Framingham's Janet Leombruno To Run For City Council

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham's city elections may not be until the fall but candidates are speaking out now to start campaigning. Framingham native Janet Leombruno announced on Tuesday she will be running for City Councilor-at-Large. Four current City Councilors have announced they will not seek re-election including District 9 councilor Edgardo Torres, Councilor-at-Large Cheryl Tully Stoll, District 2 Councilor Pam Richardson and Vice Chair Charles Sisitsky.

Leombruno has lived in Framingham her whole life and works as a licensed realtor. She was previously a Town Meeting member representing Precinct 5 and served as Chair the Standing Committee for Public Safety. She was also elected as a Charter Commissioner in 2016. Leombruno is part of the Framingham Business Association, the MetroWest Conference for Women, Resiliency for Life and the Framingham Housing Authority.

Leombruno was one of the first two girls to play little league baseball in Framingham in 1976 and has since become the Commissioner of Framingham Baseball and has coached Framingham United soccer and gymnastics at the YMCA. In a campaign announcement Leombruno said "Our community is stronger because all voices, regardless of where they live or their gender, religion, race, sexual orientation or economic status, can be heard in their government with equal representation."

The campaign announcement also reads in part:

As At-Large Councilor, Janet pledges to work towards:

• Keeping Framingham Affordable: More and more seniors and young families are moving out of Framingham due to increased property tax rates, and water and sewer rates. We have to control these taxes, and grow the commercial tax base to keep Framingham a community where everyone is welcome.
• Strengthening Our Neighborhoods: There are former town meeting members filled with knowledge of Framingham and ideas on how to many it better. It is time to enlist them, listen to their ideas and work together to implement them. This is wasted knowledge that the city needs to embrace. The future of Framingham is based in collaboration.
• Embracing Our Diversity and Reflecting It in Our Government: Appointments by our government do not truly reflect who we are as a community. If we are serious about giving everyone a seat at the table, then we need an appointment process that is accessible, inclusive and proactive. Additionally, the Charter recommends funding a fulltime Americans With Disabilities Act Coordinator. As the sister of an individual with disabilities, Janet knows all too well the struggles of this population and that our government needs to do more to make our facilities more welcoming. It is time to take action.

The Committee to Elect Janet Leombruno is Co-Chaired by Jason Smith and Mary Z. Connaughton. Nancy Novo O’Connor is the Committee Treasurer.

RELATED:

Framingham City Councilor Edgardo Torres Not Seeking Re-Election

City Councilor Cheryl Tully Stoll Not Seeking Re-Election

Vice Chair Of City Council Sisitsky Not Seeking Re-Election