BRUNSWICK
Six municipal board seats — three Town Council and three school board — are open for the upcoming election on Nov. 6, but only two of the races are contested.
In one of them, local businessman Dale King is running against Joy Prescott for the at-large school board seat, currently held by outgoing member Michelle Small. King, who owns Brunswick Taxi, is the husband of outgoing Town Council Chairwoman Joanne King.
In District 4, incumbent Corinne Perreault faces a challenge from Federico Senence.
None of the other contests is really a contest. Barring a write-in campaign, each listed candidate is guaranteed election.
In the final school board race, District 3 candidate Chris McCarthy is unopposed for the seat currently occupied Matt Corey, who is not seeking re-election.
Three of the school board candidates — Prescott, McCarthy and Perreault — have received endorsements from Brunswick Community United, a loose coalition of parents, residents and business owners who encourage involvement and communication with the town’s schools.
BCU tried to reach each candidate for a discussion, and also distributed a questionnaire. Four of the five candidates returned the questionnaire.
King was unavailable for a personal meeting and refused to provide answers to the questionnaire, according to BCU spokeswoman Sarah Singer.
Municipally, Town Councilor Suzan Wilson is unopposed in her bid to retain her District 3 position.
Likewise, District 4 councilor John Perreault — husband of the District 4 school board candidate Corinne Perreault — is leading his oneperson re-election charge.
Finally, John G. Richardson Jr., is unopposed in seeking the at-large Town Council seat currently held by Joanne King.
Richardson, currently a lawyer in a Topsham firm, led the state Department of Community and Economic Development in the Baldacci administration and spent four terms in the Maine House, from 1998 to 2006, including one term as Speaker of the House.
In 2010, he ran for governor but was forced to withdraw after the Maine Ethics Commission rejected his application for public funding under the Maine Clean Election Act, saying it found improper collection practices during fundraising.
The rejection ultimately was attributed to a campaign worker’s record-keeping, but Richardson declined to switch to private financing and left the race.
jtleonard@timesrecord.com
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