Honored by Carolyn's Support.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

As I mentioned in an earlier posting, I have decided to run for a seat on the Randolph Selectboard. Elections are held on Town Meeting Day which is Tuesday, March 3rd.

I am honored to have the support of Carolyn Tonelli who was Chair of the Board for many years. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to serve the town as a Selectman under her leadership. I wanted to share with you a recent Letter to the Editor in this weeks "The Herald Of Randolph":

Dear Editor,

How delighted I was to learn that Dennis Brown is running for the Select Board.

Randolph is such a special community with so many dedicated citizens working to make it even better. I consider Dennis to be one of the most dedicated of those citizens. How lucky we are that he is willing to serve again on the Select Board. I think we all know what a difficult, time consuming (need I say thankless) job it is. And Dennis knows from experience, yet he is willing to serve again during these difficult times when our town needs wisdom and experience.

A life long resident of Randolph, Dennis is hardworking, compassionate and tireless, always giving back to our community by serving on countless committees and boards over the years. But he not only cares about our community, he did hands on work for the victims of Katrina and other disasters.

In addition to his long public service, he has the most essential quality needed to serve on the Select Board: he is an open minded, respectful listener. He doesn't have "agenda's"; his desire to serve comes from the purest place: making Randolph a better place to live for everyone.

I know this from a very personal place. When Dennis and I served together on the Select Board, I always knew he would listen to all points of view, think clearly and propose creative solutions. He was always completely respectful - of other board members, town employees, citizens - even when he disagreed with them. He always worked for consensus, and would be the first to volunteer for committees and extra work. And he got the work done.

Again I say how lucky we are that Dennis lives here and that he is willing to give back to our wonderful town. Please vote for him!

Respectfully,

Carolyn Tonelli