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Selectmen's Meeting Minutes May 8, 2000 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, May 8, 2000 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Krieger, Mrs. Eddison, Mr. Enrich, Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. McKenna; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel and Ms. Smith, Executive Clerk were present. Public Comments Mrs. Krieger explained that Mr. Tripi had requested that he be put on the agenda to speak about the override and that she had advised him that she, as Chairman, would not agree to his being on the agenda but that he would be allowed to speak during the first ten minutes. The reason is that there have been many hours devoted to discussion of the budget and override at Selectmen, School Committee and at seven summit meetings with the School Committee and representatives of the Finance Committees over several months. Now we have gone through Town Meeting and voted on the motion for the override and there will also be an opportunity to have discussions and letters before the override. Mr Tripi said that back in March one of the Board members made the comment that we have to make them think the closing of the fire station is at risk. It was explained that without the $720,000 the Fire Department cannot operate both fire stations and they will not operate both fire stations. Mr. Tripi said he has been in touch with the Office of Campaign and Finance and they are calling me. The school teachers are being asked to hold signs, secretaries are asking people to vote for the override and all that is being done on school time and property. The date is April 28, after the Board voted to set the override. The LEA have used school computers and on town time. Voter Complaint Sherry Gordon gave the following account of her experience at the polls for the Presidential Primary on March 7: I am a registered Lexington voter. My name is Sherry Gordon. I have voted in Lexington for local, national, and special elections for many years. On March 7, 2000, I arrived at my local voting place, Precinct 3, Jonas Clarke Middle School, to vote in the Presidential Primary. An election worker denied my right to vote and here is a condensed version of my experience. I approached the sign -in table and an election worker angrily asked, "What street ?" I stated and spelled -out my street address and unit number. I stated my first and last name, then spelled -out my last name. The election worker angrily asked me to repeat my unit number, I repeated the unit number She responded, "You're not on the list. You can't vote. Next!" Surprised, I restated my address and my name. She was looking alphabetically under Street address, not under my last name. I looked behind me, no one was waiting in line. No one was waiting at the check out table. There were only two people at the voting booths.