There are many reasons to vote for Anthony Donato for Councilor at Large on November 7th.
If you live in East Watertown, Anthony was a neighbor of yours for years on
Hillcrest Circle. His mother Eleanor Sullivan Donato lived on Upland Road for many more than that.
The Sullivan Playground in Coolidge Square is named for Lt. Paul J. Sullivan,
Anthony’s uncle, who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1968. These are reasons
for Eastenders to vote for Anthony and also a very good reason for Veterans to
vote for him.
If you are a Senior and have attended the Annual Senior Citizens Cookout put on
by the Watertown Rotary Club, Anthony served two years as President of the
Rotary Club, and served on the Senior Citizens Cookout Committee for 10 years.
That is a reason for seniors to vote for Anthony.
If your child goes to the Watertown Boys & Girls Club, Anthony is the 2nd Vice
President of the Club and has been on the Board for 5 years. That is a very good
reason for many parents to vote for Anthony.
If your children attend Watertown Public Schools, Eleanor Sullivan Donato taught
at the West Junior, Cunniff and the Middle School for 31 years. She also brought
the Pennies for Patients program to Watertown for the benefit of cancer patients.
Brian Donato, Anthony’s brother, is a Special Ed teacher at Watertown Middle
School. Additionally, Brian has worked at Camp Pequossette for 26 years, 10 as
Assistant Director and two of them as Director of the Camp.
Anthony is a Trustee of the Lt. Paul J. Sullivan Scholarship Fund. Additionally, as
part of the Rotary Club, he served as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee.
Hundreds of thousands dollars have been given to students over the years, most
of which went to Watertown students, which is another a good reason for
everyone to vote for Anthony.
Anthony served on the Finance Committee of St Luke’s church for 6 years.
His wife Kelly has served on our Zoning Board of Appeals since 2014.
His father, Tony, dedicated countless hours to Watertown Youth Soccer and
Watertown Youth Basketball.
His Uncle, Tom Sullivan, spent 36 years as Recreation Director in Watertown.
Tom was highly regarded by parents and children alike.
Anthony comes from one of Watertown’s finest families and they are very
humble. The Donato family’s contributions to Watertown are long standing and
have had a huge impact.
Please consider Anthony Donato for Councilor at Large so that he can continue
serving Watertown.
I am writing all this because you would never hear it from them.
Thank you,
John S. Airasian
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William McQuillan is one of his campaign sponsors for $500. What does this mean for any votes as a councilor or his wife as a zoning member.
If you live in a glass house be careful when you throw stones.
Just who provided the money and or resources for one of your favorite ballot questions titled “CPA” on our last election? Two out of town organizations provided quite a bit of it? I am just waiting for one of those two organizations to start doing some work for Watertown’s CPA projects once they start collecting the added CPA tax(I think they call this payback, but I call it disgusting).
Anthony Donato is will make an excellent Town Councilor-At-Large. He is level headed and very mainstream in his views. He comes across as person that considers issues on their merits and seeks to build a consensus.
I first met Anthony and his then Fiance Kelly, when Kelly joined the RCIA program at St. Patrick’s Parish, as she was seeking to enter the Catholic Church prior to the wedding.
During those RCIA sessions, I really got to know them in profound way. You might imagine, the discussions that occur get very personal. You get to know a persons character, meeting them with them every week for over 6 months.
I was extremely impressed with the level of personal integrity and deep convictions they both had. They always talked about the need to give and the need to give back, whether it was in the Parish setting or the community at large.
The Town Council, needs a sober, deliberate, and pensive voice to focus on local issues and challenges we face. I’m thrilled that Anthony is chose to make this sacrifice to serve us. I look forward to his representing us on the Town Council.
Charlie,
Do you know where we can find the campaign finance reports for Watertown? I’d be interested to see where the money is coming from.
The candidates must submit campaign finance reports to the Watertown Town Clerk’s office in Town Hall.
I just got a helpful reminder that you can find the reports on the Town Website, http://www.watertown-ma.gov and go to the Town Clerk’s page. Under Elections you can find Campaign Finance.
You can find the reports more easily on the Town Website at the following link: http://www.watertown-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/Index/73. There is a folder labeled “Campaign Finance Reports”.
Ahh..the Prince of Darkness, “H20Homeowner” is back…I’m sure you”ll indeed look to see where ALL the money is coming from, which would include donations from InvestInWatertown Progressive Watertown, Watertown Citizens for Peace justice and the environment etc. Like the CPA money that poured into our 4 square mile from California and Delaware and the group from Newton who did the door knocking for you
Obviously, you didn’t bother to look at the reports.