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Jim Newman
Elected townwide · 1 term in this record
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How these numbers work
- Counted from the official minutes, for 2020–2021 Board only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
- Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Newman as present or absent at the start.
- Only votes the minutes record member by member are counted. Voice votes and votes given only as a count (for example 6-3 with no names) are not.
- Percentages are shown only when there are at least 10 meetings or votes to count.
- A split vote is one where at least one member voted yes and another voted no. “In the minority” means on the side with fewer votes; ties are not counted.
- “Whole board” combines every member’s record for the same term.
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Attendance
At the start of 8 of 8 Select Board meetings in 2020–2021 Board.
Missed none.
Every meeting (8)
- May 11, 2021 · Regular: Present
- May 4, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Apr 23, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Apr 9, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Mar 2, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Feb 9, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Jan 19, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Jan 5, 2021 · Regular: Present
Votes where members disagreed · 2020–2021 Board
May 4Voted to Assess Rent at the CliffsMotion: Voted to Assess Rent at the CliffsPassed 2–0 · Newman: Yes
May 4, 2021: Voted to Assess Rent at the Cliffs
Voted to Assess Rent at the Cliffs
Voted: Yes
Yes: Haley, NewmanThe minutes say the motion carried with Julianne Vanderhoop abstaining; with three members, that means the others voted yes.
From the minutes
“He moved and Gary seconded a motion for the Town to charge the same rent as 2019. The motion carried with Juli abstaining..” (second: Haley)
Votes with no disagreement (5)
From the Aquinnah Select Board’s official minutes, posted on the town website. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Christopher Manning (Sarah Shaw Dawson) and Tom Murphy (Nikeya Tankard), The Martha’s Vineyard Times; Julianne Vanderhoop (Amber Bettencourt, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, 2017); Gary Haley (Ray Ewing, Vineyard Gazette).
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