A guest post by Beth Teitel, which was sent out via email yesterday: With the municipal election for Village President only two days away, I want to take a moment out of my Mother's Day festivities to send everyone an email about the election, from a mother's perspective.I’m not writing about Alex simply because he’s my son – but because I am in a unique position to talk about how passionate Alex has been about our town. While a student at Columbia High School, Alex first got involved in local politics to stand up against a thoughtless idea of a developer the board hired that would have destroyed the vibrant, diverse community of tennis players at the Baird. Alex refused to accept it when he was told that the proposal (to replace tennis courts with additional parking spaces) was “too far along to stop – it’s a done deal”. He began attending board meetings, gathered evidence against the proposal and worked with many other residents to make sure their voices were heard. Thankfully for the town, the efforts of all the residents were successful, and we still have a wonderful community of tennis players at the Baird, drawn from a...