Letter: Bilal for Williamstown Select Board

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To the Editor:

I am writing to urge Williamstown voters to elect Bilal Ansari to the Williamstown Select Board on Tuesday, May 10. Dr. Ansari has dedicated himself to a life of service, to helping people resolve difficult situations. He listens intently and responds carefully with compassion. He appeals to our best nature. These are essential skills needed at this moment in our town.

Dr. Ansari does not believe that he alone has the solutions to all of the challenges facing our town. Instead, he wants to hear from those comfortable speaking up and also those who, until now, have not felt comfortable nor heard at all. He believes it will take a village to share concerns and work together to make Williamstown a better place for everyone to live and work and grow. But making that happen takes a special type of skilled leadership.

Bilal Ansari is the candidate blessed with that skilled leadership and a stake in our town's quality of life. He has deep roots in this town: his ancestors lived and worked here. He is committed to an approach based in kindness and inclusion. He is the candidate who can and will help us reach a new, inclusive and more equitable chapter in our town's history.

I ask for your vote on May 10 for Bilal Ansari for the Williamstown Select Board. Thank you.

 

Hugh L Guilderson, Ph.D.
Williamstown, Mass.

 

 

 


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Mount Greylock School Committee Results Delayed Until Friday

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As expected, watchers of the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee election will need a little patience to find out who won.
 
Williamstown posted on its website Wednesday that it will be at least Friday before the larger of the two towns in the regional school district announces any vote totals from Tuesday's election.
 
"The School Committee race was decided by write-in votes and tallying them takes time," the town posted. "Election workers review each write-in ballot by hand and record every vote individually. Accuracy is our priority.
 
"Mail-in ballots [which needed to be postmarked by Election Day] have until Friday, November 6, to arrive, and those ballots will also be counted. A final count will not be available before then."
 
Two seats for Lanesborough residents and two seats for Williamstown residents are up for grabs on the seven-person committee this year. Residents in both towns elect all seven members, meaning residents in Lanesborough vote for both the Lanesborough and Williamstown seats and vice versa.
 
It took much longer than usual to get  results of the local races on election night because all six qualified candidates' names were left off the printed ballot, requiring voters to do write-ins for all four seats.
 
At about 1 a.m. Wednesday, Williamstown Town Clerk Nicole Beverly told iBerkshires.com that she would not have results she felt comfortable releasing until after she got some sleep and could review the data with fresh eyes.
 
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