Jeremy J. Olson

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday and voted for me, and everyone who helped with the campaign. I would also like to thank those who voted yes to the $825,956 budget and the 2% tax cap warrant article (#20). On both questions, over two hundred people voted in favor of less government and more respect for people’s property rights.

Tuesday, March 12 is the Grafton election. Our polling place is the fire station, on U.S. Route 4, and is open from 8AM until 7PM. Please come out and vote to protect your property rights and lower your property taxes this year: Vote for Jeremy J. Olson for Selectman! Thank you.

Dave Rienzo seems to be on the defensive a lot lately.

He and the other Selectmen had to send a personal letter to Grafton residents (on town letterhead) defending their 4% bigger budget this year. He had to, as he put it, “defend his profession” (he’s a lawyer for the state) at Grafton’s meet-the-candidates event when Pastor John Connell asked a rather pointed question about the legal advice lawyers give the town government. He had to defend the Selectboard’s attempted takeover of the elected Planning Board last year. And he had to defend the huge no-bid contract awarded this year to the husband of Selectman Jennie Joyce.

At least he admits, now—after having voted for it—that that was a mistake. Too little, too late, in my opinion.

This letter, written by me, originally appeared in the Valley News on March 6, 2013.

To the Editor:

In your “Grafton Budget Is Proxy Fight” article, the difference between the 10 percent and 13 percent figures doesn’t depend on “whether the Free Staters’ or Selectboard’s figures are used,” but basic facts: My motion was to set the budget to a 10 percent reduction from the fiscal year 2012 budget. That this works out to a 13 percent reduction from the “proposed” budget only emphasizes how much more of our money the selectmen wanted this year.

This letter, written by me, was mailed to every resident of Grafton on March 4, 2013. The attached PDF is the actual mailer.

★ PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS ★ LOWERING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ★

My name is Jeremy J. Olson and I am running for Selectman this year. If elected, I will fight to reduce your property taxes and protect your property rights. Please come out on March 12 and vote for me for Selectman!