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Good day!

It has been a great honor to serve Fitchburg's residents. I look forward to serving as council member again, and I look forward to the challenges and opportunities ahead. I am always willing to discuss any City issue with you. To email your question or comment, please send to:

fitchburgjay@gmail.com

Jay has been a Fitchburg resident for over 30 years. He has experience living in almost all the different settings Fitchburg has to offer, including living in the Belmar-Dunn's Marsh neighborhood, and near Ridgewood as a renter to living in the rural residential area of Fitchburg as a renter and owning two different homes in Fitchburg.

He has served two years as Fitchburg's mayor, and for almost 16 years he served on the Common Council. In that time, he has worked with 38 different Council members on many important issues. He has worked to develop consensus on a number of issues, and is happy to work to make Fitchburg a better place.

Emergency Services

by Jay Allen

We can play politics with a lot of things, but I think it is egregious to play these games with our basic emergency services.  Our police, fire and EMS departments are critical basic services.  It appears that five years late, we are finally moving forward with building two new fire stations. It's sad it has gone this way. We could have saved a lot of money building them years ago, when interest rates were lower. Sometimes the council is so busy saving dimes that they throw many dollars away. And it's not just the cost of the stations. It's many thousands lost in the inefficiencies of continuing to operate from the existing locations, as well as increased response times. We... Read More

Yard Signs

by Jay Allen

Campaign yard signs are going up this weekend!  Many have requested them...if you would like one, please be sure to email me!  Also, our first campaign mailing is hitting mailboxes next week!  Very exciting all the positive reaction so far! Read More