Bob, Ward 1 Resident and Veteran
“Last year, I moved from Newton to senior housing in Marlborough. Before I left, four prominent local officials urged me to introduce myself to a young Marlborough City Councilor named Samantha Perlman. They had come to know Samantha through joint participation in leadership programs sponsored by various statewide organizations. All had high praise for Sam’s professional and organizational skills, personal credibility, infectious optimism, and capacity to lead positively, clearly, and effectively. I joined Sam’s mayoral campaign this past summer. I can attest that everything the four Newton officials told me about Sam is true. She will be an outstanding mayor. There is another timely feature to Sam’s candidacy that is particularly urgent. I’ve been a volunteer in scores of political campaigns going back to Adlai Stevenson’s 1956 election run. I have never seen the political dialogue as consumed by as much hate and division as it is now. Sam's positive vision for Marlborough and the optimistic, down-to-earth ways she presents carefully researched and fact-based proposals to voters are a perfect antidote to all the poison that nefarious opponents of democracy are releasing into American society. I have faith that this is what a clear majority of voters in Marlborough and beyond really want.”