2010 Brattleboro Town Meeting & Elections

The following information about Brattleboro Town Meeting & Elections 2010 comes to us courtesy of the town and the candidates themselves unless otherwise indicated. Corrections, additions, and feedback: please email info@ibrattleboro.com.

Voting Information

Voting in Brattleboro will be held on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at the Brattleboro Union High School Gymnasium on Fairground Road. Polling hours are 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM. 

The Annual Representatives Town Meeting is Saturday, March 20, 9am at the Brattleboro Union High School Gymnasium.

If you are unsure if your name is listed as a registered voter in Brattleboro or for more information about voter registration and early/absentee voting, contact the town clerk at 251-8157.

Office hours for the Brattleboro Town Clerk’s office are 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. On the Saturday prior to an election, the office is open from 9 AM- 12 PM for absentee voting.

Early/absentee ballots are available in the Brattleboro Town Clerk's office 20 days before a local election. Anyone wishing to vote early may apply for an early/absentee ballot until 5:00 p.m. on the Monday before the election, March 1, 2010.  

For more information, call 251-8157 or e-mail townclerk@brattleboro.org.

Sample Ballots

• District 1: front | back
• District 2: front | back
• District 3: front | back

Video

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Candidates and Information

Selectboard - 3 year seat (choose no more than 1)

Dora Bouboulis

I arrived in Brattleboro twelve years ago to do a Masters program in education at Antioch New England.  I worked at Kid’s Place, partook of numerous arts and cultural activities and hung out in the Coop Cafe.  What I found was a town full of caring creative people who had made a commitment to making things better in their community, and I felt I belonged here. My experiences as a teacher and with non-profit community groups have given me a solid foundation in interpersonal relations, outreach and community building.  Over the years, I have had the opportunity to have conversations with and listen to many people around town.  Their concerns and ideas have informed my opinions and decisions. The three years I served on the Development Review Board and four years as a Town Meeting Member provided me with a great foundational education in Brattleboro town government.  Since 2007 I have been the representative and alternate to the Windham Solid Waste District Board of Supervisors for which I serve on the Planning and Operations Committee.  I also was on the Union Station Committee and I have continued my participation as the Selectboard liaison.  Since 2005, I have been on the Board of Directors of Brattleboro Community Television.  In addition, I am serving on the board of Post Oil Solutions, an organization committed to localization and sustainability.  In 2007 and again this past year, I served on the Brattleboro Selectboard.  My experiences on the Selectboard and other municipal boards have reinforced my belief in the importance of involving as many people as possible in dialogue throughout the process and incorporating those diverse views in the work of the town.  This idea is built on my understanding that a properly functioning democratic government is dependent on an informed and active citizenry.  Please join me in building a true participatory democracy in which the entire community shares the responsibility of governance. I am asking for your support.  Vote Dora for a three-year seat on the Selectboard. Read Dora Bouboulis's iBrattleboro Interview

Spoon Agave
	I came to Brattleboro 20 years ago as a truckdriver with Northeast Co-ops. It paid relatively well enabling semi-retirement at a very reasonable age. All my life, I have read, studied and written, exploring a world of interests. Of special interest has been history, labor, economics, political and social philosophy. And baseball. Since becoming active in civic affairs this knowledge has been applied to and enhanced by seats on the Selectboard itself, the Planning Commission (chair), the Development Review Board, the Town Finance Committee (chair), Traffic and Safety Committee and the Police/Fire Facility Committee. I have been a Town Meeting Member for many years. I'm a participant in the Windham Environmental Coalition, sat in on a couple Windham Regional Committees, and the list goes on. Currently I am serving as the chair of the Charter Revision Commission. This is perhaps the most important work I have done for the town. We are attempting to revise some of the rules by which we live to reflect the reality of the 21st century as well as better ground them in democratic principles. I have lived in the biggest cities, small towns and deep in the Appalachian foothills. I've never owned a car but I've criss-crossed the country and seen a bit of Asia and Europe. I was in the US Army infantry in Vietnam and subsequently marched in many a demonstration for peace. I've bought most of my food in supermarkets (usually the Co-op in Brattleboro) but raise all that I can in my gardens. I buy my fuel oil and have it delivered to my home. But I've chopped plenty of wood. I simply turn on the hot water in the shower to bathe but I've also knelt in a galvanized tub. In short, I make do with what I have. I consume carefully. I do what has to be done. I live within my means. Read Spoon Agave's iBrattleboro Interview

Selectboard - 1 year seat (choose no more than 2)

