Parish Elections, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, starting at noon thru 3:00 p.m.
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Dear Parishioner:
During the January 29, 2012 Special General Assembly held in the Memorial Building at Holy Trinity Cathedral, the 309 persons attending voted overwhelmingly to conduct elections for a new parish council on February 26, 2012. This email is to inform you that we believe the elections should and will take place as scheduled at both Holy Trinity and Prophet Elias this Sunday. The voting booths will be open from noon to 3:00 p.m. All persons who have been in good standing at any time during the past three years are eligible to vote.
You will also have the opportunity to fill a pledge card for calendar 2012, on Sunday, and we encourage you to do so. Ballots have been printed in both Greek and English and voting instructions will be provided. We expect that you have heard rumors that the election has been postponed, or that you might be instructed not to attend. In either case, be informed that the elections will occur. The will of the majority of persons in this community can no longer be denied. Also understand that regardless of whether the new parish council will be formally and immediately sanctioned or not, that we will at least have a group of persons in place should efforts by the appointed Interim Parish Council for a free and fair General Assembly and Parish Council election sanctioned by the Metropolitan fail. Unfortunately, we have seen this before.
You will also have the opportunity to fill a pledge card for calendar 2012, on Sunday, and we encourage you to do so. Ballots have been printed in both Greek and English and voting instructions will be provided. We expect that you have heard rumors that the election has been postponed, or that you might be instructed not to attend. In either case, be informed that the elections will occur. The will of the majority of persons in this community can no longer be denied. Also understand that regardless of whether the new parish council will be formally and immediately sanctioned or not, that we will at least have a group of persons in place should efforts by the appointed Interim Parish Council for a free and fair General Assembly and Parish Council election sanctioned by the Metropolitan fail. Unfortunately, we have seen this before.
Fifteen persons from the following candidates will comprise our new Parish Council. Each was duly nominated during the Special General Assembly and agreed to run.
Good luck to each of them.
Angelides, Nick * Colessides, Gus * Fuskandrakis, Jim
Gamvroulas, Steve * Kapos, Georgette
Kastanis, Jim * Kithas, Phillip * Mares, Alicia * Markogianis, George
Mastakas, John * McGrath, Tom * Melissas, George * Peters, Tom
Sakellariou, Sakis * Sifantonakis, Jim (Dimitri) * Teseros, Nick
Tsagaris, Dimitrios * Yengich, Connie (Kandas) * Zarkos, Jim
Gamvroulas, Steve * Kapos, Georgette
Kastanis, Jim * Kithas, Phillip * Mares, Alicia * Markogianis, George
Mastakas, John * McGrath, Tom * Melissas, George * Peters, Tom
Sakellariou, Sakis * Sifantonakis, Jim (Dimitri) * Teseros, Nick
Tsagaris, Dimitrios * Yengich, Connie (Kandas) * Zarkos, Jim
Thank you for your continued and strident concern for the betterment of our beloved community.
The Unity Group
The Unity Group
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