FALMOUTH – Since 2006, there has been an eight-foot long sign nailed to the outside of Marc Finneran’s house that reads, “Town Hall Needs an Enema!”
But for the past month, Finneran, who finished third in the May 20 Falmouth Selectman’s election, had covered the word “enema” with his name from a campaign sign, so that it now reads, “Town Hall needs a Finneran.”
Despite Finneran’s efforts, Falmouth Town Hall will be getting neither an official Finneran nor a symbolic enema any time soon.
But the man with the sign, who garnered 2,600 votes in the May 20 election, said he plans to stay involved in the town hall scene.”There’s certain things I do that nobody else will, or does,” he said just after election results were announced. “Can’t go backwards.”
Seeing Patterns, Negative Or Positive
“I get my information everywhere,” said Finneran. “I’ve got a sixth sense for how things operate. That’s just how my mind works. I can see patterns.”
Marc Finneran
It sounds like a conspiracy theory. “A conspiracy is simply more than one person planning something,” said Finneran.
Selectman Mary “Pat “ Flynn described Finneran as a “fixture” at selectmen’s meetings. “Most of the time he sits there, absorbing it all. He may occasionally get up and comment on something.”
But Finneran is enough of a known presence that Flynn said she has voted to keep him off of several committees he has volunteered for. One of the committees Finneran volunteered to serve on had no other volunteers. Nevertheless, he was perceived as toxic enough to not be appointed.
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