★★★ ELECT ★★★
BOYD JACKSON
FOR SELECTMAN
We need to work
- ...to re-establish the “Topsfield Working Together” culture.
- ...to strengthen and expand the authority of the Topsfield Town Administrator position.
- ...to take care of Topsfield’s infrastructure.
- ...to develop the Board of Selectmen into a leadership organization rather than a reactionary organization.
- ...with state officials to minimize state unfunded mandates on small towns to reduce financial burdens on Topsfield.
- ...to revitalize downtown Topsfield.
- ...to continue support of our school system.
Background
- Topsfield Board of Selectmen: three terms 2000-2009, Chairman multiple times.
- Topsfield Board of Road Commissioners: two terms 1994-2000, currently serving since 2014.
- Essex County Selectman’s Association.
- Topsfield Capital Program Committee.
- Topsfield DPW Building Committee.
- Topsfield Town Hall Building Committee.
- Topsfield Town Government Review Committee.
- Boy Scout Troop 81: committee chairman, 12 years.
- Topsfield Athletic Association: soccer and baseball coach.
- Topsfield resident since 1976.
- Married for 52 years to wife Abby with two children, Stephen and Charles Jackson, both of whom are graduates from Masconomet Regional Highschool.
- Operated own business in Topsfield for 30 years.
- B.S. from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
- M.S. from the University of Michigan.