Yes, Tip O'Neill said it, but it applies equally well to Republican Party politics in Milton. Last night, the Milton Republican Town Committee met at Town Hall to welcome its newly elected members, set an agenda for the coming year and hear from two local candidates.
New Members - As you may know, the members of the committee are elected by the citizen/party members of Milton and this past election placed 25 members on the committee. New and returning members gathered together last night to meet one another and remark on the vast breadth of experience. Some members were meeting for the first time and others had been active for over 40 years. Talk about your greatest generation.
Agenda - But its more than just a meet and greet...these members want to help reestablish the GOP here in town and across the Commonwealth, so the first order of business is setting goals. Ours are simple:
1) Give citizens a clear choice between liberal democratic politicians and their policies and the traditional conservative principles that have helped our country grow and prosper for over 200 years.
2) Use that clear choice to convince conservative leaning voters who have chosen to register as independents to renew their registration in the Republican Party.
3) Harness the strength of an active and committed voter base to nominate and elect Republicans to local office so they can implement the policies in which we believe.
Candidates - Funny you should mention it but two happened to show up last night. Our own Chris Huban presented himself as a candidate for a fourth term as member of our School Committee and Tom Gorman presented a compelling case for his election as Norfolk County Commissioner. Chris's case is strong. During his tenure, he helped replace the entire school system's physical plant for the same cost that surrounding towns are spending on a single High School. He helped reverse a downward trend in student achievement by meeting Advanced Yearly Progress (AYP) metrics. And he helped promote two long time Milton teachers and residents into the leadership positions of Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent.
And Tom Gorman is an unusual candidate in that he wants you to vote for him now so that you never have to vote for him again. His proposal is to save the 28 towns in Norfolk County $ millions annually by transferring responsibility for county services to the state agencies that already perform overlapping services and then abolish the county government entirely. Nine other MA counties have already done the same with no disruption in services. Now that's a bi-partisan proposal anyone can support! Check out Tom's newly designed web site (available April 1) by clicking on the link to the right of this post.
See you on April 28 for our next meeting.
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