Thank you Barkhamsted voters!
Written by Juliana Simone
November 4, 2015
Voter turnout on Tuesday showed town residents still care who sits on their Boards. Town Republican’s won every challenged seat by the opposing party.
All four contested incumbents, two on the Board of Finance, Dave Moulton, a former Chair of the BOF, who has committed himself to saving taxpayers money and keeping spending down for almost two decades, and colleague Sal Tartaglione, an alternate seeking a full seat, who recently built a bread and breakfast business on River Road and has a career in finance, won their challenges.
Planning and Zoning Commission, Johnny Polderman, and Zoning Board of Appeals, Dan Lamont, two veteran incumbents who have each dedicated fourteen years of volunteer service as elected officials on their respective boards, also easily won reelection.
Traditionally, these elections have a small turnout, but 30% of Barkhamsted’s registered voters made the effort to go cast their ballots this November 3rd. According to Voter Registrar Sue Day (R), this “was a little more than we expected.” Her colleague Karen Martin (D) noted when asked how many people came in to register today as new voters, “only two.” She agreed the traffic was better than they thought it would be.
Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee Chair, Juliana Simone, said “Thank you to all Barkhamsted voters who voted this Election Day and recognized our Republican incumbents who continue to dedicate their time to make our town a beautiful and fiscal place to live.”
Listed by highest votes earned are the results: (Richard Winn and John Doyle were cross endorsed by the Democrat Party)
Richard Winn (R) – Chairman, Board of Finance – 652
John Doyle (R) – Board of Finance – 636
Jim Hart (R) – Planning and Zoning Commission – 574
Bill LeGeyt (R) – Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals – 565
Linda Persechino (R) – Board of Finance, alternate – 563
Pam Cole (R) – Treasurer – 557
Jennifer Prelli-Hester (R) – Board of Education – 553
Donald Stein (D) – First Selectman – 540
Teresa Collins (D) – Tax Collector – 529
Molly Sexton Read (D) – Chair, Board of Education – 493
Robert Brainard III (R) – (BAA member) – Board of Education – 489
Stephen Egbertson (D) – Board of Finance – 488
David R. Moulton (R) – Board of Finance – 421
Daniel Lamont (R) – Zoning Board of Appeals – 416
Mark Hemenway (R) – Board of Selectman – 410
John Warren (R) – Board of Assessment Appeals – 406
Johnny Polderman (R) – Planning and Zoning Commission – 402
Donna Beaudoin (D) – Board of Education – 400
Salvatore Tartaglione (R) – Board of Finance – 377
Peter Bakker, Jr. (D) – Board of Finance – 357
Frank Kaczynski (D) – Planning and Zoning Commission – 305
Phil Walker (D) – Board of Assessment Appeals – 302
Julia Patterson (D) – Board of Finance – 293
