Preliminary election results

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Via the Somerville Journal and Somerville News, results of the preliminary election today:

Mayor: Joe Curtatone and Suzanne Bremer (with Rick Scirocco eliminated)

Ward 6 alderman: Rebekah Gewirtz and Charlie Chisholm (with Robert Adams eliminated)

Also, the Somerville News says turnout was higher than expected, which is always nice. The Journal hasBoth websites have a bunch of pictures of the scene at various polling places.

Comments

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Neither did he!

Here's some snippets:

"That good work could be easily undone by an irresponsible dog owner whose dog causes property damage or an injury sufficiently serious to be newsworthy. Apart from any City initiatives, I would encourage SomDog to continue to promote owner responsibility (perhaps including training and "certification" for new dog owners)."

This is question five complete:

"5. Do you own a dog/dogs? No. My wife and I own two cats. While they are not kept on leashes, we understand and practice responsible pet ownership: they were adopted from a shelter, they were spayed/neutered, they receive regular veterinary care, we have installed a "hidden"(electric) fence that prevents them from wandering the neighborhood, we periodically spray portions of our neighbor's garden that become attractive places to dig, and we maintain clean litterboxes so that our cats do not begin to seek alternate places to poop."

and from the "Tell Us About Your Dogs" question:

"Our neighbors across the street have a dog that is very friendly, and probably a little too careless about cars and pedestrians when he is temporarily off leash."

and

"Over the years, most of my experiences with dogs have been positive. However, I have been bitten three times, twice while I was riding a bicycle (in Maryland (about 20 years ago), after which I went through the rabies series, and before that in Oregon), and once when I was canvassing (about 25 years ago) in some South Shore community. So, I appreciate both how
dogs can be part of the family, and how dogs can be frighteningly out of control."

Nobody else who filled those out regaled us with how many times they'd been attacked by dogs.

[ron_newman]

I guess I'm more sympathetic to him, becuase I'm also someone who was repeatedly bitten at a young age (and on a bicycle, too!). It took me until my late 20s to be able to behave at all normally around dogs.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Granted, but

1) When asked about dogs in OUR community, would you put down how you'd been attacked by dogs in other cities?

2) You've been attacked by people in a cult, but that didn't put you off people altogether, did it? Dogs are like people: there's crazy ones and there's ones that aren't.

[ron_newman]

By the way, I ran into Bill White walking his dog in front of my synagogue, just before Kol Nidre. I reminded him that he had not yet returned the dog questionnaire ;-)