(one three-year seat)
Age: 63
Years living in town: Of my 63 years only four years during my adolescent years did I not live in Dublin
Previous elected office held: Library trustee, Library building expansion committee, Recreation committee, Recycling committee, Playground construction committee
Other qualifications: served my town on the elementary school expansion
What are two issues you think are important and how would you address them?
The tax burden on our residents; keeping our local school. I intend on dealing with these issues by being proactive, not reactive.
Write-in candidate
Age: 64
Years living in town: 19
Previous elected office held: none
Other qualifications: Dublin Community Center Secretary/Treasurer, 7 years. B.A. Amherst College, MFA UCLA.
What are two issues you think are important and how would you address them?
I am in favor of bringing broadband to Dublin if it can be done in a cost-effective way. This means supporting the ongoing initial study to identify issues and to propose solutions. I already pay about $600 per year to Fairpoint (aka Consolidated Communications) for service that was rated very close to the worst in the nation by Consumer Reports. I’d much rather have that money going to a superior service. This is also important as part of a larger picture: Dublin needs to attract younger families to our community. The community center and its programs of art, music, presentations, exercise classes, Oscar-watching and Super Bowl parties, and so on has been a great start and has been singled out by young families as a great resource. We need more. We also need more young families if the Dublin Consolidated School is to remain open.
As I work in technology, sometimes remotely, I have first-hand experience of consistently being the one with the slowest connection, sometimes being so slow that I couldn’t continue an online meeting. We need to do better.
I’m strongly opposed to the proposed change to the ConVal funding formula, which would result in a 60/40 split rather than the current 50/50 split. Given that Dublin is already taxed far more than almost all other towns, I don’t want to see our taxes rise again. These formulas are calculated based in part on the total property tax we pay. This means that the aggregate amount includes everything from mansions to modest dwellings, and everything in between. Since we’re already paying 50% more than the average, this burden will fall especially hard on those of us whose who can least afford it.
So I will work to the best of my ability to make good decisions on what would benefit us as a community. That includes keeping taxes as low as possible and being smart about what’s really needed.
(one two-year seat)
Age: 68
Years living in town: 43
Previous elected office held: I’ve been moderator for more than 10 years.
Other qualifications: I’ve also served as moderator of the ConVal School District and the Dublin Community Church.
What are two issues you think are important and how would you address them?
Moderators don’t really deal with issues so much as we try to keep the electoral process and town meeting running smoothly and fairly. As has been said of baseball umpires, for a moderator a successful town meeting is one in which the moderator’s name does not appear in the newspaper account of the meeting.
In general, I’m concerned with the difficulty of getting people to stand for office in our towns. Far too many elected positions draw only one candidate, or none at all.
(two three-year seats)
Age: 69
Years living in town: 42
Previous elected office held: 2 library trustee terms
Other qualifications: Long time member of Friends of Dublin Public Library
What are two issues you think are important and how would you address them?
Encourage children/youth to read and enjoy the library through programs such as book buddies, story time, summer reading program , children’s area, and interesting book displays.
Keep the library current through up to date technology and a varied collection of books, dvd’s and magazines.
Celeste K. Snitko* is also running
(two three-year seats)
Years living in town: 35
Previous elected office held: Current Planning Board Member (4 years), Current Budget Committee member (3 years)
Other qualifications:
What are two issues you think are important and how would you address them?
Two issues of importance , Property Taxes and Fiscal Responsibility.
How to address them: Get the community involved with our school district. Promote smart growth to ensure affordable viability. Blend planning with capital improvement for future needs.
Suzanne Vogel* is also running
(one three-year seat)
Age: 75
Years living in town: Born here then moved away for 8 years. Moved back in 1971.
Previous elected office held: none
Other qualifications: Have run my own gardening business for 30 Years. Always interested in cemeteries and their history.
What are two issues you think are important and how would you address them?
The main thing in cemeteries is to maintain the individualism without encroaching on neighboring lots. The beauty of New Hampshire cemeteries is the story told with each head stone. The old plantings in Dublin’s cemetery are beautiful but also require care and control.
(one three-year seat)
Age: 74
Years living in town: 21
Previous elected office held: Trustee of Trust Funds; Selectman
Other qualifications: CPA; Former CFO and treasurer for various organizations
What are two issues you think are important and how would you address them?
Ensuring Investment Manager for Town Funds meets or exceeds performance benchmarks for comparable indices
Ensuring disbursement of Trust Funds is done in accordance with terms of relevant Trust Documents
Addressing these issues: the Trustees meet quarterly to review investment manager performance;
The trustees review requests from Town administrator for disbursements.