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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Official Results: A Democratic Sweep

The Town Clerk's Office worked until late on Election night to provide official results of the municipal election. The vote totals are slightly different from those reported earlier on The Eye, but the winners are the same. In bold are the winners (in the Board of Education race, minority representation gives a position to Cheryl McClellan (R), instead of Franca Biales (D)).

The links go to the official results in full, by district.

The turnout for a municipal election was good. The Town Clerk told The Eye that Secretary of the State Denise Merrill predicted that 25% of voters would participate in this municipal election. In our city 42.4% of eligible voters cast a ballot for mayor.

Mayoral Contest
Dan Drew 4959
Seb Giuliano 4317
Christine Bourne 172

Common Council (Note: if requested by Bauer, there will be a recount of the vote, because he lost a seat on the Council by fewer than 20 votes)
Tom Serra (D) 4944
Ron Klattenberg (D) 4898
Mary Bartoletta (D) 4788
Gerry Daley (D) 4685
Bob Santangelo (D) 4434
Hope Kasper (D) 4213
Grady Faulkner (D) 4111
Phil Pessina (R) 3978
Linda Salafia (R) 3954
Joe Bibisi (R) 3948
Todd Berch (D) 3913
Deb Kleckowski (R) 3828
David Bauer (R) 3814
Earle Roberts (R) 3619
Matt Fraulino (R) 3593
Ed Dypa (R) 3283
Ruthann Johnson (RB) 319
Fred Carrol (RB) 273

Treasurer
Quentin Phipps (D) 4612
Jonathan Pulino (R) 3263
Tina Mazzotta Raffa (Petitioning) 453

Board of Education
Gene Nocera (D) 5522
Ed McKeon (d) 5454
Ava Hart (D) 4693
Mitchell Wynn (D) 4212
Franca Biales (D) 4049
Cheryl McClellan (R) 3835
Tami Kapacziewski (R) 3543
Callie Grippo (R) 3486
Kevin Kelley (R) 3075
Alexander Mac Levin (R) 2608
Mark Loomis (write-in) 679

Board of Assessment Appeals
James Streeto (D) 4557
Kathryn Antonucci (D) 4675
Laura Gionfriddo (R) 3811
William Wilson (R) 3134

Planning and Zoning Commission
Joyce Rossiter (D) 4715
Richard Pelletier (D) 4650
Michael Johnson (D) 4481
Molly Salafia (R) 4033
Carl Chisem (D) 3930
Fred Terrasi (R) 3257
Ken McClellan (R) 3218
William Gregorio (R) 2983

Planning and Zoning Commission Alternates
Gary Faraci (D) 4703
Elizabeth Emery (D) 4523
Corinne Dorsey (R) 3328
Ronald Borrelli (R) 2935

Questions
1. "Shall Resolution #7-1, as proposed at the January 3, 2011 meeting of the Common Council approving and confirming the appointment of Patrick McMahon as Chief of Police for the City of Middletown, BE APPROVED AND ADOPTED"
YES 3394
NO 3487

2. "Shall the City appropriation of $13.2 million to be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds for payment of $13 million to the Mattabassett District to become a member of the District, and to pay City administrative expenses associated with joining the District, pursuant to the ordinance adopted by the Common Council on September 6, 2011, be approved"
YES 4833
NO 2111

3. "Shall the $14,170,000 appropriation and bond authorization for the City of Middletown 2011 Road, Sidewalk and Public Works Facilities Improvement Program, as adopted by the Common Council, be approved"
YES 5505
NO 1655

Edit 6:11 AM: Councilmember Phil Pessina's party corrected from D to R

Middletown Based Paranormal Society of Central Ct Event

Laura Cartwright, Middletown resident and co-founder of PACC (Paranormal Society of Central Connecticut is one of 3 celebrities of the paranormal world participating in this event. What makes Laura so special and unusual is she is a certified deaf interpreter and is using her skills to introduce deaf citizens to the paranormal world. She has signed for deaf paranormal investigators during event sponsored by her organization PACC and "CC The Huntress" TV series along with Mass Paranormal Radio show. Adult Ed. Vocational H.S. College/University Business, medical, college, municipal. Clairvoyant, Clairvoyance, Clair-sentient,Clair-qustance, Clair-cognizant and trance medium. She can recognize images in her mind's eye.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Planning and Zoning Regular

The top 4 vote getters (bold) will serve as Planning and Zoning Commissioners (Results are complete for all precincts, but still unofficial).

Rossiter 4713
Pelletier 4647
Johnson 4478
Salafia 4032
Chism 3928
Terrasi 3257
McClellan 3218
Gregorio 2983

Final (Still Unofficial) Council Results

With all precincts fully counted, the Council results were as follows:

Serra 4941
Klattenberg 4896
Bartoletta 4786
Daley 4682
Santangelo 4431
Kasper 4211
Faulkner 4108
Pessina 3976
Salafia 3954
Bibisi 3947
Berch 3911
Kleckowski 3828
Bauer 3814
Roberts 3619
Fraulino 3592
Dypa 3283
Johnson 319
Carrol 273

Clerk Expects Recount In Council Race

The final tabulation of votes for the Council leaves 14 votes separating Republicans Kleckowski from Bauer for the final Council seat. State law requires a recount if the vote difference is fewer than 20, thus there will be a recount of all the ballots for Common Council.

Town Clerk Russo Driska said recounts can change the outcome of very tight races, but are unlikely to change the overall result that 8 of the Council will be Democrat, and 4 Republican.

Planning and Zoning Alternates

All precincts reporting, unofficial results

Faraci 4701
Emery 4520
Borrelli 2935
Dorsey 3328

Board of Education Almost Complete Votes

With all but two small precincts (12 and 13) reporting, the Board of Education totals indicate that Nocera, McKeon, Hart, and Wynn as the 4 Democrats and McClellan as the Republican members of the new Board of Education.

Nocera 5178
McKeon 5096
Hart 4355
Wynn 3899
Biales 3768
McClellan 3528
Kapa 3344
Grippo 3290
Kelley 2906
Levin 2480
Loomis 85

Council Results

With all districts reporting, here are the Council totals. The top 12 vote getters (bold) will serve.
Klattenberg 5031
Serra 4941
Bartoletta 4786
Daley 4682
Santangelo 4431
Faulkner 4108
Kasper 4073
Pessina 3976
Salafia 3954
Bibisi 3947
Berch 3911
Kleckowski 3828
Bauer 3810
Roberts 3619
Fraulino 3592
Dypa 3283
Johnson 295
Carrol 251