Elect
David Faherty, Jr.
Select Board
"Property taxes on a median priced home have increased 31% in five years making Brewster unaffordable for young families and seniors on a fixed income. Brewster needs to control spending."
Issues
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Common Sense Spending to Minimize Tax Increases
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Affordable taxes for Town development plans for the Sea Camp properties within proposition 2 ½
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Safeguarding town watersheds, ponds and water quality by limiting nearby construction and enforcing septic setbacks
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Prioritizing town capital projects for spending on key needs including school improvements and budget versus non critical requests
About
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BA and MS In Biology Holy Cross & Case Western Reserve University
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Brewster taxpayer since 1991, full-time resident since 2020
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40 years of global business experience
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President Clinton appointed Industry Trade Advisor to the US Trade Representative, Department of Commerce
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Board of Director for Shanghai Troy joint venture with Hua Yi Group
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General manager for companies in Canada, Mexico and Brazil
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Extensive operational and budgeting experience
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Married 42 years
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6 children – 3 US Naval officers
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20 grandchildren
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Advocate of the St. Vincent DePaul Society, Saint Joan of Arc Parish
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Member of the Knights of Columbus, Saint Joan of Arc Parish
1. What convinced you to run for Select Board?
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Property tax increases of 31% on a median valued home in the last 5 years
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Failure of the $11,400,000 debt exclusion to pass at the fall town meeting only to be passed after reconsideration once 10 to 15 "no" voters left the town meeting
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The Bay Property Planning Committee published their recommendations for both properties totaling $57 MILLION which by their calculations would add $440 per year to each Brewster property tax bill
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$36 MILLION in planned capital spending for the elementary schools, public works, library, fire department and other projects through fiscal year 2029 adding almost another $300 per year in property tax.
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Young families and seniors on fixed incomes cannot afford these increases
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Keeping the town affordable for our children, grandchildren and their children
2. What qualifications do you have to become a Select Board member?
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Private sector experience of more than 40 years
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General Manager for operating companies in:
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Canada
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Mexico
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Brazil
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Vice President responsible for 2 global business units
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Member of the Board of Directors for Shanghai Troy joint venture with Hua Yi Group Shanghai
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Former President Bill Clinton appointed Industry Sector Trade Advisor to Mickey Kantor, the US Trade Representative and later Secretary of Commerce
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Environmental/Graduate School experience:
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EPA contracted wastewater discharge study to determine the environmental impact of additional development of the little Cuyahoga River
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Graduate thesis on the environmental health and population dynamics for Northeastern Ohio lakes
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Budgeting Experience
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People Management
3. Can you tell us your connection to Brewster?
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Born in Boston, South Shore resident and first visited Brewster and the Cape as an adolescent in the 1970s
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Learned to sail in Cape Cod Bay
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Proposed to my wife on Nauset Beach
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Bought land from Gilbert Ellis in 1991 becoming a taxpayer
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Built our house while living in Japan in 1992
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Eldest daughter was married at our Lady of the Cape
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Youngest daughter is buried in Brewster
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This is our home
Contact
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