Your Name: Linda Raiss

Office you seek: Commissioner of Parks and Playgrounds

Education: Braintree High School – 1960, Bates College - 1964

Occupation: Secretary, Department of Planning and Conservation Town of Braintree.

Community Service: Town Meeting Member [Precinct 12] since 1982, Member and Chair - Petersen Pool Committee, Member - Community Preservation Committee, Member - Board of Selectmen’s Memorial Mall Restoration Committee,

Question: What do you perceive to be the major issue of the office for which you are running and how do you propose to address the issue?

The Petersen Pool Committee has worked diligently over the past two years to secure a site for the Petersen Pool. The pool may not be the major issue for those currently on the Board of Parks and Playgrounds, but I am seeking a seat on the Parks Board to resolve this long-standing issue. As a member of that Board, I would work to encourage the other members to approve one of the many sites discussed and/or proposed by the Pool Committees. If no site is designated by the Parks Board, the town should abandon the pool effort, and return the Petersen trust monies to Captain Petersen's heirs.