Hundreds Spent on Campaign For, Against Mount Greylock Project
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Former Selectman Robert Barton spent more than $500 opposing the proposed Mount Greylock Regional High School building project.
The project passed in Lanesborough by 134 votes on Tuesday and overwhelmingly two weeks ago in Williamstown. Both member towns had to pass debt exclusions for bonding the $64.8 million project before it could move forward.
According to a financial disclosure filed with the town clerk's office on Feb. 25, Barton has spent a total of $509.53 on lawn signs and the printing of literature handed out at the special town meeting. Meanwhile, the group Build Greylock has spent a total of $905.85 but has $2,515 in outstanding liability for signs in both Williamstown and Lanesborough, according to a disclosure filed on March 10.
On Feb. 18, The Build Greylock campaign had the Williamstown Print Shop design signs and postcards at a cost of $2,515. The group paid on that day $905.85 for postage — $629.52 for Williamstown and $276.33 for Lanesborough. The reporting period spans from Jan. 22 until Feb. 26 and no previous expenditures or liabilities were listed. The disclosure is signed by the group's treasurer James Mahon Jr.
Barton's disclosure spanned from Feb. 15 through Feb. 29 and had two expenditures listed — $186 for Impress Printing in Pittsfield for packets and $323.83 to Reprosystems in Pittsfield for lawn signs. He lists no outstanding liabilities. In total, Barton had spent $509.53 as of Feb. 23.
As of Monday, those were the only two disclosures filed relating to the debt exclusion vote on Tuesday. The disclosures may not be a full reporting of what will ultimately be spent for either side, with the reporting periods having been closed some two weeks before Tuesday's vote.
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