John Allen
	John Allen is a native of Southern Vermont, born in Bennington then moving over to Brattleboro in the late 70s. John started out working for UPS for 8 years then moved on to a number of different jobs till he found his nitch as a builder. John started JOHN ALLEN GENERAL CONTRACTING in the middle 80s and has been doing this ever since. John married the local art teacher (Cathy Crafts), now Cathy Crafts-Allen, and have 2 great sons, Griffin, 24, is in his last year of architectural school in Boston and Daniel, 22, graduated from UVM and now living the dream in Portland Oregon ski bumming. John served on the Board of Directors at the Winston Prouty Center for 6 years. John's interests include traveling with family, golfing, camping, anything outdoors, and laughing a lot. John tries to push himself out of his comfort zone every once and awhile. His love for Brattleboro and what it has given his family is the reason for his decision to run for the Selectboard.
Jesse Corum
	Jesse M. Corum IV is an attorney with the law firm of Gale, Corum, Mabie, Cook & Prodan and has been practicing law in Brattleboro since 1977, when he moved here with his wife Lynn after graduating from Vermont Law School. He has served as a Deputy State’s Attorney under John Rocray, State’s Attorney for Windham County, and is a member of The Windham County and Vermont Bar Associations, The Association for Civil Justice, and Vermont Trial Lawyers Association, of which he was president in 2003-2004. Corum is active in Brattleboro civic and community organizations as well, including the Rotary Club. He has served on the Board of Youth Services for over 25 years, and was President during the mid-eighties. Serving the Town of Brattleboro, Corum was on the Planning Commission from 1980 to 1985, and has been a Town Representative for over 20 years. Jesse and Lynn Corum have two sons, with whom they enjoy outdoor activities such as skiing and bike riding. — Source: Gale Corum Mabie Cook & Prodan web site, 2007
Daryl L. Pillsbury
	I was born in 1956 in Burlington, Vermont, and graduated from Essex Junction Vocational High School in 1974. I served in the U.S. Army from 1974 to 1977 and the Vermont National Guard from 1978 to 1979, receiving an honorable discharge. For the last 23 years, I've been an employee of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. I have served on many town and state committees, as well as many area non-profit boards. I co-founded and serve as co-director of the Windham County Heat Fund. I have been lucky to be able to serve the people of Brattleboro since the early 1990's, first as a District 2 Town Meeting Rep and as a member of the Selectboard from 1997 to 2001. Later, I served four terms as a State Rep for Brattleboro's District 2 from 1997 to 2009. While State Rep, I served on the Institutions and Corrections Committee where I was vice-chair for four years. I'm running for Selectboard so I can put my experience to work for Brattleboro. I hope you'll vote for me for a one year seat. Read Daryl Pillsbury's iBrattleboro Interview
Leah A. Stuart
	Hi--I would like to introduce myself to the Brattleboro voters. I have lived in Brattleboro for over 3 decades. During this time, I have laid down many deep and strong roots in the Brattleboro community. In 2003, I received the Gail Lobenstein Humanitarian Award. This award acknowledges a lifetime of human and civil rights activism. The following is just a small listing that, in my mind, is relevant to my candidacy. For nearly 8 years, I have served on the HIV-Prevention Community Planning Group. This community group interfaces with the Vermont Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Our primary task every year, when I attended, was to create guidelines for programs requesting federal monies concerning the AIDS epidemic, issues relating to human sexuality, and safe sex practices. For 8 years, I participated as a member in the Coalition for Unlearning/Uprooting Racism through Education (CURE.)I had comprehensive training to deal with self-biases and prejudice to guide others on the journey of racial healing. I co-organized and facilitated forums concerning interracial group dynamics; I helped organize Walks for Racial Harmony with other likeminded groups such as Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity, formerly ALANA Community Organization. For nearly 5 years, I have been a peer advocate at the Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL.) As a peer advocate, we assisted in Emergency Planning with area First Responders. For several years, I have with many others traveled to the Vermont State House to meet with Legislators about the needs of the Disabled; I have met with local state representatives and with Senator Bernie Sander’s office liaison to advocate for the Disabled. I have sat on the Board of the Brattleboro Food Co-op for 3 years; reviewed grants for 2 years at the United Way; participated in the Study on Poverty as well as many other forums that have interfaced with many diverse groups in the community. I received an Associate Degree from CCV and a Baccalaureate from Norwich University. Currently, I am a Master’s Candidate for Teaching English Second to Other Languages at SIT Graduate Institute. Read Leah Stuart's iBrattleboro Interview

Brattleboro Union High School Director - 3 year seat (choose no more than 1)

Robert Woodworth

Brattleboro Union High School Director - 2 year seat (choose no more than 1)

Ricky Davidson

Brattleboro School Director - 3 year seat (choose no more than 1)

Russell Janis

Brattleboro School Director - 1 year seat (choose no more than 2)

David Schoales
Mark Truhan

Ballot Issue(s)

There are no ballot issues listed at this time.

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