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2009 Candidate Profile - Selectboard Candidate

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Jack L'Hommedieux

I am a candidate, not because I want to be a Selectman, rather I feel an obligation.  This has caused  some inner turmoil, but I have decided I need to contribute my thoughts and efforts.

We are presently experiencing the collapse of what I have come to call the “credit-card economy”:  Twenty or so years of instant gratification of “wants” to the extent that much public and private debt is owed for things that no longer exist or are greatly devalued.

A lot of what the taxpayers of Georgetown have to pay for is imposed  from above.  For a while the State has sent local aid to help pay for these financial obligations.  That aid is now considerably reduced and, it seems, will continue to be for a while due to the economy.

A number of new and increased taxes are under consideration at State level.  Presumably some of that is intended for local aid.  But that is not a sure thing, and it’s our own money, less handling, they’d be giving us.

As Selectman, I propose to work with the others to provide the Town’s needs at reasonable cost, hopefully with some left over to provide for some wanted improvements.  All this while holding the line on local taxes, hopefully allowing our residents to balance their own budgets.

JACK L’HOMMEDIEU

Candidate for Georgetown Selectman

1935                Born and Raised in Eastern Pennsylvania
1953 - 1961     M.I.T., B.S.M.E., M.S.M.E., Employed at M.I.T. Aeronautical labs
1959                Married Catherine Moorman, B.S. in Business at
                         Simmons College, Boston
1964                Moved to 330 Andover Street, Georgetown
1961 - 1970     Employed at Avco, Wilmington, MA, Minuteman, Apollo Space Shuttle
                        Design and Development
1970                Left Missile Industry
1970 - 2005     Commercial Fisherman: Cod, Bass, Flounder and Lobster
1970 - 2009     Site Plans, Septic Design, Home Inspections, Remodeling Additions,
                         Small Jobs
1961 - 2009     Mass Professional Engineer’s License

Family

Wife                Catherine, married for 50 years, now employed part time
                        @ Georgetown Library
Daughter         Susanne Stuart, GHS 1981, WPI graduate, Senior Engineer
                       @ Raytheon; married, one child
Daughter         Nancy Gallagher, GHS 1986, NECCO, Middleton Schools;
                       married, 4 children

Municipal Experience

1965 - 1975     Member/Chairman, Georgetown Zoning Board of Appeals
1978 - 1989     Building Inspector for Rowley
2007 - 2009     Member, Georgetown Finance Committee

1970 - 2009     Catherine employed by Zoning Board of Appeals, Selectmen,
                         Planning Board, Building Inspector, Library,
                         Member of Urban Roads Committee