ONCE UPON A TIME, MIDDLEBORO ELECTED A REPUBLICAN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER....YEAR AFTER YEAR ... EVEN THOUGH THAT REPUBLICAN NEVER MANAGED TO FIND BEACON HILL MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF MIDDLEBORO REPUBLICANS' SUPPORT, THE REPUBLICAN EARNED A HEALTHY PENSION FOR WHICH MIDDLEBORO RECEIVED NO REPRESENTATION.
WHEN MIDDLEBORO WAS MERCIFULLY SPLIT, TOM O'BRIEN STEPPED FORWARD TO REPRESENT A PORTION OF MIDDLEBORO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AT A TIME WHEN THERE WERE CHALLENGES.
TOM O'BRIEN ADDRESSED THE CHALLENGE OF THE OVERWHELMED AND OVERCROWDED PLYMOUTH REGISTRY OF DEEDS AND COUNTY OFFICES, CREATING A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY WITH ONLINE ACCESS.
TOM O'BRIEN BOASTED 100% ATTENDANCE REPRESENTING HIS CONSTITUENTS.
HIS CURRENT REPUBICAN OPPONENT HAS NEVER HELD OFFICE, LOST ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND OFFERS NO LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN ANY ORGANIZATIONS.
IS THIS THE REPUBLICAN PATH TO SUCCESS? IF SO, THE MASS GOP IS DESTROYING ITSELF WITH CANDIDATES SUCH AS THIS.
REGISTER AND VOTE!
14-year incumbent faces challenger in Plymouth County treasurer race
By Wheeler Cowperthwaite The Patriot LedgerDemocrat Thomas O’Brien, who has held the treasurer position since 2006, is facing a Republican challenger in the general election.
One incumbent Democrat and one challenging Republican are running in this year’s election for treasurer of Plymouth County, a position that rarely grabs headlines but manages vast sums of money as part of its duties.
Incumbent Thomas O’Brien, 56, of Plymouth, is running for reelection for the fourth time. He was first appointed as treasurer in 2006 and successfully ran for election in 2008.
Challenging him is Republican Carina Mompelas, 24, of Brockton, who previously ran for mayor in 2019.
Before running for treasurer, O’Brien was elected to the state House of Representatives for the 12th District, between 1996 and 2006.
O’Brien said as the chief financial officer for the county, which has an annual budget of $10 million, he helped develop a 10-year plan for the county. He was also tasked in 2014 with starting a fund, called Other Post Employment Benefits, also known as OPEB. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board required cities and towns to prefund their benefit obligations. O’Brien helped create a multiple employer trust to leverage the resources of towns in Plymouth and surrounding areas.
“The combined assets of a number of employers mean better returns, lower fees and better performance,” he said.
A total of 28 cities, towns and other entities are part of the county-run trust, he said.
One of O’Brien’s statutory roles is the administration of $1.12 billion in the Plymouth County Retirement Association, which covers a total of 11,663 people.
“We’ve more than doubled assets under my management,” he said.
Mompelas said she works as a financial analyst and has worked in finance for many years. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Mompelas said she wants to “restore ethics” in the treasurer’s office and said O’Brien has “failed to serve his constituents,” charging O’Brien with not doing enough during his tenure.
She said she wants more transparency within county government, starting with the filming and publishing of public meetings, a position advocated for by candidates in the county commission primary.
Mompelas said not enough people know what the county treasurer does because of a lack of outreach.
She said she sees the role of country treasurer is to make sure money “is flowing the right way, and keeping revenue up for the county.”
The county is like a franchise of the state government, she said.
Voters in Massachusetts have until Oct. 24 to register to vote in the Nov. 3 primary and until Oct. 28 to request a mail-in ballot. Early voting will take place from Oct. 16 to Oct. 30.
Mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by Nov. 6 will be counted. A town or city’s books will also remain open for 10 days for military and overseas ballots to arrive.
Registration can be done by mail or at sec.state.ma.us/ovr.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
Name: CARINA MOMPELAS
Address: 34 Walnut S., Brockton
Age: 24
Family: Single
Occupation: Financial analyst
Relevant experience: Ran for mayor of Brockton
Other: Volunteers for Best Buddies mentors with youth with RISE
Name: THOMAS O’BRIEN
Address: 38 Flint Locke Drive, Plymouth
Age: 56
Family: Married, 2 grown children
Occupation: Plymouth County treasurer
Relevant experience: Treasurer, 2006-present; state representative, 1996-2006; financial consultant 2000-2006
Other: Member, Kingston Lion’s Club, co-founder South Shore Recycling Co-Op, Massachusetts municipal treasurer’s license
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