Mark Finneran lets his feelings about town hall be known via a sign on his house.
FALMOUTH – Two candidates are competing for a selectmen’s seat in Falmouth, but only one’s answers to a questionnaire made it into Friday’s Falmouth Enterprise, the edition before the May 17 election.
Mark Finneran, who is challenging incumbent Selectman Doug Jones for the seat, was two days late in turning in his answers to a League of Women Voters questionnaire. But that was nine days before the May 15 edition of the newspaper.
Still, the answers did not make it into the newspaper and there is no clear explanation as to why.
The League says it was a misunderstanding but places the blame on Finneran for turning in his answers late and in hard copy rather than by email.
Addressing what she called a “miscommunication,” Alice Carey, who is chair of voter services for the League of Women Voters of Falmouth, also took some of the blame herself. “I was really very, very sorry,” she said.
The newspaper’s editor, Bill Hough, also says the lion’s share of the blame lies with Finneran.
While saying, “It’s an unfortunate thing that happened,” Hough also said, “Marc has to take some responsibility here. Once you miss the deadline, everything is up in the air.”
Finneran is running for selectman for the third time.
Finneran places the blame on the League but said he was concerned about just this kind of thing happening because he feels Alice Carey and others in the League do not like him.
“I fully expected it,” said Finneran. “And honestly, when I analyze all these things, I know I must be getting closer. I must be on the right track.”
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