Total
1	2463	136	2599
2	2782	214	2996
3	2663	227	2890
4	2971	163	3134
5	2939	147	3086
6	2423	252	2675
7	2863	124	2987
8	2870	99	2969
	21974	1362	23336

Major elections in 'recent' times for Franklin

Election	Total #	% of T
Franklin 2003	3232	18.3%
Presidential 2004	15480	83.2%
Franklin 2005	3119	17.2%
State 2006	11548	62.2%
Override 2007	8759	46.3%
Franklin 2007	3845	20.3%
Override 2008	7693	40.7%
Presidential 2008	16793	84.4%
Franklin 2009	3244	16.3%
Special 2010	13418	68.8%
Override 2010	7966	39.6%
State 2010	12829	63.8%
Franklin 2011	4517	22.6%
Franklin High School 2012	9971	48.6%
Presidential 2012	17546	83.4%
Franklin 2013	2527	12.0%
State 2014	12267	59.3%
Franklin Special 2014	217	1.0%
Franklin 2015	3844	18.6%
Presidential 2016	18433	86.3%
Franklin 2017	3916	17.3%

State 2018                                          ???         ???

Election day - Nov 6 - past election vote totals

Per Teresa Burr, we have already recorded 3,923 early votes for this election. That is more than the Franklin election in 2017 although by percent voters slightly less (16.4%)

The totals can be printed out from this file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SkiLIhY4JiSOwhvST2TDHZ-QnmrI75LT/view?usp=sharing

The Franklin Town Clerk page with additional information
http://www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk

Additional info can be found in the 2018 Election Collection
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/election-collection-2018.html

Election Information for Nov 2018

FHS boys soccer edged by BC High 2-1 in playoffs

Ryan Lanigan, founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap for the FHS boys soccer playoff loss to BC High by a score of 2-1.

"Timing is everything, especially in the playoffs. 

Unfortunately for the seventh-seeded Franklin boys soccer team, it was the 10th-seeded BC High Eagles that were on the right end of things. 

The Eagles scored a goal in the final seconds of the first half to level the match, and then just minutes after Franklin had a golden chance, BC High scored the go-ahead goal and earned a 2-1 decision on the road at Pisini Field. 

“It was frustrating but we had our chances to score too, and it was frustrating that we didn’t finish there. I think in the end, probably the better team won, they were bigger and more athletic than we were. But I thought our kids played really hard and gave it their best shot. I’m really happy with the team and the season. They really turned it around the second half of the season, which I hope will give the returning players motivation to build off of next year.”

Continue reading the game recap online
https://hockomocksports.com/franklin-boys-soccer-edged-bc-high-tournament/

Click here for a photo gallery
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2018-2019/Fall-2018/Franklin-BC-High-Boys-Soccer-11-03-18/

Franklin’s Tim Duval makes a move past BC High’s Brendan Kennedy in the second half. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)

"we cannot afford to promise fixes that don’t work"

Background on Question 2 for the Nov 6 ballot:

"With Election Day in just a few days, Massachusetts voters must make up their minds on three important ballot questions. Unfortunately too little attention has been paid to Question 2. We have several concerns about it. 

Question 2 seeks to create a commission that would propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to overturn the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision freeing corporate spending in elections. It would also define constitutional rights as belonging to individual living human beings and not collections of human beings (like corporations and labor unions). 

This ballot proposal is likely to pass with overwhelming support from Massachusetts voters. It reflects an understandable exasperation with political campaigns that seem awash in money and negative advertising. While we endorse the sentiment, this measure is unwise. 

Question 2 misdiagnoses the problem and offers a solution that is likely to backfire and thwart better representation in our politics."

Continue reading the article online
http://www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2018/11/03/question-2-and-the-myths-about-citizens-united/

The Franklin Town Clerk page with additional information
http://www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk

Additional info can be found in the 2018 Election Collection
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/election-collection-2018.html

Election Information for Nov 2018

School Committee summary - Oct 23, 2018

Catching up to provide the School Committee meeting summary for the October 23, 2018 meeting. 

Yes, it appears I have been slipping, and you did not either notice, or take action to let me know! So we'll both let it go this time :-)  

And we'll also let the Superintendent go this time too. She did not post her Superintendents update (or if she did, it is not where I would normally find it).

She did publish the October newsletter
https://www.franklinps.net/sites/franklinmaps/files/uploads/franklinpsnews-oct_2018.pdf


My notes reported live from the meeting:

• Live reporting: Discussion only items through to C...
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-discussion-only-items.html
• Live reporting: Discussion - Action Items
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-discussion-action-items.html
• Live reporting: School Committee - Oct 23, 2018
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-school-committee-oct-23.html

colorful wind spinners in the Parmenter flower/garden beds

Town Council recap - Oct 17, 2018

Catching up to providing the summary for the Town Council meeting of Oct 17, 2018

The official Actions Taken were posted here
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/uploads/town_council_actions_taken_october_17_2018.pdf

Lt Sean Lovely,  Lt Kevin Marshall being sworn in by Town Clerk Teresa Burr

The video replay by Franklin TV is available here
http://view.earthchannel.com/PlayerController.aspx?PGD=franknma&eID=592

• Live reporting: Legislation for Action
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-legislation-for-action.html
• Live reporting: Committee updates
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-committee-updates.html
• Live reporting: Town Council - Oct 17, 2018
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-town-council-oct-17-2018.html

Town Council recap - Oct 10, 2018

Catching up to providing the summary for the Town Council meeting of Oct 19, 2018

The formal Actions Taken published by the Town of Franklin
http://www.franklinma.gov/town-council/files/town-council-actions-taken-october-10-2018

The video replay of the meeting is available thanks to Franklin TV
http://view.earthchannel.com/PlayerController.aspx?PGD=franknma&eID=589


My notes captured live during the meeting:

• Live reporting: to Closing
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-to-closing.html
• Live Reporting: Subcommittee Reports - Legislation...
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-subcommittee-reports.html
• Live reporting: Town Council - Oct 10, 2018
• https://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/10/live-reporting-town-council-oct-10-2018.html

Franklin Pavement Management Presentation from Franklin Matters

Fall back - Did you turn your clock back an hour?

Did you turn the clocks back during the night? Fall back is the word at this time of year!

Fall back - Did you turn your clock back an hour?

For more about Daylight Savings Time in the USA, visit this wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States